G-SHOCK

G-SHOCK x Joshua Vides

By Gabe LarracasMar 19, 2026

Joshua Vides is an artist out of Southern California known for his black and white linework that turns real objects into something that looks hand-drawn. What started with a single pair of painted Air Force 1s grew into full installations, cars, and collaborations across different industries. His work plays with how objects are seen, using heavy outlines and flat surfaces to shift something familiar into something that feels slightly off at first glance. It started around 2017 with a pair of Air Force 1s. He painted them white, outlined everything in black, posted it online, and it took off from there.

Photo by Heison Ho

Since then he’s applied that same approach to just about everything. Sneakers, cars, full installations, even entire rooms. The idea stays the same. Take something real and strip it down until it looks like a sketch, but still exists in real life. That’s carried into collaborations too. Fashion brands, automotive, now G-SHOCK.

This collaboration is built on two models, the DW5600JV-7 and the DW6900JV-1.

The 5600 is all white. Every edge is outlined in black. Case, strap, face. It looks like someone took a marker and traced the whole watch piece by piece. The dial follows the same treatment, and the backlight brings up a traffic cone graphic that shows up a lot in his work.

The 6900 flips it. Black base, white outlines. The shape changes how it reads. The three circles on the face stand out more, and the lines wrap around the case instead of sitting flat.

Side by side they feel different even though they’re built off the same idea.

The linework runs through everything. Buttons, bezel, strap. It’s not just slapped on top. It follows the shape of the watch so it still holds when you move it around. You also get smaller details worked in. Handwritten-style text on the face, Vides’ signature on the back, packaging done the same way.