When Croton introduced the automatic version, they of course touted that. The present model is the only Croton fitted with a Valjoux 23, made probably in the mid-1960s. These questions fuelled more research and helped get me hooked on vintage watches. Much like a dress watch weve reviewed in the past, this has very classic and. Today, I still have many unanswered questions about this little known DOXA model, mostly around the Clark connection and whether his tragic death had any impact on its production or marketing.
I later learned that Clark, who was famous for wearing watches by Breitling and Enicar but not DOXA, died in April of the same year the ad was published. Featuring a blurry black and white photo of a Formula 1 car, the ad copy notes that the image is of legendary champion driver Jim Clark and that it would be used as promotion in shop windows. I found a French advertisement for the watch from 1968 that appeared in a Swiss watch trade publication. Filters Mens All Stainless Steel Day/Date Chronograph with Black Dial 500.00 Mens All Stainless Steel Day/Date Chronograph with Brown Dial 500. I was familiar with the DOXA name because of their dive watches, and so I bought the watch on a whim for $200 Canadian dollars.Īt the airport waiting for my flight home I did some research to determine whether the watch was a lucky find or would be chalked up as a “teachable moment” for a novice collector. The watch, which they told me was NOS, was offered without a strap but came with a paper DOXA hang tag on a red string. It’s a DOXA Cobart F1, which I found at a small watch repair shop in Toronto while in town on business about six years ago.
Here’s the first vintage watch I ever bought, which sent my down the rabbit hole of collecting.
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