A long
time before I found this big "G-Bomb" I saw this alarm clock for sale
for a, at that time for me, astronomic high price. It took a long time
the seller got his clock sold, but I had this clock from that time in
the back of my head. It took me a long time to trace one, until I found
one in 2006. I believe there are not many made of them, sine you hardly
see them for sale and change owner for big bucks (while the retail price
was just under ¥6000) for an alarm clock. The QC-200 came in 2 or 3
models. There was also a QC-100 produced, which was more cylindrical
shaped.
Joakim Agren wrote once this
about the Muscle Time:
Interesting fact!
That clock was made to resemble the original prototype G that was
rejected by the Casio management in 1982 because they thought it
looked ugly and was to big so the designers and engineers went back
to the drawing board and finally came up with the DW-5XXX series
that had the revolutionary omni directional shock resistance
technology. The original prototype had a protected module and module
cased surrounded by a fat disc shaped ring to provide for the shock
protection. Basically a saucer type design just like this GQ-200
MuscleTime
clock. Me personally thinks it look damn cool!
