Doxa SUB 300 Carbon Aqua Lung Hands-On: Retro-Futurism

32 thoughts on “Doxa SUB 300 Carbon Aqua Lung Hands-On: Retro-Futurism”

1. as much as I like Doxa, at $5k USD…that's in the same territory as the Grand Seiko, Tudor and Omega Seamaster…both of which are couple tiers above Doxa in term of finishing. just look at the finish of those hands…you can see so much flaw in the finish…its charming when it's in the 2k range…but at 5k it's a but harder to accept

2. This is not the first doxa or diver you buy, if you already have some solid stuff and you want to party, the truth cant be hidden. this watch is sub-zero cool.

3. The price cannot be justified..

4. I have both Doxa and Jenny and frankly, they are the favored watches in my collection. Regrettably, I feel Doxa missed the mark with this one. 😞

5. Thank you for the great video. For the money, I would buy something else.

6. THANK YOU VERY MUCH submariner.store , THE WATCH IS AMAZING, THE DETAILS on the bracelet which is strong and well done, the clock, the movment, the weight, all

7. The finishing of the hands is terrible, you can see flaking on the sides already

8. Great, balanced review. A cool curiosity. Now, as a diver and dive watch collector, I love Doxa, but… The price is madness, ok its sort of a collector's piece, but when compared to recent Seiko re-releases, well, there's no comparison. Even when compared to other carbon sports watches such as Formex's Essence Superleggera this piece is crazily overpriced (lets keep quiet about Panerai). Also, the Formex is 60g including strap (which is also better than Doxa's). Now this 'forged' carbon thing. Hmm. I've been hearing this a lot recently. Er, you can't forge carbon fibre. Marketing BS. You can mould it and compress it, but that's not forging. Ie get a Doxa 300, reverse mould it, fill it with cheap chop-strand carbon and epoxy, vacuum mould it and away you go (yes, you could do that in your shed). Perhaps that's what they mean. As for a carbon bezel, well let's just say this will need to be reserved for very light duties! BTW, and this is what really annoys me, is that carbon fibre is very very cheap! And weak in compression (like a knock). And damage to one part can jeopardise another. And corrodes when wet in contact with metal – eg crown, bezel mechanism (one reason they've used Ti is to reduce this). Not ideal. I can see this being released next year in their normal colours and higher volume to eek back the cost of tooling and then at £1500 (with a 2892!), maybe. And I'm actually in the market for a super light diver. But, they'd have to lose the hokey Aqua Lung logo and return the bezel to metric! Feet??? Who uses feet for diving? Certainly not the Swiss. That really bugs me about Doxas.

9. Its totally overpriced, doxa is not in the Omega or Tudor range, its closer to squale . They are asking far to much.

10. It is a shame, this watch cost $3,000 more than the $1,800 stainless steel 300t version. I would get the stainless. I think I would still pass on this forged carbon version if it sold for $400. I understand carbon fiber, but forged carbon is highly overrated and looks like garbage when not done well. This was not done well.

11. I near fell off my chair when you stated its price. It would be simply ridiculous at half the price but aside from that, it's a likeable piece.

12. LOL £4500. You can get a used Breguet for that!!

13. …long time listener, first time caller.
    I just wanted to congratulate you on (of all things) your choice of strap for this piece.
    For most it would've been an obvious choice to put it on an 'Erika's Original' with the yellow – the fact that you chose red was…inspired.
    TBH, I find that most pieces on such straps scream 'look! I'm wearing one of those TGV straps!' and it's unfortunate how difficult it is to avoid that.
    You were successful.

14. Excelente reloj

15. Frankly, even the steel Doxa’s are expensive for what you get—I can buy many different divers with ETA’s for far less money 💰!!! But I’ll probably buy the orange 🍊 300t because it’s a cool 😎 watch!!!

16. Can't even add it to the cart. Couldn't from day 1. I can't imagine it was sold out from day 1, but I guess it was.

17. The bezel and dial are small relative to the already modest case (for a diver), and it wears small. The carbon finish is unattractive, gimmicky, and unproven

    Good review and fair points though. .

18. Love this Doxa, but way to close to a 200 $ Marathon with Colors

19. Don’t get why you have not 250K + subs, I started watching you some almost 4 years ago, got me into it, I’ve bought way to many ( not all do to u), but nonetheless after 40 ish pieces, I should have done better holding back. Keep your great content up.

20. Waaaaayyy too expensive for what it is.

21. Can u make a video on watches with decompression bezels and how to use them?? 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

22. Fugly!

23. Excellent presentation as always.

24. Nah i dont like wiener klassik, id change it to something from the romantic period in the intro. But otherwhise nice vid and very cool watch

25. The finishing for the price is terrible and it looks like a lint magnet.

26. It's rather too expensive and I would not hesitate to buy an Omega.

27. Beautiful timepiece…that forged carbon is there only for two reasons…..for a weight reducing….and for a price adding….that's all….anyway ,very nice thing

28. Price is a big issue to overcome. Not interested at that price.

29. Fantastic and informative video, I’d be fascinated to see who would buy such a watch at this price point. The materials and movement are relatively inexpensive to produce, the likes of gorilla brought out a forged carbon with ceramic case, which at the time only cost £600. I like this watch, but feel it’s a sub £800 watch, even with such history behind them.

30. In my opinion forged carbon looks crap.
    Looks like your watch was made from melted bin bags.
    Add to that it isn’t even waterproof?
    I suspect they could just use high quality plastic to get a better look and not need the titanium core. Definitely would mean a lower price.
    If weight is the issue, get the titanium, not then get the steel which would be my choice.
    The only thing this has got going for it is the striking colour scheme.
    I think forged carbon watch cases are a dose of the emperors new clothes and won’t last and that price is insane, as you mentioned you would have to pretty mad to choose this over others in that price range.

31. I’m quite a fan of Doxa dive watches. As I have my father’s (RIP) original 60s/70s era vintage Sub 300 Searambler. And despite never being serviced as far as I know (it basically needs a movement rebuild by now and I just can’t afford to do that at the moment) and showing signs of wear…the red/orange lacquer of the de-compression scale numerals is completely gone and there are some major deep scratches on the acrylic crystal as well as other minor condition issues, to be expected on a 50+ year old watch. It still runs! If intermittently. This forged carbon LE just doesn’t seem to offer anything compelling over, say a 42mm Panerai Submersible Carbotech that’s made from a similar material as well as having a great pedigree behind it too. And is my favorite contemporary diver.

32. Whilst a really interesting watch I can't help but think that carbon cases make watches look like a child's toy. Thanks again for a great video.

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