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Doxa SUB 300T Clive Cussler 42.5mm X 44.5mm Mens Watch
Ref. 840.80.031.15
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Stepping up in Doxa's range
Clive Cussler, the adventure novelist and obsessive shipwreck hunter, was one of the most committed advocates DOXA ever had — he wore the brand throughout his real diving expeditions and wrote it into his fiction, and this edition honours that relationship directly. The SUB 300T was the watch that introduced the professional no-decompression dive time bezel to the market in 1967, and the Cussler edition takes that same case, with its distinctive cushion shape and helium escape valve, and gives it an aged coating intended to read as something already lived in. The silver dial is finished with a hand-ground decorative surface that shifts character under changing light, and the aged treatment on the case and bracelet means the watch arrives looking as though it has already been somewhere. At 14mm tall it is not a watch that slips under a shirt cuff, but for what it is — a tool watch rated to 1,200 metres with a Sellita SW200-1 beating at 28,800 vph and a 38-hour power reserve — the proportions are honest and the beads-of-rice bracelet sits well on the wrist without adding unnecessary bulk.
- Reference
- 840.80.031.15
- Brand
- Doxa
- Case size
- 44.5mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Silver
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Bezel
- Unidirectional rotating
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- SW200-1
- Functions
- Date, Small seconds
- Water resistance
- 200m
- Bracelet / strap
- Stainless steel bracelet
- Strap colour
- Silver
- Clasp
- Folding clasp
- Lume
- Super-LumiNova
- Retailer
- Mappin & Webb
Learn more about Doxa
Doxa was founded by Georges Ducommun in Le Locle in 1889, and spent its early decades on pocket watches and, notably, dashboard clocks for the emerging car industry — supplying Bugatti among others.
Its lasting contribution came much later. In 1967 Doxa released the SUB 300, developed in consultation with professional divers, and it introduced several things now taken for granted. The dial was orange, chosen after testing which colour remained visible longest as depth filtered out light. The bezel carried a US Navy no-decompression scale rather than simple minute markers, letting a diver read safe bottom time directly. The beads-of-rice bracelet included an expansion section to fit over a wetsuit.
Jacques Cousteau's organisation distributed the watches, and US Divers sold them in America. The SUB became genuine professional equipment rather than a dive-styled dress watch, and it appears throughout Clive Cussler's novels on the wrist of Dirk Pitt.
Doxa struggled through the quartz era and was largely dormant before being revived by the Jenny family, who reissued the SUB faithfully from 2002 onward.
The modern range remains almost entirely dive watches, with the same cushion case, the same bezel scale, and dial colours named for their depth-rating heritage — Professional orange, Sharkhunter black, Searambler silver, Caribbean blue.
- 1889
- Georges Ducommun founds Doxa in Le Locle.
- 1908
- Supplies dashboard clocks to early car manufacturers.
- 1967
- The SUB 300 debuts with an orange dial and decompression bezel.
- 2002
- The SUB is reissued under new ownership.
Also in 6 collections
This watch appears in Stainless Steel Watches (3,308), Back in Stock (2,703), Automatic Watches (1,651), Watches 44mm and Over (1,002), Sports Watches (816) and Silver Dial Watches (736).
What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch built to be worn hard and got wet.
Strengths
- 200m water resistance, rated for actual diving
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
Worth knowing
- 44.5mm sits at the larger end
Doxa SUB 300T Clive Cussler alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | 840.80.031.15 | 01 733 7789 4135-07 4 23 35FC | ZO9590 |
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| Price | £2,015 | £1,990 | £1,799 |
| Case size | 44.5mm | 43.5mm | 41mm |
| Water resistance | 200m | 300m | 200m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Stainless steel bracelet | Stainless steel bracelet | Rubber strap |
| Power reserve | — | 38 hours | 44 hours |
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
Yes. At 200m it is rated for swimming, snorkelling and recreational diving.
Will the glass scratch?
Unlikely. Sapphire is second only to diamond in hardness and shrugs off everyday marking.
Does it need a battery?
No. It is automatic — the motion of your wrist winds it, and there is no cell to replace.
Is it a men's or women's watch?
Listed as men's.
Cheapest place to buy
Mappin & Webb is the only UK retailer we track stocking this reference new, at £2,015. There is nothing to compare it against today.
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