Details

Brand

Doxa

Model

Sub300

Reference

879.10.351.10

Movement

Automatic cal. ETA 2824-2

Case

42 mm

Metal

Stainless Steel

Circa

2017

Dial

Orange

Bezel

Steel (No-Decompression/TimeElapsed

Condition

Good

Box/Papers

Box & Card

About this watch

Band: Steel (Beads of Rice) Clasp: Steel (Deployant) Glass: Sapphire crystal Water Resistant: 30 Bar (300 m) In 2017, DOXA celebrated the 50th anniversary of one of its most celebrated dive watches: the SUB 300. It is a near 1-to-1 recreation of the original favoured by SCUBA pioneer, Jacques Cousteau. Cousteau, evidently smitten with the watch even bought the distribution rights for North America The orange version sold out its full 300-watch limited run during the pre-sale phase. The 42.5 mm cushion-shaped case is made from corrosion-resistant 316L stainless steel with a lug-to-lug of 46.4 mm, a lug width of 20 mm, and a thickness of 13.4 mm including the ‘double-bubble’ sapphire crystal. It is pressure-resistant to 30 bar (300 m) thanks to a screw-down crown, tight modern machining tolerances, and decades of dive-watch manufacturing heritage. The bright orange dial colourway was chosen not for aesthetics, but for functional reasons. Through research, DOXA found that this particular shade of orange was more legible compared to the turquoise, red, and yellow that were tested in Lake Neuchâtel. The hour markers are blocks of glowing Super-LumiNova framed by black hashes for optimal legibility. There is a date aperture at 3 o'clock and printed logos. The hands are made from blackened steel with the hour hand being significantly slimmer—the inverse of the usual layout. This is because the minute hand is more critical for monitoring elapsed time during a dive. All three hands are generously filled with lume, aiding low-light legibility after exposure to light or UV rays. Protecting the dial is the aforementioned ‘double-bubble’ sapphire crystal. Engineered to mimic the optical distortion of plexiglass crystals used on the original…