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The following three lots, 340 to 342 as well as lot 345 are made by the Swiss watchmaker Doxa who celebrated the firm's 120th anniversary in 2009. While the company is mainly known today for its sporty diver's wristwatches, its early associations were with speed and travel. The company's founder, Georges Ducommun (1868-1936), patented in 1908 an eight-day watch movement that was later used in submarines, aircraft and racing cars. Automobile manufacturer Bugatti, for example, built the timepiece into the dashboards of its cars. Doxa also produced military timepieces, as well as decorative and thematic pocket watches featuring motifs such as trains and cars. In the 1920s and 1930s, the company made fashionable watches for men and women, including travel watches, alarm clocks and lady's jewellery watches. By the late 1930s, special emphasis had also been given to chronographs for pilots and other professionals. Design changes in the 1950s saw the development of the Doxa Grafic series, which was influenced by the Bauhaus style and easily recognizable by its square case with broad bezel and dial with intersecting lines and signature on the lower right side. The Doxa "Sub" model, a diver's watch, was officially presented at the Basel Watch Fair in 1966 and remains the company's flagship model.

Doxa. A stainless steel tonneau-shaped pilot's wristwatch with elapsed time indicator, black lacquer dial and original sales tag

SIGNED DOXA, ANTI-MAGNETIC, CASE NOS. 4'531'922, 143 AND 125, CIRCA 1930

Details

Doxa. A stainless steel tonneau-shaped pilot's wristwatch with elapsed time indicator, black lacquer dial and original sales tag
Signed Doxa, Anti-Magnetic, case nos. 4'531'922, 143 and 125, circa 1930
Cal. 1 nickel-finished lever movement, 15 jewels, black lacquer dial, luminous Arabic numerals, luminous hands, engine-turned subsidiary seconds, massive tonneau-shaped water-resistant-type case, revolving milled bezel with luminous dagger elapsed time marker, extended fluted lugs with fixed bars, screw back, oversized crown, case, dial and movement signed
34 mm. wide & 51 mm. overall length

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Lot Essay

With Doxa original sales tag and an example of the book Doxa 1889 - 120 Years Doxa 1889-2009.

The present watch appears to be in like new condition.

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