Doxa has made a spirited comeback in recent years, riding on a wave of vintage-inspired dive watches from its past catalog. Known for its characteristic orange dials, the brand was very popular within the diving community during the late 1960s and ’70s thanks to the rugged, purpose-built divers’ watches it produced. And now with neo-vintage watches all the rage, Doxa has successfully plumbed its archives to create reissues like the SUB 300 Black Lung, and the more recent SUB 200 T. Graph.
The new Doxa SUB 200
At Baselworld this year, Doxa celebrated its 130th anniversary by reviving the much-loved SUB 200 model in steel. However much of Doxa?s Baselworld headlines were dominated by another release ?the $70,000 Sub 200 T.Graph in 18k yellow gold ? and news of the SUB 200 flew under the radar at first. That didn’t stop it from being deemed interesting enough to pick up a GPHG 2019 nomination in the Challenge category (for watches priced under CHF 4,000). The Doxa SUB 200 is available in a variety of dial colorways, including multiple blue varieties.
Originally launched in 1967, the SUB concept is considered by many as the first truly purpose-designed diving watch available to the general public. Besides being rated to a depth of 200 meters, it was the first to feature Doxa?s patented unidirectional rotating bezel with the dual indication of dive time in minutes and depth in meters to avoid decompression stops for a safe return to the surface. The SUB was ins...