New DOXA watch

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I have seen on Oceanictime blog that DOXA are releasing a new version of their famous diver. This one will have a top grade ETA 2897 movement, which has a power reserve indicator function.

For anyone that dosn't know DOXA, they are steeped in history in divers watches, from Jack Cousteau to the famous orange dial and the first company to release a watch with a HRV (their HRV equiped 300T Conquistador was released a year before Rolex)

I believe this is a prototype in the photo. What do you guys think?

Original 1600x1600 image here.

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Thanks for re-sizing it for me

flutered

a lot of questions are being raised about them, particularly as to the swiss made bit, i will not go any further with this as it could become a thread of its own.

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flutered wrote: »

a lot of questions are being raised about them, particularly as to the swiss made bit, i will not go any further with this as it could become a thread of its own.

I agree, but I will say that they would be 100% complying to Swiss made laws. A lot of Swiss made companies out source their cases from Hong Kong this is not uncommon, I think the problem with DOXA is that they have denied it but have been found out. If they were honest in the beginning I don't think there would be the caos that insues after each launch of a new model.

emo72

im a big fan of orange divers. i bought a seiko orange monster as a "beater" but as time went on i got more precious about it, and i dont like to think of it as a beater anymore. its in with the "precious ones" now.

as for the doxa, id like to see it in the flesh but its not doing it for me at the moment. the criticism i would label at it is its a bit busy looking. maybe its the reserve dial on it?

am i right that orange is chosen by divers because its easier to read at greater depths?

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emo72 wrote: »

.......am i right that orange is chosen by divers because its easier to read at greater depths?

That was the theory. Doxa did tests back in the sixties to find the best colour, they eventually came up with orange, and used it for their Professional model, they then discovered that actually yellow is better and used it for their Divingstar model. But with their marketing and association with the "US Divers" and Jack Cousteau they managed to convince everyone that orange was the best and have been copied ever since. The most legible dials depend not on colour but contrast. So white or silver hands on a black dial, or black hands on white dials etc work the best. Silver hands work very well because even in low light they can reflect the light at some angles. Actually amongst other watches he wore, Jack Cousteau wore a Doxa Sharkhunter which had a black dial with white hands.

buck65

I like that watch, regardless of where it's made.