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 Posted: Tue Nov 4th, 2008 10:00 am
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Congrats and welcome to the club!


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Love the Caribbean!  Gosh, these Doxa's are like potato chips...it's hard to stop with just one! ;):):P:);)

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Very nice.  Doxas have been great dive watches for decades.

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After seeing all these Doxas here they're starting to grow on me.  I like them. Congrats that is a really nice watch!

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I love the doxa also. The design reminds me of something that Cousteau would wear. It has the vintage totally no-nonsense diving feel of the mid-sixties to mid-seventies. Yet I haven't afforded myself one, I can't help but feel a bit too desk diver-ish with that watch. The double bezel with decompression calculator goes beyond any of my experience to the point where I feel I don't "deserve" that watch. It is such a performance specific tool that it communicates that the wearer actually is a diver. I'd feel like a poseur. (This admittedly whacky idea incidentally saves me from confronting the fact that realistically I just can't afford a doxa these days.)
It important tyo note that I don't however extend that hypocrisy to others. I understand that this is my personal quirk. Same as for the Astronaut, Pilot, Formula One driver, etc. styles. I wouldn't assume the wearer to be an astronaut (or a hypocrite) for wearing that style watch.
That being said; If I were even a recreational scuba diver I would find a way to have one. I do have a diver styled watch but not so much a serious diving tool as the doxa. I justify that I "need" that watch for sailing, swimming (sometimes with fins and mask) and generally beating the heck out of with impunity. (and it's cheaper!)
...thanks for reading this little glimpse into my dementia.
GREAT CHOICE-GREAT WATCH!

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:) I know where you're coming from, Ablejack.  The decompression tables aren't something I can use (at this point in my life, anyway).

However, I do swim a lot, so the water resistance is important to me, and the bezel timer helps to make sure I exit the pool before my skin gets all...er...pruney

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 Posted: Fri Nov 7th, 2008 07:21 am
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Ablejack wrote: I love the doxa also. The design reminds me of something that Cousteau would wear. It has the vintage totally no-nonsense diving feel of the mid-sixties to mid-seventies. Yet I haven't afforded myself one, I can't help but feel a bit too desk diver-ish with that watch. The double bezel with decompression calculator goes beyond any of my experience to the point where I feel I don't "deserve" that watch. It is such a performance specific tool that it communicates that the wearer actually is a diver. I'd feel like a poseur. (This admittedly whacky idea incidentally saves me from confronting the fact that realistically I just can't afford a doxa these days.)
It important tyo note that I don't however extend that hypocrisy to others. I understand that this is my personal quirk. Same as for the Astronaut, Pilot, Formula One driver, etc. styles. I wouldn't assume the wearer to be an astronaut (or a hypocrite) for wearing that style watch.
That being said; If I were even a recreational scuba diver I would find a way to have one. I do have a diver styled watch but not so much a serious diving tool as the doxa. I justify that I "need" that watch for sailing, swimming (sometimes with fins and mask) and generally beating the heck out of with impunity. (and it's cheaper!)
...thanks for reading this little glimpse into my dementia.
GREAT CHOICE-GREAT WATCH!


Well put, AJ...

Since you said it... one of Cousteau's crew with a 300T.:D


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 Posted: Sat Nov 8th, 2008 10:59 am
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Great looking Shark, congratulations! I just saw the new Ti version with tritium tubes and it is very nice too. Here is my Carib. Enjoy yor Doxa :-)!

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 Posted: Sat Nov 8th, 2008 02:42 pm
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The Caribbean looks great!  I especially like the GMT version.  Ah, so many watches, so little disposable income...:P

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 Posted: Sat Nov 8th, 2008 03:50 pm
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SBD wrote: The Caribbean looks great!  I especially like the GMT version.  Ah, so many watches, so little disposable income...:P

Say what??:shock:

Me too...:D




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 Posted: Sat Nov 8th, 2008 05:08 pm
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good call Pax!....I have never seen a thread get hijacked by so many :D

Rhett, Congrats and wear your Doxa in the best of health Buddy! yourock.gif

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 Posted: Sun Nov 9th, 2008 01:34 am
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Heh, the hijacking doesn't bother me.  Especially when it takes the form of all these suweet Doxas you guys have! hand6.gif

Now O, I don't suppose you have a favorite Doxa you'd like post as the cherry on the top of this utter and totally derailed thread?  You know, something with like that outstanding CMS...huh, do ya?

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