FIRST EVER G-Shock Analog Frogman Watch - Did They Get it Right? GWF-A1000 vs GWF-D1000 - Comparison 

Totally agree with you I have and prefer the GWF D1000 and I think a lot of other people would agree maybe it's the future but I love the digital frogman.

Love mine (black version). The app works great and I find all of its features very useful. Let’s face it, I doubt any serious diver would use this given that the dive computers of the day offer much better features. I just love the look and weight

Always love my 2 frogman, gwf-d1000nv and gwf-1000. Wait next frogman, if digital buy.

I just ordered the blue one. I am not a diver but a boater and wanted an analog watch with the tide info, solar and bluetooth and atomic time that looked great. I also wanted a premium watch and wasn't heavy so I can wear it in comfort everyday. This watch fits my purposes perfectly. I really like how they executed the dual time since I travel a lot also.

Great review, this G has killer looks, however, its a total failure as a diving watch. Always used my watch as a backup and cross reference to the dive computer. The functions You want redundancy in are depth, heading (compass), temp and dive time. Also when diving You want to get the info at a glance, analog is cool but digital is always better. Looks fantastic but not a serious divers watch.

I can't believe that everyone is freaking out because Casio made an analog Frogman. I consider the analog Frogman a change of pace with a classic watch, because Casio is just remixing colors and attaching celebrity names to the basic models. I'm happy to have the digital and the analog Frogman in my collection.

The digital Frogman is without a doubt a better and more complete diver's watch in terms of features. It is also more legible and better looking. If I want to wear an analogue dive watch then I choose to wear a Seiko Turtle or a Tuna! Thanks for the video.

I love how you zoom in for details!

Hi Gi-shock-go. Good luck with the new Frogman and for your supportive comments.

i got both, so don’t really matter the differents, they both nice watches 👍🏻

Yeehaaa! Beautiful review of an awesome watch! When I was younger, 22 years old, I received my Open Water Dive certification, and I grabbed my first dive watch from Casio. I was a Sea World Marine Animal Keeper and did of animal rescues in the ocean with my dive watch back in the early 90's... Awesome times!!! Now that I'm older, 55 years now and very active in the oceans of Florida, I made the purchase of hopefully my last dive watch in honor of the first. I'm a fisherman, scubadiver and outdoorsman and I think this watch would be a perfect fit for my active lifestyle. It should last for another 40+ years, or so on my wrist. Haa! Great review and for a diver who uses this watch, simple is always better when in the mode of diving. Bells and whistles will only destract your focus in the open ocean and this watch is just that... Tide currents, moon phase, current time, count down timer, accention, and depth gauge are all you need to make your dive a success! Everything else is extra and not needed, but ill take it! Analog watches were designed before microdigital watches and are inferior to digital ocean dive watches in my minds-eye. I have well over 7,000 hours diving recorded and I can admittedly say, that for myself, I will always go digital. Period. Simply put, no moving parts... and no magnetic variation above the water, or below the sea's. Its not even a fair comparison. There you go guy's! Thank you again for a great post and I'll see you all on the coast on some ocean somewhere on Earth!

I own two Frogmen. I have the older “Men in rusty black” version and I recently bought the limited edition Gwfa1000xc-1a black version with the orange accents. I dive with all my watches, though I haven’t dove yet with my new one. I am surprised that you can log dive times and surface intervals, but it doesn’t include a depth meter ?? It has a great carbon fiber linked band which is very comfortable to wear. Thanks again for a great review ! 👍🏼

Nothing without digital FROGMAN.! 💪👍

I have both and your review is spot on EXCEPT, the new frogman looks best in blue! 🤣😂. Mine are both blue, but I like the GWF-D1000B the best, it just does more and easier to read the watch face, the newer model is very hard to read anything except the time and having to pull out my phone to change settings, etc is meh...I would send it back but I bought it from Japan and don’t want to pay shipping, I did save money on it with free shipping to me and only paying $700, not $800...🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

If you need it really for diving, I think the digital is the one you need, it could be a good backup of your dive computer. But esthetically and not for dive I go 100% to the analog one.

The D1000 smokes the analog version. Great video, on point

I agree although the Carbon Core Guard is like cool but the Steel with the Frog is one of the Coolest thing ever.

It's a pity to loose the ABC sensor and other functions. Thank you for the review. Let's hope that the next analog frogman will get these functions back.

I have a non-dive carbon G-Shock analog and love it. I am a retired pro diver. G-Shock Frogman's are cool but every diver uses a computer now that tracks everything. A watch is redundant and a backup. An analog dive watch should have a rotating bezel for easy down-time tracking. I like the frogman series but don't see a lot of actual diving use for them and every G-Shock I've ever owned and dived has been good to 200 meters in depth.

I really like mine a lot. Isn't it the case that the D1000 diving functions were a bit of a waste time as most divers would use a dive computer rather than a wristwatch.

Great Macro shots... and that thumping base beat (around 8.00 min mark) was in perfect sync with the second hand.... Brilliant. You meant it, of course. Didn't you? Of course you did....

As non-diver, i like new analog frogman. at the moment it is most fully loaded analog casio watch.And it looks really premium. Of course it leaks many options, that D1000 has. But as an ordinary user, i would never buy digital frogman- because of old type of display. I simply dont like how it looks. Watch body is brutal made, 3d....and flat blackwhite LCD. Despite, new A1000 is very good balanced and designed. Brutal body and deep 3d watch face. Assymetrical strap and assymetrical dials on the face. A top peak of design. In sports i brutally use Garmin Fenix 6x-it has all possible sport features, coloured big display, long battery life. New A1000 is just stylish watch with huge quantity of features for ordinary use. Premium look+ all possible analog watch features is a key of success of this watch. But its just for outdoor and style. Its all about design and style.Not for divers. I would advice Casio to make for example D2000 with bigger, coloured digital display, to save all D1000 options+ add something new, bluetooth, and some additional dive features. But...

I prefer the D1000 way more. Really not a fan of the analog. Digital feels more g shock to me lol. Would get a D1000 but really don't want to pay $1200-1400 aud. I'm still wearing my smoky gray gulfman on the original battery. Will probably just keep using it until it's completely dead.

It does look very nice mine just arrived Wow the original has a lot of features The new one not even have depth gauge ops

I just purchased the gwf-d1000b a couple days ago. I've been lusting after it for years and finally bit the bullet before they get too expensive. Next to the a1000, the d1000b is a much more beautiful watch. I think an analog digital version would've been a cool move for the new Frogman. Having the mode indicator/tide graph indicator as the digital portion would've been a smart move. Maybe in a future iteration they'll do that. I hope they consider it.

The GWF-A1000 looks amazing, and I'd definitely consider getting one if I didn't already have an analog G-Shock. However, I think the GWF-D1000 would be the better pick for me, since it's digital and I'm looking for a G-Shock like that.

No one uses dive watches in tec, which says a lot...For recreational diving, I've seen several high falutin guys wearing seikos, paneris, omegas and rolexes to dives then losing them. Worse is when it costs a bomb, and they get a staff member to jump in to search for it after decompressing. One guy apparently lost a 20k rolex. If I ran a dive operation, I'd ban everything that is not a computer. If anything, it'll be better if they dropped stuff like dive logs off the frogman. If you aren't getting all these info from a dive computer, you're doing it wrong, period. Love the new analog direction its taking though.

They are simply fantastic.

The screw back on the digital frogman was one of the selling points for me.

Im a PADI Rescue Diver. I do use my dive wrists computer in salt water at deeper dives. But I also do fresh water dives in caves and a few Blue Holds. And find the Casino Frogman is good were my dives are not as deep as salt water open water (Ocean) especially going in to caves and hard Rock the Casino is fantastic and holds up well against cave walls. Were as my dive computer would damage against rock wall. Most of my cave dives are not as deep and my bottom time is longer. And I enjoy to explore around rock and want that tough G-Shock Protection.

ThTs Funny. I love your review. But I prefer the Analog. Goes with my GWG-1000 and GPW-2000

The new Red analog model BLOWS the digital away in looks. That's subjective of course - however - analog is easier to see - could not care less about carbon fiber - its 'gorgeous' on the inside (its not) but no one will see it when you're wearing it lol. For a dedicated diving watch - the lack of depth is a miss - no doubt- however - i would wager that less than 10% of these are the primary diver's tool. The analog red can be had for $500 in June of 2022 and is a beast. Not even a close call.

Looks like a real nice watch, criticism aside. Definitely has the looks if not the functions.

Casio made a mistake. All they had to do is add Bluetooth and maybe go quad sensor on the D model. If they wanted to blow us away, go Ti screw back case like with squares. Most divers I know use a digital dive computer on there wrist, a watch is secondary, with the back light on the frogman d model, what else do you need? I don’t know, very disappointed with the new frog.

I like the digital traditional version of the frogman

i just bought one. I am not a diver nor am I planning to go diving . i love the look and i feel that the watch is a nod for other analog diving watches out there.(like the submariner for example) If I ever go diving i will appreciate it's features such as better water resistance and under time water. but let's face it . the face of the watch is what most of us fall in love with. the blue tooth will be many times more useful than a depth meter or compass. i rather have my phone always on time and with the ability to sync time if i fly somewhere than the compass or depth meter. Also you don't need a screw back on a solar watch in my opinion. the carbon is probably never going to be opened. If you are a serious diver the digital one is better no doubt,. when under water you need something that relies information easily and accurately like a digital watch so i don't think the analog version is aimed for someone that dives for a living. Besides like someone else mentioned there are diving computers that are much better for this line of work or hobby,

That second hand is locked on point. Perfect. Should be for $800, too.

On Casio Japan site, the product page for GWF-D1000B-1JF says, "DLC Coated Case & Back. DLC treatment was applied to the case and back cover to pursue further toughness. The back cover is engraved with a diving frog with a helmet and searchlight." It even shows a picture of the engraving, which looks really different than the back of your D1000B in the video. Looking at mine, the back cover is like yours - isn't engraved with a frog; rather, it's a high quality sticker. Is it engraved underneath the sticker?

I have the same frogman, and I have no complaints. 🐸🤿⚓️🌊🛥

I love analog watches , but Casio got this wrong. Missing depth gauge , I’ll wait for the next model.

Yeaaaa it’s a good looking watch, but it sucks compared to digital frogman. Digital frogman is goated. Maybe in a couple years the analog will be cooler.... but not now.

I love the analog model. Next week i will buy the black version 😍

Nice frogman 🐸🐸

Carbon core monocoque seems better when it comes to practicality. Also why you lying? Everyone knows the borneo frogman is the best colorway for the analog frogman haha!

Where is the analog battery indicator? I don’t think mine has one

thanks for this video, its very helpful for me who is planning of having one, does both have an hourly chime signal because it is very useful for my job (seaman), and does the battery life can last a very long time? thanks again sir

My opinion much good looking Analog designed than digital.. make it new one

Nice video this is my favorite quartz watch it is giving Seiko and citizen a run for the money comparing each watch I would pick the frogman

There is no battery level on this watch. Where did you get that info?

I would go for the analog, only missing the depth meter then it would be great. Seldom use other functions such as compass etc while underwater. Hopefully Casio can add the depth meter function in the next frogman analog model.

Im totally ok as long as they keep both options

This is my concern as to the direction that Casio has taken in recent years as to their watches. Analog is a nice feature and is a throwback to the origins of Dive Watches but a Casio is not a Rolex or Omega. That said as well as my biggest gripes about Negative Display he has a huge point. Casio watches were always sought after because of their rugged design their ease of use and clarity of their display. They have gone trendy over Form and Function and that is a mistake.

I prefer purely digital watch, let's go!!!

good video ,on the newer frogman they should have made the makers lume better ,so it would be like say a Seiko /Citizen divers . Seems they wanted it to be more streamlined etc.

I agree with you. I just don't like the look of the analogue Frogman. Honestly, if you put the analogue Frogman on the wrist, it looks like any other generic watch; it doesn't stand out (in a fashion/I want people to gasp and look at my asymmetrical watch when I'm outside). Even if you don't go diving (I don't either) I go to Thailand a few times and do some snorkelling in the sea and let me tell you; you WANT the D1000 on your wrist to look at the time; why? Because it has the automatic light when you swivel your arm as opposed to pressing a button with a light that doesn't light up the whole face (I'm talking about the analogue) whereas the D1000 is backlit and you can see everything on the face. I have Japan Coastguard version and it pops out when I'm outside and notice other G-Shock wearers. Immediately their eyes are drawn to my yellow and black band and they KNOW what I'm about; an urban fake diver. LOL. But still, everyone knows a Frogman even if they think it's ugly as sin and I love it!

the new frogman missing some sensors because of the recent model of the rangeman

I loved the video and great comparison. However, how come you didn't show the new Frogman's dive feature of measuring elapsed time, surface time, and dive recordings? And I've been using the new frog as a backup watch for sometime now and I absolutely love it. I read the comments and hear the disappointment of no triple sensors, etc. And personally, I think Casio just trimmed the fat. The depth gauge is nice, but it was only up to 260 feet, and I've dove deeper than that, so it didn't do much for me. I get it, casual diving is nice to have but not a must. Compass, my dive computer does that and I'm not navigating an obstacle course. Thermometer, don't really see the point unless the watch is off your wrist. My Protrek has the same features and I almost never use them hiking. They are fun to have, but not really needed. So I just think they trimmed the fat. But I have both Frogs and love them the same. But really love the analog. Just my thoughts.

How loud is the tick? Main thing i don’t like about quartz analog is ticking. Thanks 👍

$800 G-Shock with a $200 plain rubber keeper.

Dude they missed the mark HUGELY on this one. First time I've sat out on the frog since its release. A dive watch with no depth gauge??? Hahaha i have some ocean front property in Montana for sale too if anyone is interested CHEAP! Hint hint both are JOKES. If you went with this instead of the GPS Rangeman I feel bad af for you

What camera equipment are you using for Macro shots?

Casio tried to go with a traditional analog diver and the idea wasn’t bad. The monocoque case is stronger and Seiko uses a similar design for its legendary Marinemaster. Unfortunately, capturing the essence of classic analog diver and a modern G-Shock are difficult to execute properly. It seems that Casio couldn’t reconcile their design objectives.

The new one looks better though 😁

i always thoght the new frogman would come with MIP lcd same as in rangeman, it would have been so good. It was a step back for me.

Casio original start with digital watch.but now latest analog but I prefer digital

the gulfmaster is more capable than the new frogman, i think casio is suffering from an identity crisis

Cool looking watch! I’d definitely go with the red. When will you do another Sale video?

What music us playing during you macro shot?

Frogman is initially designed as dive computer for diver, not a dive watch like submariner

I have that digital Frogman and like yours it doesn't have the little "G" in the center of the circle on the screen and some do. What's the difference?

Prefer the digital wich I own and use in scuba diving..

bro where can i buy a GWF-D1000? I really want, one of these best,

I wonder if that digital one still available somewhere lol nice video

i guess G Shock Frogman should stay as digital, that the unique about it!

GWF-D frogman leave no space on the side , looks fuller with button & sensor , unlike previous generation , including this new ones which added philip bolt on screw in between those button/pusher , analogue frogman does looks bulkier , i think

If you don´t go diving then why having a Frogman anyway? for divers it is important to be able to download the data...

The analog Frogman does have Tide graph, as is shown in the right subdial. Greetings!

You don’t understand, a diver doesn’t need a second dive computer.

Frogman is legend because it’s digital. If you want analog, take seiko tuna 1000M

Frogman lo mejor, the best!

Is this a precursor to rainbow toad?

This analog also has countdown timer & alarm, plus the chronograph feature. Has day & date. Also, it has tide with app. Can time dives etc.... Then keep a record of them. But the count down timer & alarm features are my favorite. The strap is a new softer type material than carbon fiber. Love the size and thickness. Because of carbon case it is comfortable on the wrist. Mine is on its way to my house 🏠. The color of red is my strap color also. Which I preferred. However I would have been glad to get any color But, regretting a little of I didn't get red.

but i like the old frogman gshock

Does the new one have bat indicator? Where is it? The website doesn't say it has one.

Never been a fan of Frogman line, but this Analog even less to me!!! The BEST choice right now to pick a watch diver Is a Citizen Aqualand. I already bought a DW 6900 places faces and waiting the new NEON model, i own tons of DW 6900 versions and the Mudman 9000. I love those two models over all, have my Rangeman 9400 just for apocallypse case

Prefer the digital. Design of the analog is horrible with the exception of the lights.

IMHO the digital frogs look much better and sharp

Was waiting for this lol. I really don’t like this new frog man 🤦🏽‍♂️

Blue for the win.

I don’t think there is a auto light feature in this watch .

There are analog people & there are digital people. Diff strokes for diff folks.

I dont think they got it right. Frogman 🐸 was unique and outstanding in digital line up. Now it just looks like another mudmaster and gravitymaster.

I'm not blown away by this model, it's ok but not great.

For me..frogman should just come with digital.. just my opinion...

this watch should be a Gulfmaster..

2:47 please do not unscrew your crown underwater 🤦‍♂️

13:52 carbon core is not stronger than steel, steel is stronger than both carbon-resin and titanium. The benefits of carbon-resin and titanium are their strength to weight ratios, but for the same size watch, steel would be stronger, just heavier.

Great video,but the new analog frogman is totally ugly!!!!!!!

Save your money and get the Gulfmaster GWN-1000 that is analog with Compass, moon phase and depth sensor, this watch is a total rip off

Nice video! I have had many G shocks over the years, but with one exception I have ditched the brand. Do Casio ever listen to what their customers want? I am under the impression that their engineers want to show us how clever they are, rather than give us what we want. Why don't people with your expertise, ask Casio to talk more to their customers? Moan over, keep up the good work.