Some Doxa watches

Dear All,
I became a watch enthousiast only a few years ago. Prior to that, I was looking at watches with interest but nothing more .. I bought an Omega Seamaster DeVille in 1967 and then later.. much later I got myself a Rolex and a Cartier .. I kept both 20 years and sold them for some dumb reason I cant even remember !

Then in 2013 I got out of a drawer a watch that my father gave me in the early ‘60ties : a Doxa chronograph he bought in 1945 upon his return from Germany as a POW.
He swapped that Doxa for a military issued Tissot chronograph a few years later and eventually gave me the Doxa.
I weared it a bit and put it aside for more than 45 years !

That watch was the start of my “collection”, I got it serviced (Valjoux 22, column wheel) and started looking at vintage Doxa watches.
I bought a few.
I never acquired another Doxa chronograph although I would like to, but prices have gone crazy nowadays !
So, I bought inexpensive vintage watches, trying to get different models, representative of the brand.
Each watch was immediately serviced. They all work fine.
Ofcourse, this led to other acquisitions that I will show perhaps in some other thread : mainly some vintage Omega, a serie of vintage Zenith and an ensemble of chronographs various origins.
For the time being, here are a few images of the Doxa watches.

First is the chronograph .. its value lays in the fact that watch never left the family since 1945. The watch was produced in 1943. I saw many many similar Doxa chronographs since but at insane prices (up to 4,000.€) .. ofcourse, one does not know if the sellers could find buyers at that level of prices .. !
Diameter is 35,80mm

Next a jumbo Doxa from the '50ties, diameter 37,19mm, cal. 1147

The following is a square watch, dim. 30x32mm, serial 4209

Another jumbo, dia. 37,06, also from the '50ties

Then a rectangular art deco type and a Synchron,

Again a jumbo

and several more damaged

a brown dial I did not observe, on the pics, was so dull probably redialed


A lady size, I did not buy it, was part of a lot ..works fine but is not really nice !


I dont follow Doxa watches anymore .. the nice ones (chronographs) are too expensive I find. I went onto Zenith, Omega and chronographs of various origins, but always vintages.
I thank you for your attention,
Cheers,

Some very nice ones but the Chronograph is an absolute gem.

Nice collection. You should definitely add Doxa Grafic.

Indeed, this chrono is actually the only watch worth something on a collector viewpoint .. all the others are there because of my interest for Doxa, but they are quite ordinary .. the point was to find inexpensive Doxa that were representative ..

Thank you, but forgive my ignorance .. what do you mean by Doxa Graphic ?

IMHO the most iconic watch by Doxa - google “doxa grafic” (and see pictures)
There were different variants produced - steel, gold plated, full gold - automatic with/without date, manual wind with/without date.

One of my grafics 😀

thanks for sharing. those doxa are serious collections especially the rare doxaR72.

Yes, I have two, both stainless steel case, one automatic and one manual wind. And the date window is just between 10 and 11. The model with date creates symmetry to the name “doxa grafic” at the opposite corner.

I learned something today ! Thank you !
Even though I get "collectors weekly" every saturday with the list of all Doxa listings on Ebay, I never saw an ad for a Graphic Doxa .. or I overlooked it .. will pay better attention as of now !😉

I checked immediately .. and true enough I found three such Graphic on Ebay right now !! One with a black dial ... nice ! I can't think of a reason why I did not pay attention to that model in the past !🙁

Be careful. A lot of watches on ebay are redials or cases are not matching dials / calibers.

I have a sentiment for Doxa. I have just one which beloneged to my late grandfather and got cleaned, serviced so it is fully operational. I don't wear it often but it means a lot to me just having it and making the memories more vivid when looking at the piece.

Only two pocket watches