We aren't shy about our love of DOXA here at Analog:Shift.
In fact, the original inspiration behind Analog:Shift was squarely centered on DOXA! In any flavor, any color, from the classic orange-dialed Professional to the stunning silver-dialed Searambler, we love 'em all.
While perhaps not as well-known as the Blancpain Fifty-Fathoms or the Rolex Submariner, the DOXA Sub series played an integral role in the development of the modern diver's watch. The first generation of the model, introduced in 1967, brought innovations we now take for granted — a unidirecitonal bezel with the US Navy's no-decompression dive timing marks engraved, an expanding bracelet, a brightly colored hi-legibility dial, and an oversized luminous minute hand, to name but a few.
In addition to their highly sought-after vintage configurations, the Doxa SUB 300T is also made in several contemporary special editions. Take, for example, this incredible iteration celebrating the life of American writer Clive Cussler, whose 'Dirk Pitt' novels made the SUB 300 famous. With its special surface treatment and unique color scheme, it's unlike any SUB 300T that came before it.
This particular Sub 300T Clive Cussler, a Reference 840.80.031.15, features a 42.5mm stainless steel case with a domed crystal and 'DOXA'-signed screw-down crown. The case, bezel, and bracelet are PVD-treated to give them a weathered look, while the handmade dial features a vintage compass motif. All in all, it looks like an archaeological treasure that Pitt himself might have dug out of the desert — pretty cool!
The dial otherwise features all the DOXA hallmarks — a jumbo minute hand, a diminutive hour hand, a date window in a rectangular frame at 3 o'clock, and word marks mirroring each other at 10 o'clock and 4 o'clock. (Easter eggs also abound: The dates "7," "15," and "31" are red within the date disc in honor of Cussler's birthday, and the caseback is engraved with more than 72 shipwrecks and artifacts discovered by National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA), which Cussler founded in 1979.
Powered by a self-winding Swiss movement, this piece comes equipped with a PVD-treated stainless steel, beads-of-rice bracelet with a signed DOXA clasp and a ratcheting diver's extension. It also comes with its factory kit.
A modern classic, DOXA's like this don't surface often. Snag it before someone gets the same idea!