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DOXA Launches Sleeker SUB 300 

Doxa slims its SUB 300 dive watch to create the new SUB 300 Beta, a contemporary edition of the technical series, but with sleeker, colorful ceramic bezels and sunburst-finished dials.  

One of the new models in the Doxa SUB 300 Beta collection.

While thinner at 11.95mm (compared to the SUB 300T’s 13.65mm thickness) and with a slimmer bezel height, the new series still retains the collection’s 42.5mm diameter size as well as its range of deep diver specs.

The look is decidedly less retro than existing models in the 300SUB series, with a contemporary black ceramic bezel, wave-motif dial and slightly longer hour markers.

Doxa maintains a screw-down crown, helium release valve, a flat sapphire crystal and a screw-in steel caseback on this high-value 300-meter dive watch.

Doxa livens up the series with colorful accents and matching rubber strap options with a white, silver, black or blue dial.

Also available on request is Doxa’s historic stainless-steel “rice grain” bracelet.

Both options come with a deployant clasp featuring a wetsuit extension and Doxa’s own fish logo.

 

Specifications: Doxa SUB 300 Beta 

Case: 316L Stainless steel, diameter: 42.50mm x 44.50mm, height: 11.95mm, helium release valve. Crystal: ‘Flat’ sapphire with anti-reflective coating, Screw-in steel caseback, black ceramic screw-down crown. Water-resistance: 300 meters.

Dial: Sunburst finish with wave pattern, colored hands, orange or tone-on-tone, highlighted with SuperLumiNova, outer minute track, painted, glossy black.

Bezel: Black ceramic, unidirectional rotation, outer ring: depth in feet (black tone-on-tone indications), SuperLumiNova dot at 12 o’clock. Inner ring: Duration in minutes (black tone-on-tone indications).

Movement: Swiss mechanical, self-winding, 3 hands, power reserve of 38 hours,Frequency: 28,800 vph (4 Hz), Doxa decorations.

Strap/Bracelet: FKM rubber strap, tone-on-tone matching the dial (or white for ‘Caribbean’ and ‘Searambler’); black PVD-coated folding clasp with ratcheting wetsuit extension, Doxa fish symbol.

or

316L stainless steel ‘beads of rice’ bracelet; stainless steel folding clasp with ratcheting wetsuit extension, Doxa fish symbol.

Price: With stainless steel bracelet: $2,290. With rubber strap: $2,250.

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Doxa Honors Clive Cussler

Doxa honors American adventure novelist Clive Cussler with a specially finished version of its SUB 300T dive watch. Cussler’s novels were highly influential in spotlighting Doxa watches, especially as depicted on the wrist of fictional adventure hero Dirk Pitt, who wore an orange-dialed Doxa while exploring or on a mission.

The new Doxa SUB 300T Clive Cussler (above) retains all the technical specifications you expect from this pioneering Swiss maker of professional-grade dive watches (see specifications below), but adds a series of distinctive finishes and design choices aimed at creating a weathered look to its 42mm case, dial and even the strap.

To create the aged appearance, Doxa has opted to replace the SUB 300T’s traditional, late-1960s dial with a dial that looks like a vintage compass, much like Dirk Pitt might use.

In addition, the watch’s case, bracelet, clasp, and pin buckle are made using steel that Doxa has purposefully finished to appear aged, as if Pitt himself once wore the watch.

Doxa also honors Cussler with a series of unique dial design features, notably by finishing the dates 7, 15, and 31 in red to commemorate the author’s birthday of July 15th, 1931.

Doxa also engraves each watch with its own exclusive number on the side of the bezel to indicating authenticity.

“I extend my heartfelt appreciation to DOXA for honoring my father’s legacy with a watch that exemplifies his courage, originality, and love of exploration,” says Dirk Cussler, author and the son of Clive Cussler.

On the back of the watch Doxa has engraved the names of shipwrecks and other historical artifacts that have been discovered or surveyed by NUMA.

Doxa has earmarked a percentage of sales from this special edition Clive Cussler watch for donation to NUMA, the National Underwater and Marine Agency Cussler founded in 1979. On the back of the watch Doxa has engraved the names of shipwrecks and other historical artifacts that have been discovered or surveyed by NUMA.

“Cussler’s internationally famed novels were a natural platform for Doxa watches, highlighting them as essential tools for his heroic characters,” says Jan Edocs, Doxa CEO.

Doxa supplies each SUB 300T Clive Cussler with an aged stainless steel coated “Beads of Rice” bracelet with a folding clasp and ratcheting wetsuit extension, as well as a beige NATO strap.

An additional black FKM rubber strap with an aged stainless steel coating folding clasp is available for purchase. 

Price: $2,690.

Specifications: Doxa SUB 300T Clive Cussler

(Ref. 840.80.031.15)

 

Case: 42.50 mm x 44.50 mm x 14 mm steel with aged stainless steel coating, screw-down crown, water resistance to 1,200 meters (4,000 feet), screw-down engraved case back, flat sapphire crystal, unidirectional rotating bezel for calculating and monitoring no-decompression dive times, helium release valve.

Movement: Automatic (ETA-based) with a 38-hour power reserve.

Dial: Vintage compass design, hours, minutes, seconds and date display. 

Bracelet: Aged stainless steel coating “Beads of Rice” bracelet, folding clasp with ratcheting wetsuit extension, additional beige NATO strap.  Black rubber strap with aged stainless steel coating folding clasp and wetsuit extension also available for $490 extra.

Price: $2,690. 

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Doxa Launches Slimmer SUB 200 C-Graph Series

Doxa thins and slims its SUB 200 C-Graph dive watch series, adding a selection of models with a 42mm diameter (down from the 45mm of the existing series from 2020) and a reduced thickness of 15.85mm. The new series, called SUB 200 C-Graph II, also boasts a new sunburst dial finish, all offered in the collections’s familiar six-colors.

One of six new DOXA SUB C-Graph II models, each available with a rubber strap or ‘beads of rice’ steel bracelet.

Despite its new size, the Doxa vintage-themed series retains its Tri-Compax dial layout, its unidirectional rotating steel bezel and its minute indication highlighted in white SuperLuminova. The White Pearl model (below) features a ceramic bezel.

A close look at the dials of the bright new SUB 200 C-Graph II watches reveals the details of the light-refracting sunburst finish.

Thin brushed lines, created by artisans using metal filament brushes, radiate outward from the center of the dial (like sun rays). The effect serves to illuminates each of the collection’s six dial colors.

Devised for long dive times, the SUB 200 C-Graph II allows up to twelve hours of time to be measured using the stopwatch function.

A sweep center-seconds hand begins its revolutions, when the chronograph is activated, and works in concert with minutes and hours registers.

Doxa fits each watch with an ETA-based automatic three-hand movement offering a power reserve of 56 hours and protected with 200 meters of water resistance. Prices start at $2,850 (see details below).

Specifications: Doxa SUB 200 C-Graph II

Case: 42mm by 46mm by 15.85mm stainless steel, screw-down crown,
sapphire crystal, unidirectional rotating bezel, solid steel back, screw-in.
Water resistance: 200 meters. 

Dial: Sunray-finished, available in the six colors of the collection, hour, minute and counter hands coated with Super-LumiNova. Bezel marker at 12 o’clock coated with white Super-LumiNova, Caribbean & SharkHunter models: Super-LumiNova on all markers, except the timer White Pearl ceramic model: no Super-LumiNova on the bezel.  

Movement: Swiss automatic, 3 hands, chronograph power reserve of approx. 56 hours, frequency: 28,800 vibrations per hour (4 Hz). DOXA decorations. 

Strap/Bracelet: Stainless steel “beads of rice” bracelet, attached by screws for a secure fit, folding clasp with wetsuit extension, embossed “DOXA fish” symbol
or FKM rubber strap, tone-on-tone color-matched with the dial. Buckle featuring the exclusive “DOXA Fish” symbol.  

Prices: Models with stainless steel bezel insert: 

Stainless steel bracelet: $2,890. Rubber strap: $2,850. 

Model with ceramic bezel insert: 

Stainless steel bracelet: $2,990. Rubber strap: $2,950. 

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Doxa Releases Steel-Cased Army

More fifty years after Doxa debuted the first Doxa Army watch, the Swiss watchmaker debuts a new 42.5mm version in steel.

The new non-limited Doxa Army, cased in steel.

The launch follows the April 2022 release of the watch as a ceramic-cased limited edition in partnership with Watches of Switzerland.

The new, non-limited version is cased in stainless steel with a sand-beige dial. For the first time, Doxa is offering a choice of bezel in bronze or steel with a ceramic insert in hunter green or black, respectively.

Doxa’s use of a bronze unidirectional rotating bezel here as an option marks the watchmaker’s first use of bronze, which many sport watch makers have embraced in recent years.

With its highly luminous dial, the new Doxa Army is being offered with the choice of a stainless steel “beads of rice” bracelet or a black or hunter green rubber strap. Also included is an additional NATO camouflage strap and a case with the original Swiss Army field uniform camouflage pattern.

Inside, Doxa fits an ETA automatic movement (see below for full specifications list.)

Doxa developed the first Army model in cooperation with the Swiss Army in 1968. Dubbed “the ideal watch for military divers,” the watch was notable for its black case, black bezel with black insert and sand-beige dial. Prices: $2,050 to $2,290.

 

Specifications: Doxa Army

References

785.10.031.10 / stainless steel bezel with black ceramic insert / stainless steel bracelet 

785.10.031.20 / stainless steel bezel with black ceramic insert / black FKM rubber strap

785.60.031.10 / bronze bezel with hunter green ceramic insert / stainless steel bracelet 

785.60.031.26 / bronze bezel with hunter green ceramic insert / hunter green FKM rubber strap

785.60.031.20 / bronze bezel with hunter green ceramic insert / black FKM rubber strap 

Case: 42.5mm x 44.5mm x 11.95mm steel, sapphire crystal, unidirectional rotating bezel in bronze or stainless steel, screw-down crown, threaded stainless-steel case back, water resistant to 300 meters.

Dial: Sand-beige, orange hour and minute hands, coated with SuperLuminova, white painted outside minute track. Numerals and dot at 12 o’clock coated with SuperLuminova.

Movement: Automatic ETA 2824 with a power reserve of 38 hours, Doxa decorations.

Bracelet / Strap: Stainless steel “beads of rice” bracelet, secured to the case with screws; folding clasp with wetsuit extension, decorated with ‘DOXA fish’ symbol. FKM rubber strap in black or hunter green, folding clasp with adjustable  wetsuit extension, decorated with ‘DOXA fish’ symbol. Additional NATO camouflage strap included in the box.

Prices:

Stainless-steel bezel with black ceramic insert:

$2,050 (rubber strap) and $2,090 (steel bracelet)

Bronze bezel with hunter green insert:

$2,290 (steel bracelet) and $2,250 (rubber strap).

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Doxa Re-Issues ‘Army’ with Watches of Switzerland

Doxa teams with Watches of Switzerland to launch the Doxa Army Watches of Switzerland Edition, a black ceramic-cased version of a matte black steel Doxa military watch from the 1960s.

The new Doxa Army Watches of Switzerland Edition.

Like that now highly collectible Doxa Army watch, the re-edition is also finished in matte black, which recalls the original model’s role as a watch designed to reduce glare during active military duty.

The original model was one of the very first watches to use a coating process (oxidation) that at the time was relatively new to the watchmaking industry.

Doxa also echoes the sand-beige dial of the original model on this re-issue, framing it with a matte black diving bezel that matches the 42.5mm by 44.5mm case. Inside Doxa fits a COSC-certified automatic Sellita movement.  

Doxa is also packaging the watch with box sporting the original camouflage pattern used by the Swiss Army at the time the watch debuted. The box includes two straps: one made from black FKM rubber and one NATO strap with a camouflage pattern.

Watches of Switzerland offers the new Doxa Army Watches of Switzerland Edition in a limited edition of 100 pieces.

We expect this nicely considered homage to Doxa’s rich military-watch history to sell very quickly, especially in light of the always active Doxa collector community.

Price: $4,500

 

Specifications: Doxa Army Watches of Switzerland Edition

(Reference 785.00.031.20)

Case: 42.5mm x 44.5mm x 11.95mm matte black ceramic, titanium chamber for the movement, sapphire crystal, unidirectional matte ceramic rotating bezel, screw-down titanium crown, threaded titanium case back, water resistance to 300 meters.

Dial: Beige with orange hour and minute hands, coated with SuperLuminova, painted outside minute track, white numerals and dot at 12 o’clock coated with SuperLuminova.

Movement: Automatic Sellita SW200-1, COSC-certified.

Strap: Black FKM rubber, color-matched with the case, folding clasp, black PVD coating, featuring Doxa fish symbol and adjustable wetsuit extension. Additional NATO camouflage strap included in the box.

Price: $4,500.

 

 

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