By Brent Robillard
Shark hunting & sea rambling
There are watches you admire from a distance, and then there are watches that hook themselves into your imagination early and never quite let go. For me, DOXA falls firmly into the latter camp. I grew up watching The Cousteau Odyssey on CBC when I was seven or eight years old, equal parts mesmerized and mildly terrified by the alien world beneath the surface. The ocean felt vast, unknowable, and dangerous—but also magnetic. That early exposure planted a seed, and decades later, the DOXA–Cousteau connection still hits me right in the nostalgia.
Fast forward to adulthood: I’m now a recreational diver (though no red beanie, no Calypso, no film crew following me around), and I’ve long carried a soft spot for DOXA—especially the SUB 300. Honestly, I don’t even have a good excuse for why I don’t own one yet. So when DOXA sent over two of the newly reintroduced SUB 750Ts—the Searambler on black rubber and the Sharkhunter on the beads-of-rice bracelet—I didn’t need much convincing to clear space on my wrist.
The Two-Step
It’s worth noting that DOXA had a bit of a two-step reintroduction here. Early in 2025, they launched a limited Clive Cussler–themed SUB 750T, and then, during Geneva Watch Days in September, they followed up by bringing the 750T back into the regular collection. That second move is the one that really matters for most of us, because it means the 750T is no longer a one-off novelty—it’s back as a core part of the DOXA lineup and available in all those beautiful DOXA colours.
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Key Features of the DOXA SUB 750T
They call me Mr.
Let’s get the obvious out of the way: this is not a subtle watch. The SUB 750T measures 45mm across, but the more important number is the lug-to-lug, which comes in at a surprisingly manageable 47mm. On my 6 ¾-inch wrist, I was genuinely curious (and a little apprehensive) about how this thing would wear. The magic trick with DOXA cases is that so much of the visual mass is in the diameter and the architecture of the case, rather than in long, overhanging lugs. The result is that the watch sits squarely on the wrist instead of teetering over the edges. At just under 12mm thick (11.95mm, to be precise), it’s also notably slimmer than the original 750T from the early 2000s.
That doesn’t mean it wears small—far from it. The cushion case topped with that tower-like bezel construction gives the watch real visual weight. You’re aware of it on the wrist, and that’s part of the point. This is a 750-metre dive watch, rated to a depth most of us will never come close to. If you’re shopping for Bvlgari Octo Finissimo vibes, you’re in the wrong aisle. A DOXA is supposed to feel like equipment.
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Strap & bracelet
The two configurations I had on hand gave me a good sense of how the 750T’s personality shifts depending on what you strap it to. The OEM black rubber fits snugly and keeps the watch locked in place, which makes sense for something designed to go underwater. The beads-of-rice bracelet—one of my personal weaknesses—is wonderfully comfortable, but on my flatter wrist it can sometimes fall away a bit more steeply at the lugs. Both options use DOXA’s ratcheting clasp, which is intended as a diver’s extension but works just as well for on-the-fly micro-adjustment during daily wear. Once you’ve lived with that kind of adjustability, it’s hard to go back.
Swiss calibre
Inside the case beats the Sellita SW300, a familiar and dependable automatic movement running at 28,800 vph, with 25 jewels and a 56-hour power reserve. It’s not the kind of movement choice that sparks heated forum debates—and that’s a good thing. This is a watch built to be worn, knocked around, and relied upon, not to be coddled or fetishized for its movement architecture. It does the job, and it does it well.
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Simple pleasures
One of the subtle pleasures of wearing the 750T is just interacting with it. The bezel action, in particular, is excellent. There’s a crispness and resistance to it that’s deeply satisfying, the sort of tactile feedback that reminds you why mechanical tool watches are still fun in a world of dive computers and smartwatches. I can’t really do justice to that feeling in words—you’ll need to spin one yourself at an AD to get it—but it’s one of those small details that separates a good dive watch from a great one.
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Lug Width
The only real nit I can pick—and this is very much a first-world watch-nerd problem—is the 21mm lug width. It’s just unusual enough to be mildly annoying. If it were 20mm or 22mm, I’d already be swapping straps like a madman. As it stands, I keep looking at the watch and thinking how good it would look on a frayed canvas strap or a weathered NATO, and then remembering that my strap drawer is not set up for 21mm. This is not DOXA’s problem; it’s my own affliction.
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Specs
| Case | 316L Stainless Steel 45mm Diameter 48mm Lug to Lug 11.95mm Thickness 21mm Lug Width Screw Down Crown & Caseback 750m Water Resistance |
| Dial & Crystal | Flat Sapphire Crystal Sunburst Dials Applied Markers Pencil Handsets Super-LumiNova |
| Movement | Sellita SW300 25 Jewels 28 800bph 56-Hour Power Reserve |
| Strap | Beads of Rice Bracelet, or Rubber Strap /w Ratcheting Clasp |
DOXA SUB 750T
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Final Thoughts & Pricing
At $3490 CAD ($2,490 USD) on the bracelet and $3450 CAD ($2,450 USD) on rubber, the SUB 750T sits in that interesting space where you’re paying for genuine heritage, serious build quality, and a design language that is unapologetically its own. Nothing else really looks like a DOXA, and that’s part of the appeal. You either get it or you don’t—and if you do, you probably already know exactly why.
For me, wearing the 750T felt like reconnecting with something that started a long time ago: those childhood evenings watching Cousteau, the mix of awe and apprehension about what lay beneath the surface, and the enduring pull of tools built for environments most of us only visit briefly. I’m looking forward to spending more time with this watch, both above and below the waterline. And who knows—maybe this is the experience that finally pushes me over the edge into SUB 300 ownership, too.
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About the Author
Brent Robillard is a writer, educator, craftsman, and watch enthusiast. He is the author of four novels. You can follow him on Instagram.
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