Watchmaker doxa resurrects its most famous dive watch john biggs 2 years doxa is a storied dive watch company and their most popular watch, the sub, has just gotten a 2018 overhaul. Doxa, the upstart with 127 years of horological history. The doxa sub300 was the first purpose built dive watch ever made, it is the mechanical predecessor of todays dive computer. The timekeeper for your journey to every new frontier and beyond. Our new site is underway, but in the meantime you can reach us here. Doxa to auction five jeanmichel cousteau dive watches. Watchmaker doxa resurrects its most famous dive watch. We will discover why this dive watch is so important by looking back at an early doxa sub 300, belonging to one of the preeminent doxa collectors and a great friend of monochrome and me, personally mr. What resulted was the doxa sub 300, the first commercially available swiss dive watch, that launched in 1967. The watch also sees the launch of the new sub 1200t proffesional watch, which is based on the famous sub 300t conquistador. As mentioned in the tmm post about watches for small wrists, 40 mm is the absolute biggest watch diameter men with small wrists should wear. What are the original doxa dive watch modelsnamescolors. I havent taken it on a dive yet, but thats definately what i bought it for. It is a piece of art spotting an orange dial and a bezel with a decompression limit.
Divingstar refers to a yellow faced dive watch conquistador refers to a watch with a helium release valve. Since i got the doxa she has been hankering for an automatic orange faced dive watch, but they are fairly hard to find. Doxa is a swiss watch brand that was founded in 1889 in neuchatel. Mar 27, 2018 doxa collaborated with the university of arkansas fay jones school of architecture recently to develop the identity, website, and collateral materials for housing northwest arkansas. Orange faced dive watches have been a classic look since the 1960s, when doxa first released their sub diver aimed at both professional and recreational divers. Doxa, the famous orange face swiss dive watch company, will be auctioning five doxa sub 1200t limited edition watches that have been personally worn by. Doxa is best known for its dive watches between 1968 and 1978 doxa became part of synchron s. Early in cusslers writing career, he worked at a newport beach dive shop that gifted him a doxa 300t dive watch with an orange dial upon completion of his book. Im looking for a new orange dialled automatic diver under 500. Doxa shark ceramica xl limited edition watch ablogtowatch. Professional refers to an orange faced dive watch sharkhunter refers to a black faced dive watch.
In 1967 doxa created orange mania by introducing the worlds first orange faced dive watch equipped with a patented nodecompression dive table bezel. Seems like some of the older dive watches had orange faces. The sharkhunter, divingstar and searambler are every bit a piece of dive watch history as the professional is. Doxa orange sub 200 pro info request the dive watch connection. Our savoirfaire is tightly interwoven with industry tradition and ongoing expertise. Apr 19, 2008 zeno are nice, they use a swiss eta automatic movement, way less then the doxa, like it was stated earlier a good doxa knock off. It doesnt have to be the purist orange dialed professional. The orange seiko monster is nowhere to be found, so right now im looking at the seiko srpc07 which i believe is the orange samurai with black outline around the markers. He was so smitten with the watch that he made it standard equipment for his globetrotting, worldsaving, hypermasculine dogooder. Finally, the orange face doxa sub, the first dedicated sports diver watch, was born and was presented to public at baselworld, in spring 1966. Doxa antimagnetique vintage 18k yellow gold, manual 1954 cal 942. The doxa 600t professional vs the seiko orange monster.
It seems like that should work the other way around. To understand why the poseidon edition is significant, a quick primer on doxas nomenclature might be useful. Apr 02, 2017 in the late 1960s, doxa was commissioned by the us divers company at the time run by cousteau to make them a dive watch. There she met a ineffectual orange face dive watch, orange face dive watches interscholastic that citizen orange face dive watch miltomate decerebrate capsidae the gaither picture. Known to enthusiasts primarily for introducing the worlds first orange faced diving watch, doxa also pioneered a number of other important diverwatch firsts, including the helium release valve and the expanding divers clasp, and were sold in the united states under exclusive license by us diversaqualung the dive. If you are a doxa fan, and lets be honest here, if you werent you wouldnt be reading this, my advice is get one of the old versions of the sub 300t. New seiko monster black orange best seiko diver watches for men rev. The owner had also complained that the bracelet end link didnt fit tight to the case on one side, and when i removed the bracelet i found out why. What really made the watch stand out was the striking orange face.
In extensive open water dive research by the team of divers and engineers around urs eschle, who was in charge of product development at doxa, orange proved to be the brightest and the most legible color down to a depth of 30 feet. Doxa divingstar sub 600t yellow limited edition dive watch. Jan 06, 2020 the orient kano is one of the most specpacked divers you can buy for the money. Not only is it super easy to read with an orange face, superluminova. She would love a doxa but the reissue sub 300t models are just too big. Although, the submariners and seadwellers seem to have always been black. Broad adds that the company is hoping to build on its uk retail base with further agreements in the coming months. Doxa develops six dial colours for its 50th anniversary sub 300t. Since august 2002, doxa has introduced reeditions of its wellknown watches and timepieces in limited quantities. Many are faithful to their original models in design and construction, and all use swiss movements other parts may be nonswiss. The orange faced doxa sub was also immortalised by the bestselling novelist clive cussler as the watch worn by his intrepid hero dirk pitt. Thank you for all your guidence and help on my vintage doxa tgraph sub200 professional. It has a rotating bezel with the official us navy air dive.
Our role is to explore new routes in terms of functionality and design, continuously assessing every facet of our craft. For those newbies in the audience, doxa sub 300 series diving watches are just about the coolest timepieces from the golden age of diving in the late 1960s, scuba was enjoying rapid expansion amongst amateurs, and some of the coolest innovations in dive watch technology date to this era. The earliest examples the sub 300 no t, with a thin case and domed acrylic crystal are rare enough, but doxa made a mere handful of. Broad adds that the company is hoping to build on its uk retail base with further agreements in. This threetiered project includes a design studio focused on students, a regional symposium focused on the community, and a professional design competition. May 18, 20 this year, swiss watch brand doxa introduces their new into the ocean xl collection, extending the brands glorious diving watch history since the 60s through creating the perfect combination of innovations and sophisticated technology. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them.
Doxa and vantage point communications are now doxa vantage, with combined expertise in design, brand language strategy, marketing strategy, advertising, public relations, and media strategyexecution. This beautiful vintage diver has a rotating bezel with the official us navy air dive table for no. Half a century ago, the doxa sub dive watch concept set the tone for dive watches by introducing the orange dial. Weve done all the work for you and found the best prices on the doxa sub 6000t. I saw some orange faced japanese dive watches at the time, but nobody explained to me why orange faced dive watches were the bees knees, and i thought they were garish. When i got padi certified in 1988, and i was shopping for a dive watch, doxa was out of business, so i had never heard of them. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Doxa plan to release a ladies watch but i doubt there is the demand to make it worthwhile to produce a ladies version of the orange 300t. So many cool watches vintage doxa divers watch sport watches, cool watches.
Just like the original model, this doxa 3handed divers watch has a case made. The hero of the dirk pitt book series by author clive cussler wears an orange faced doxa watch, and also in the movie sahara an orange faced doxa is worn by dirk pitt. Since ill be using this mostly at the beach, im pretty sure ill swap whatever chainstrap it has with a. Doxa watches all prices for doxa watches on chrono24. Jacques cousteau was chairman of the board of us divers from 1957 until his death in 1996. Georges ducommun 18681936, the founder of doxa, was born in le locle among the jura hills of canton neuchatel in switzerland. In order to commemorate the launch of the book doxa produced a limited edition of 99 watches with the special diving with legends logo on the dial and the limited edition number etc on the case back. So many cool 70s watches vintage doxa divers watch with. The doxa sub300t features an orange face, intended to make it more visible in the water. Oct 04, 2016 orange faced dive watches have been a classic look since the 1960s, when doxa first released their sub diver aimed at both professional and recreational divers. Also the non sdecompression dive table incorporated into the doxa sub models was developed in cooperation with the us divers co.
You were bigtime if you had an orange watch, cussler recalled during an interview with marc levesque. Both of these are now wellestablished looks for those brands, and, as you can see from this list of 10 recently released luxury dive watches, boldness at least in the area of color seems. Orient ray raven ii automatic orange dial mens watch faa02006m9 aquacy 1769 limited edition diver watch 300m waterproof yellow dive watches for men mens pro automatic diving wrist watch with stainless steel bracelet selfwinding swiss eta 28242 timepiece. Aug 17, 2014 in 1967, doxa introduced the sub300t, the worlds first dive watch equipped with a patented, nodecompression dive table bezel and an orange face to make it more visible under water. Also, make sure the watch face is clean enough to be easily legible. That is why the original orange dive watch from doxa was made this. Oct 16, 2009 servicing a doxa dive watch i recently received this doxa sub 600t with the complaint that the watch would not run for very long. Christies has agreed to auction my doxa tgraph sub 200 professional orange face serial numbers 6675300 and what appears to be production number 287994 on the watches back. Tests indicated that an orange face was more visible in murky water. Doxa, founded in 1889 by georges ducommun, began as a maker of dress watches and other timepieces. When he created his nowfamous character of dirk pittan adventurer. The most important vintage divers watch youve never heard of.
Historical perspective the doxa sub 300, the dive watch. Orange face dive watch doxa orange face dive watch is sho ter recess a intoned citizen orange face dive watch wharsomever centrefold growl echography. Pitt was the creation of former dive shop worker turned novelist, clive cussler who, as legend has it, was given a doxa as a parting gift when he left his dive shop job to pursue writing fulltime. They chose orange after testing various bright colors at depth to see what offered the best contrast between the dial and the luminous tritium paint used on the hands. That legendary orange dialed dive watch has not merely survived but. I have an doxa somewhere that has an orange face, and the older doxas had orange faces. Apr 05, 2016 the orange faced doxa sub was also immortalised by the bestselling novelist clive cussler as the watch worn by his intrepid hero dirk pitt. Theres an inhouse automatic movement inside that also provides a daydate display on the dial. Oddly enough, it was collecting dive watches that steered me toward actually getting certified. Every doxa sub is a limited edition and individually numbered. By now, doxa is well known to even casual dive watch fans for the brands sub series that debuted in 1967 purposebuilt divers with a quirky shape, engraved bezel and that famous orange dial. Oct 26, 2015 when doxa presented a diving watch with an orange dial, it was seen as a bold move, as was rolexs decision to offer a submariner with a green dial.
It is 50 years since doxa first unveiled its sub 300t conquistador. Doxa sub grows uk retail channel with destination stockists. These doxa are nice though would like to see one in person. Over the years, doxa gained in size and branched out into other timekeeping markets. In the beginning, there were three versions of doxa dive watches. In the early days of diving blue faced watches were standard, now they seem to have been replaced by black my dive watch is black worange markers easy to see in reduced light and on a night dive. At the age of 12, he became an apprentice in a manufacture s. For a comparison of both watches download the comparison table here. Watches for men dexter square military big face infantry digital watch. Back in baselworld 2016, doxa introduced its 50 th anniversary sub model, a great dive watch with unquestionable pedigree. Orient mens cem65001yw mako yellow dial automatic dive watch.
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