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 uni-direcitonal bezel with the US Navy's no-decompression dive timing marks engraved, an expanding bracelet, brightly colored hi-legibility dial and an oversized luminous minute hand to name but a few.
The DOXA 'Professionals', which features bright and stand-out orange dials, is perhaps the most ubiquitous and sought after configuration of the lineage. If you can find one with a 'No T" or "thin" case, even better. And if you're lucky enough to find one with the Aqua Lung symbol, well, you're approaching 'GOAT' dive watch territory.
This is that watch.
This particular Sub 300, a Reference 11889-4, features a 42mm stainless steel, 'No-T' case with a domed crystal and 'DOXA' signed screw-down crown. The case is one of the stronger examples we've seen come through our office and the screw caseback is simply immaculate.
The signature orange Professional dial features all the DOXA hallmarks — a jumbo minute hand, a diminutive hour hand, a date window in a trapezoidal frame at 3 o'clock, and word marks mirroring each other at 10 o'clock and 4 o'clock. The awesomeness that is in this dial resides in the black and yellow Aqua Lung symbol in the lower left corner of the dial.
Powered by a self-winding movement, this piece comes equipped with a stainless steel, beads-of-rice bracelet with a signed DOXA clasp and a ratcheting diver's extension.
DOXA's like this don't surface often. Snag it before someone gets the same idea!