Around 2 years ago, I stumbled across a square Doxa that was just hitting me. It was NOS in a white gold square case with a really amazing dial design. I could not let this pass and as usual once you are infected there is hardly any stopping. While this Doxa 8722 (search the Blog for previous post) looked very similar to the famous Doxa Grafic, it did not have “Grafic” on the dial and is likely not part of that collection.
Needless to say, I was now on the hunt for a Doxa Grafic. While they are not that difficult to find and also are not breaking the bank, many however are in bad shape with rotten dials or have gold-plated cases. I did not want gold-plated, so a Steel Grafic was the best target. Well, I ended up with a manual wind, no date Doxa Grafic 10308 in yellow gold.
But I was hunting for a Steel Grafic originally, so why stop here. Not much later I was able to win an auction for a Steel Grafic, Ref. 10888, automatic with date. This one was significantly larger, came with a flat mineral glass and a recessed crown that sits flush with the case side.
Doxa Grafic Steel, Automatic with Date, Ref 10888-3
So now the hunt was over. Or was it not? Of course, one of my friends had to show me his Doxa collection and I was flashed by the Ladies Doxa Mini he had, such a cool version. Now the hunt was on again. You can imagine my excitement when I came across a Doxa Mini with 18k yellow gold case. At the height of the Gold price hike, this one justified itself by the value of the Gold. However, the dial was very very bad so I needed to find a good dial and now it is perfect.
Am I done yet? Well, another very good Steel Automatic with Date Grafic was for sale. Different than the one I already had. A Reference 11888 but with a curved plexi and normal crown, which is way more practical by the way. It is very interesting to see the differences in the cases even they are essentially the same watch. You would like to think they cut them by hand and every one is a bit different. Of course, it was not like this but there are clearly different case designs.
Doxa Grafic Steel, Automatic with Date, Ref. 11888-4
So now I have a Doxa Mini, a manual wind/no-date, and 2 Automatic/Date. Take a guess what is missing…
Around 2 years ago, I stumbled across a square Doxa that was just hitting me. It was NOS in a white gold square case with a really amazing dial design. I could not let this pass and as usual once you are infected there is hardly any stopping. While this Doxa 8722 (search the Blog for previous post) looked very similar to the famous Doxa Grafic, it did not have “Grafic” on the dial and is likely not part of that collection.
Needless to say, I was now on the hunt for a Doxa Grafic. While they are not that difficult to find and also are not breaking the bank, many however are in bad shape with rotten dials or have gold-plated cases. I did not want gold-plated, so a Steel Grafic was the best target. Well, I ended up with a manual wind, no date Doxa Grafic 10308 in yellow gold.
But I was hunting for a Steel Grafic originally, so why stop here. Not much later I was able to win an auction for a Steel Grafic, Ref. 10888, automatic with date. This one was significantly larger, came with a flat mineral glass and a recessed crown that sits flush with the case side.
So now the hunt was over. Or was it not? Of course, one of my friends had to show me his Doxa collection and I was flashed by the Ladies Doxa Mini he had, such a cool version. Now the hunt was on again. You can imagine my excitement when I came across a Doxa Mini with 18k yellow gold case. At the height of the Gold price hike, this one justified itself by the value of the Gold. However, the dial was very very bad so I needed to find a good dial and now it is perfect.
Am I done yet? Well, another very good Steel Automatic with Date Grafic was for sale. Different than the one I already had. A Reference 11888 but with a curved plexi and normal crown, which is way more practical by the way. It is very interesting to see the differences in the cases even they are essentially the same watch. You would like to think they cut them by hand and every one is a bit different. Of course, it was not like this but there are clearly different case designs.
So now I have a Doxa Mini, a manual wind/no-date, and 2 Automatic/Date. Take a guess what is missing…
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