DOXA Goes Deep At India Watch Weekend 2026: What To Expect
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India's watch scene has changed. What was once a market dominated by quartz and fashion brands now hosts serious collectors, independent retailers, and increasingly, the attention of established Swiss houses. Multi-day watch gatherings draw hundreds of enthusiasts. Vintage Rolex Submariners and Omega Speedmasters change hands in Mumbai and Delhi with the same frequency they do in Geneva. Into this maturing landscape comes DOXA, the Swiss dive watch maker with 130 years of history and a cult following among those who know their SUB 300 from their Seamaster. India Watch Weekend 2026, scheduled for January 17th and 18th, will see DOXA arrive with 45 watches. Not a handful of bestsellers, not a greatest hits selection, but a deep dive into everything the brand currently makes.
This is DOXA's play for the Indian market, and they're not holding back.
What's Coming
The shipment heading to India reads like someone emptied DOXA's display cases in Biel. Forty-five watches spanning every active collection, from the compact 39mm SUB 200T to the substantial 47mm SUB 750T. Every signature colorway makes the trip: Sharkhunter black, Professional orange, Caribbean blue, Aquamarine turquoise, Sea Emerald green, Divingstar yellow. If DOXA makes it, it'll be there. Two diamond-set pieces sit at the top. The SUB 200T Caribbean and Sea Emerald both feature 107 white diamonds on their bezels, the former paired with 13 blue sapphires, the latter with 13 emeralds. Both use mother-of-pearl dials in their respective colors. These aren't catalog regulars. DOXA made them, and they're making the journey to India in 39mm steel cases rated to 200 meters.
The Clive Cussler Connection
Clive Cussler wore a DOXA. The late adventure novelist put the brand's orange-dialed SUB 300T on the wrist of his character Dirk Pitt in the 1970s, cementing a relationship between author and watchmaker that lasted decades. DOXA honored him with limited editions, and three of those pieces will be in India. The SUB 300T Sharkhunter Clive Cussler runs 42.5mm with an aged coating on the steel case and bracelet, paired with a beige dial. Scale that up to 47mm and you get the SUB 750T version. But DOXA will also show the SUB 750T Clive Cussler in Professional orange, all three carrying 120 to 750 meters of water resistance and the automatic movements the brand is known for. These aren't watches you see often. Indian collectors will get to handle all three in one place.
Carbon Cases and Ceramic Bezels
DOXA's experiments with materials get substantial representation. Three SUB 300 Carbon models make the trip, all at 42.5mm with 300 meters of water resistance. The Whitepearl version runs a white dial on white FKM rubber. Two yellow variants pair yellow dials with yellow rubber straps. These use carbon cases throughout, fitted with either ETA 2824 or Sellita SW200 movements, several of them COSC certified. Then there's the SUB 300β Sharkhunter, which takes a different approach entirely. Ceramic and titanium case, 42.5mm, 300 meters rated. The bezel is solid 18k gold. The movement is a COSC-certified automatic. The strap is black rubber. It's an odd specification sheet, and it'll be sitting in the display case next to its all-steel siblings. The standard SUB 300β models also appear, combining steel cases with ceramic bezel inlays across multiple colorways. These sit at 42.5mm to 45mm depending on variant, all rated to 300 meters, all on either steel bracelets or rubber straps.
The Full Water Resistance Spectrum
DOXA will display its entire depth rating range. The SUB 200 and SUB 200T collections start at 200 meters in 39mm to 42mm cases. These are the daily wearers, the ones sized for smaller wrists and suited to everything from desk diving to actual diving.
The SUB 300 series sits at 300 meters across multiple iterations: standard models, the T variant with helium valve, the β version with ceramic bezel, the carbon-cased experiments. Case sizes run 42.5mm to 43mm. Movements are primarily ETA 2824 or Sellita SW200, several with COSC certification. Push deeper and you hit the SUB 600T Professional at 600 meters in a 40mm case. The SUB 750T series stretches to 47mm with 750 meters of capability. And representing the extreme end sits a single SUB 1500T Whitepearl, rated to 1,500 meters, running 45mm with a helium valve and Sellita SW300 movement. This is the brand's technical range laid bare. You can compare a 200-meter rated watch against a 1,500-meter specimen and see exactly where the case dimensions, crown guards, and movement choices diverge.
Straps, Bracelets, and Build Details
Most pieces arrive on steel bead-of-rice bracelets, DOXA's signature bracelet design with folding clasps and ratcheting wetsuit extensions on the higher-spec models. FKM rubber straps appear throughout in colors matching their dials. Several pieces come on NATO straps, including the SUB 600T Professional and various military-styled editions. The DOXA Army model appears three times, each combining a 42.5mm steel case with a bronze bezel featuring green ceramic inlay. These use beige and black dials with old radium lume, orange and black hands, ETA 2824 movements, and green rubber straps. Each includes an additional military pattern NATO strap with steel pin buckle. Movement specifications are clearly Swiss. ETA 2824-2, Sellita SW200, SW300, and in one case a Valjoux 7734 chronograph caliber. Several pieces carry COSC chronometer certification. Most run automatic winding with no-date or date complications depending on model.
The Oddities
One watch in the shipment carries explicit instructions: museum piece, handle with extreme care, do not operate the crown or bezel. DOXA isn't specifying which vintage SUB model it is, but it's making the trip to India for display purposes only. A set of DOXA cufflinks also makes the journey. Seven colors, 18mm cases in polished and brushed steel, interchangeable bezels, two base units and fourteen total bezels covering the brand's signature dial colors. These aren't watch adjacent merchandise. They're actual scaled-down DOXA cases you wear on your cuffs. A dedicated watch box for the SUB 750T Clive Cussler rounds out the non-watch items, sized at 160mm by 240mm by 90mm, including leaflets and protective sleeve.
DOXA bringing 45 watches to India isn't just about showing product. It's a statement about where the brand sees the Indian market heading. You don't ship diamond-set pieces, museum examples, and your entire collection depth chart to a market you're testing. You do it when you believe serious collectors exist there, when you think the market can absorb not just entry-level dive watches but carbon-cased experiments and gold-bezeled oddballs. India Watch Weekend 2026 on January 17th and 18th gives Indian collectors something they haven't had before: the ability to compare DOXA's full range in person. Case sizes from 39mm to 47mm. Water resistance from 200 to 1,500 meters. Colorways from subtle Sharkhunter to loud Divingstar. Carbon, steel, ceramic, titanium, gold. COSC-certified movements next to standard ETA workhorses. The watches will be there. It’'s a chance to see what the brand actually makes before deciding which one goes on the wrist.
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