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.
This particular example, however, is not your typical DOXA Sub. This piece is a 200 T.Graph, which adds the complication of a chronograph into the mix — and a manual winding one at that.
With a familiar stainless steel cushion case at 43mm in diameter with a signed crown, a stainless steel unidirectional rotating dive timing bezel with a decompression scale, and barrel pushers. Inside, it features an orange 'Professional' dial with Tritium indices and white subsidiary registers with yellow/black accent rings, a matching handset, and Eberhard's hand-cranking Calibre 287 movement within.
Fitted to its correct steel beads-of-rice bracelet with a DOXA signed ratcheting clasp, this piece is not only a fantastic example of a rare and sought after vintage DOXA, but a rare and important vintage sports watch, full stop.
These do not surface often (see what we did there), let alone in excellent overall condition like this one!