Model History
The Frogman opened the "Master of G" family in November 1993: the first model, the DW-6300, was designed specifically for professional divers and carries the inscription "FROGMAN" on the case back alongside the silhouette of a small diving frog, a declared tribute to the frogman/diver units of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces that inspired the name. The asymmetric case, with a thick rubber crown guard designed to be operated even while wearing a diving suit, immediately became the line's distinguishing trait, together with ISO 6425 diver's watch certification and water resistance to 200 meters.
In the following years the Frogman evolved alongside the brand's technological progress: the 1995 DW-8200 introduced a titanium version, the DW-9900 arrived in 1999, while the 2001 GW-200 brought solar charging to the line. An important milestone is the 2009 GWF-1000, the first Frogman able to receive the radio time signal from six different international stations, followed in 2016 by the GWF-D1000 with automatic logging of up to 20 dives.
2020 brought a radical novelty with the GWF-A1000, the first Frogman to adopt an analog dial instead of the traditional digital display, while in 2023 the line reached its qualitative peak with the MRG-BF1000R, made in titanium within the higher-end MR-G collection. Together with the Rangeman, the Frogman is today considered among the most coveted digital models in the entire Master of G universe, prized by collectors precisely for the asymmetric silhouette that sets it apart from the rest of the squared-case lineup.
Technical Specifications
Main Executions
The name and the small frog engraved on the case back of the first model are an explicit tribute to the "frogmen," the assault divers of the Japanese armed forces: a direct military reference, consistent with the professional vocation that has always set this line apart from the rest of the G-Shock catalog.