Sharkhunter Sub 300T Clive Cussler
Dirk Pitt was a Doxa man.
The fictional hero of novels including Iceberg (1975), The Mediterranean Caper (1973) and Pacific Vortex! (1983), wore an orange-dialled Doxa Sub 300T – a quintessential 1960s dive watch. So did Pitt’s creator, the late author Clive Cussler.
Last year the watch brand issued the Doxa Sub 300T Clive Cussler Special Edition, in tribute to Cussler's pulp lineage and Pitt’s shipwreck-hunting prowess. It had an eye-catching design. Its steel case had been given a PVD-based treatment that made it look corroded and worn, like an artefact found abandoned on a coral reef.
Now comes a sequel, the Doxa Sub 300T Sharkhunter Clive Cussler.
Released on what would have been Cussler’s 93rd birthday, it features a case that’s even more oxidised and dredged-up-looking. The limited edition run of 93 also recognises the author’s birthdate by colouring the numbers ‘15’, ‘7’ and ‘31’ red on the date wheel.
“I think my father would really have got a kick out of the end result,” Dirk Cussler, Clive’s son and co-author of the later books, told me over the phone from his home in Connecticut.
“Giving the case the weathered look, the compass rose on the dial that plays into underwater exploration, the homage to his birthday. It’s something I think would really, really suit him and he would appreciate.”
£3,500, doxawatches.com
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