Casio G-Shock Pokémon GA-110PKM-7A Review: A 30th-Anniversary Collector’s Piece

Based on Casio’s official specifications and multiple hands-on reviews. This is a real, limited-edition 2026 watch, and every detail below is sourced rather than invented.

Casio’s G-Shock line has a long history of pop-culture collaborations, but this one carries genuine weight: the GA-110PKM-7A marks the first-ever Pokémon × G-Shock team-up, released to celebrate Pokémon’s 30th anniversary. Previous Pokémon watches from Casio were all built on the smaller Baby-G platform, so this is also the first time the franchise gets the full-size, oversized G-Shock treatment.

It’s a limited-edition collector’s item first and an everyday watch second — and understanding that framing is the key to reviewing it honestly.

What It Is

The GA-110PKM-7A takes the classic, chunky GA-110 case and dresses it in Pokémon’s identity. The central case is white, wrapped in a translucent resin bezel and band, with the dial, bezel, buttons, and hands finished in the red, green, and blue color scheme drawn from the original 1996 Game Boy games. Underneath the theming, it’s a standard analog-digital G-Shock — shock resistance, 200m water resistance, and the familiar Casio 5146 module.

Crucially, this is not a smartwatch. There’s no heart-rate sensor, no GPS, no Bluetooth, no app connectivity, and no rechargeable battery. It runs on a coin cell and tells time. For its intended audience — collectors and Pokémon fans — that’s exactly right.

The Design: Where the Money Goes

The appeal here is entirely in the details, and Casio packed in a lot of them.

The dial is the centerpiece. At 9 o’clock, an inset subdial is styled as a Poké Ball, with a small indicator hand shaped like Pikachu seen from behind — its counterweight echoing Pikachu’s lightning-bolt tail. The real showpiece is the band, which features 30 different Pokémon as a tribute to the franchise’s 30 years: the three first-partner (starter) Pokémon from every mainline generation, Kanto through Paldea, plus Pikachu and Eevee for 29, with Mew — the Mythical Pokémon introduced in 1996 — on the translucent band keeper to complete the set. Flip the watch over and the case back is engraved with a special 30th-anniversary Pokémon logo and a Pikachu silhouette.

Then there’s the packaging, which several reviewers called the highlight: the watch ships inside a collector’s box shaped like a Poké Ball, with all 30 Pokémon printed on the outer box. For a collectible, the unboxing is a genuine part of the product.

One honest note on the styling: because the dial is so busy and colorful, the short hands can blend into the background, making the watch harder to read at a glance than a plainer G-Shock. That’s a real trade-off, though unlikely to bother the collectors this is aimed at.

Wearing It

At 55mm tall, 51.2mm wide, and 16.9mm thick, this is a full-size G-Shock with the same bold wrist presence as any GA-110 — it’s not a subtle watch, and the multicolor treatment leans further into that. But at just 72 grams it’s light and comfortable for its size, and the resin case and band wear easily for all-day use. If you already get on with the GA-110 form factor, this will feel familiar; if you have smaller wrists, it will wear large.

Features and Functionality

The Casio 5146 module is a well-established analog-digital movement. It covers world time across 48 cities plus UTC (29 time zones), a 1/1000-second stopwatch, a countdown timer, five daily alarms, and an auto LED light that illuminates the display when you tilt your wrist, with an afterglow function. The positive LCD gets a subtle greenish filter with yellow LED illumination to match the theme.

It’s a basic-but-reliable feature set — no atomic timekeeping, no solar charging, no smart connectivity. Accuracy is rated at around ±15 seconds per month, and the CR1220 battery lasts approximately two years. For a themed collector’s G-Shock, this is appropriate; buyers looking for fitness tracking or notifications should look at an entirely different category of watch.

Durability

This is still a real G-Shock, so the fundamentals are intact: genuine shock-resistant construction and 200m (20 ATM) water resistance, meaning it’s rated for swimming and snorkeling, not just splashes. The mineral crystal and resin build are standard G-Shock fare. It’s tough enough for daily wear — though, given its limited-edition status and collector value, many owners will treat it more carefully than a standard beater G-Shock.

Price and Availability

The GA-110PKM-7A launched in July 2026 at $270 in the US, ¥33,000 in Japan, and €239 in Europe. This is a limited edition, and it sold out extremely quickly — Casio distributed it through a sign-up/lottery system rather than straightforward open stock, and pre-order allocations disappeared almost immediately. Availability now largely means the secondary market, often above retail.

That scarcity is worth factoring into any buying decision: this is priced and sold as a collectible, so treat the “value” question as a collector would, not as you would a general-purpose watch.