Did G-Shock China tease the upcoming GAV-01 or GA-V01?

Or is this something else?

The China divisions of Casio and G-Shock teased something that is coming soon in a cryptic Weibo post. An image shows a black silhouette of something that may or may not be a watch with two red arrows near the center. The shape is watch-like but does not resemble any existing G-Shock.

An all-new G-Shock series was recently discovered to be coming soon in four colorways from a supplier listing, the GAV-01 or maybe GA-V01, and we’re thinking that this Weibo post may have something to do with it.

The post (translated from Chinese to English by Chrome) reads “With freedom as the axis, wandering the boundaries of time and space. This time, #gshock# goes beyond imagination, follow #cooleyes# into the #openvworld# , and reshape the new way of future trends, so stay tuned. #Casiowatch# #fashionwatch# #fashiontrend”

We have no idea what the “cooleyes” (酷眼仔) or “openvworld” (开放V世界) hashtags refer to. We could not follow the hashtag links without an account, and we don’t think that would have been much help anyway. Could the “v” in “openvworld” refer to the “V” in GAV-01 or GA-V01, and could that “V” refer to a vertical axis? Nobody outside of Casio knows what the “V” stands for at the moment. G-Shock creator Kikuo Ibe also mentioned upcoming innovations in “shape” for G-Shock in his holiday greeting. Whether all of this is related or not, it’s clear that something new and unusual is on the way.

Source: weibo.com

Update: G-Shock China posted another update at weibo.com with the “#CoolEyes#” and “#OpenVWorld#” hashtags that includes a video. The video depicts Kikuo Ibe’s famous ball prototype bouncing around and then turning into a bunch of spherical black figures with arrows for eyes. It then transitions from a closeup of one the figures to the silhouette image seen in the original post (which doesn’t exactly match the figure in the video), and ends with “To Be Continued…” The post states that more videos are coming soon, and there is a giveaway for a “G-SHOCK Cool Eyes Watch Box” on January 23.

Translated by Google, the full post reads, “ATTENTION, decoding Pioneer signals. # Cool Eyes # is loading, break through the boundaries of time and space with #gshock#, right now, interpret the undefined attitude, and instantly activate #OpenVWorld#. The “Cool Eye Boy” is here, go on a wonderful exploration with him. There will be more videos to come in the future. Guess what kind of fantasy adventure the next stop will be. Like Weibo and leave a message in the comment area today. Please post your answers. At 15:00 on January 23, 3 G fans will be randomly selected through the @微博 lottery platform, and each of them will receive a “G-SHOCK cool eye watch box”. All G fans, act quickly! #casiowatch##超碰##fashiontrend#”