Monday, May 24, 2010

Doxa

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# First Orange Faced dive watch, Sub300t in 1967.
# First watch with a rotating bezel to compute no-decompression times, Sub 300t, 1967
# First Publicly Available Dive Watch with Helium Release Valve named the Conquistador.In certain diving situations, helium can penetrate the watch seals and cause a pressure buildup in the watch, eventually blowing the crystal off the watch face. Rolex, invented and introduced the first dive watches with a helium release valve in 1969, which prevented this helium buildup. While this was a major advance at the time, few actual watches with this feature were produced. Doxa introduced the Sub300t Conquistador in 1969 featuring a helium release valve. According to the sales brochures and advertisements in Skin diver magazine, DOXA was the first watch company to introduce this device to the public for general sale.






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