The original G-SHOCK’s square shape has spent more than four decades framing a digital display. The new 2500 series takes that familiar outline in a different direction: an analog dial with a three-part window that does more than show the date. It can display the operating mode, stopwatch minutes and settings without adding a separate digital screen.
The 2500 collection arrives in the US in November, starting at $145 for the resin GAC-2500. Metal-accented GMC-2500 models run $280 to $300, while the GMC-2500D with a metal bracelet costs $350. Those are three ways into the same new design, rather than three generations to sort through.
US launch prices: GAC-2500 $145; GMC-2500 $280–$300; GMC-2500D $350
Availability: November 2026
Product information: G-SHOCK 2500 series
A date window with another job
Look to the right of the dial and you’ll find the Multi-Mission Date display. Its three cells change with the function you’re using, so the space normally reserved for a calendar also provides information for the stopwatch and setup. The small seconds hand sits opposite it at 9 o’clock, leaving the central hands to tell the time.
That arrangement gives the face a different balance from both a digital square and an analog-digital G-SHOCK. There’s no rectangular LCD tucked below the hands. Instead, the extra information sits within the dial’s circular layout, surrounded by the hour markers.
The calendar adjusts automatically through 2099 once the year, month and day are entered. A one-second stopwatch and LED illumination round out the everyday functions. The controls still have the protective guards you’d expect around a G-SHOCK’s case, while the outer shape softens the original square with rounded contours.
Resin, metal accents or a bracelet
The $145 GAC-2500 comes in black, green, white and yellow versions. The green GAC-2500-3A shown here uses pale hands and markers against a dark green dial, with an orange accent on the small seconds hand.
Choosing the GMC-2500 moves the look toward metal accents, with US pricing from $280 to $300. The $350 GMC-2500D adds a metal bracelet. The extra spend changes the materials and appearance, so compare the version you want rather than treating the $145 starting price as the cost of every watch in the family.
The green GAC-2500-3A measures 46.7 × 44.5 × 12.7mm and weighs 47g. Its resin and bio-based resin case and bezel are paired with a bio-based resin strap, mineral glass and 200-meter water resistance. Those dimensions and materials belong to this resin model, not automatically to every metal version.
Inside, the Shock Release minute hand is magnetically attached rather than rigidly fixed to its shaft. It can move under an impact and return to the correct position within a few minutes. A briefly displaced hand after a knock is part of how that structure behaves, rather than something to mistake for ordinary time drift.
The five-year battery figure needs the right setting
The small seconds hand can be stopped to save power and restarted when needed. The launch’s up-to-five-year battery figure depends on that power-saving function. The GAC-2500-3A specifications give the normal battery rating as approximately two years on a CR1025. Five years is the power-saving claim, not the standard rating.
The 2500 series is headed to select US retailers, G-SHOCK’s online store and its Soho store in November. The announced starting price is $145, with the bracelet version at $350. Choose a finish now, then check the US store when November availability begins.
US launch prices: GAC-2500 $145; GMC-2500 $280–$300; GMC-2500D $350
Availability: November 2026
Product information: G-SHOCK 2500 series
If you want an available alternative instead of waiting for November, the older G-SHOCK GA-2100-1A1 is $78.84 at Amazon, sold by Watchsavings and shipped by Amazon.com. It’s an analog-digital model, not a 2500-series watch, and it doesn’t have the new Multi-Mission Date layout.
Available alternative: G-SHOCK GA-2100-1A1, not the featured 2500 series
Price: $78.84, checked October 22, 2026
Where to buy: Amazon (sold by Watchsavings; ships from Amazon.com)
