Sub 200

Shark mesh season is closing in fast. The white spots are cherry blossom petals!

Batteries recharged and (sort of) ready for the coming weeks, let’s do this. 🤪 Until next time, Adios Canarias 🇪🇸

I enjoy my quirky and colorful Sub 300 but I've been thinking that the more straight-looking black dial Sub 200 might deserve a place for me too.

I really wish Doxa would offer a no date sub200 (non T). If you dive deep enough in the menu the sub 300 beta sharhunter is available without a date but the price is too high for my taste and I'm not a fan of the 600T Pacific either. Patience is a virtue

I really think Doxa hit it out the park with this Sharkhunter model, which I just put a tropic strap on. Was worried it might be a bit small (as I typically wear somewhat larger pieces), but think it turned out nicely.

All right, so, as I promised, I did my research on the ancestor of the Doxa SUB 200. In fact, it seems that there was one early dive watch, prior to the celebrated Doxa SUB 300, in the early sixties. The watch received a case from Huguenin Frères, as seve

but I had recently picked up a Seiko X (similar priced) diver that kept terrible time... losing/gaining 20 sec's a day... (which btw is within specs which makes it worse!) even as much as I loved the watch design, size, comfort, lume, and everything... it