The best dive watches on the market go beyond the depths of the ocean, in matters of both style and utility: Doxa dive watches have that pedigree built right in, and the retooled Doxa Sub 250 GMT soars to new heights for world travelers, divers and watch collectors alike.
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The durable 40mm timepiece, as the watchmaker said upon its release at Geneva Watch Week 2025, “strikes the perfect balance between capability, comfort, and wrist presence.” Doxa also bills its long-running Sub lineup of watches as a “benchmark” in the dive watch category, and this latest release carries on that legacy rather handsomely.
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It’s available in Doxa’s vivid range of nine signature colors, and while some of its watches take on a weathered look (like its tribute to explorer and novelist Clive Cussler), this range is more vibrant and stylish (yet no less functional).
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The sleek yet sturdy watch seamlessly blends travel style and global utility, amplifying the Doxa Sub 250 GMT with a fourth hand for telling time across the planet. Available on either a color-coordinated strap to pair with its dial, or the company’s signature “beads of rice” bracelet, the impressive watch bolsters Doxa’s roster with a total of 18 new references across the Doxa Sub lineup.
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Pricing starts at $2,450, and the newest addition to Doxa’s heritage-minded lineup also comes with a series of Sharkhunter and Sharkhunter Vintage references, for good measure. The Sharkhunter Sub 250 GMT series “pays homage to the earlier Sharkhunter models with their distinctive all-white hands,” the company noted.
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The ever-versatile dive watch, with the dressy appeal of its matching “beads of rice” bracelet and its understated yet highly useful dial and GMT functionality, revamps the Doxa dive watch lineup in what the horology company calls an “elegant package,” all the while also nodding to the brand’s earlier 2006 introduction of the 750T GMT. With just days to go before Watches and Wonders 2025, it appears that Doxa may have already made a significant splash with the handsomely appointed Doxa Sub 250 GMT.
It’s one of the most iconic moments in Super Bowl advertising history. Supermodel Cindy Crawford pulls up to the Halfway House Cafe in a red Lamborghini Diablo, wearing a white tank top and jean shorts. We’re somewhere in the California desert. She’s sweaty and hot. Two young boys watch in awe as she buys a Pepsi from a vending machine and gulps it down. The 1992 Super Bowl commercial became an instant classic, launching Crawford into the fantasies of men around the world. Nearly three decades later, legendary photographer David Yarrow decided to recreate the famous ad—but with a wild twist. “For some time, I had yearned to do my own interpretation of the advert with a still photograph,” the Scottish-born Yarrow explains. “I secured Cindy’s involvement, who in turn secured Pepsi’s approval—given the implicit tribute, why would Pepsi say ‘no’?”
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The result, shot in 2021 at the same Halfway House Cafe location, captures Crawford still looking gorgeous in an almost identical outfit. Instead of wide-eyed boys, she’s joined by two wolves (that are actually domesticated Tamaskan dogs) who salivate from the back seat of a vintage red convertible. Even Peter Savic, the legendary hairstylist from the original commercial, returned to style Crawford’s hair. The image has since raised over $2 million for charity.
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A Match Made In Heaven
Since 2018, Crawford and Yarrow have teamed up on several cinematic projects, with all of the proceeds going toward philanthropic causes. Collectively, they’ve raised over six million dollars for the American Family Children’s Hospital. “Each shoot has been thoughtful and unique,” Crawford wrote in the forward to Yarrow’s book, Storytelling. “David doesn’t call until he’s personally excited about his next idea for me. He makes it such a pleasant and fun experience that it’s always easy to say yes.” We’re glad she does. Some of the best shoots recreate famous moments in American pop culture, like the crop-duster chase scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest. In that image, featured on this issue’s cover, Crawford took the Cary Grant role, posing in a rare 1953 Ferrari 250 MM Vignale Spyder while a plane swoops down low behind her. “The premise was to style the set as if we were indeed in the late 1950s, and we recognized that we had a strong backdrop, as Roy’s Cafe is one of the treasure trove authentic landmarks of Route 66,” Yarrow explained. The shoot required a bit of stunt work, but it was nothing veteran pilot Greg Caldwell couldn’t handle. “There didn’t seem much to trouble Greg—not even his plane’s aerial proximity to a $10 million Ferrari or, more importantly, one of the world’s most identifiable and revered women,” Yarrow said.
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Parallel Paths
In some ways, Crawford and Yarrow were destined to work together. Both built massive careers by defying expectations. Crawford, who graduated valedictorian from DeKalb High School in 1984, initially pursued chemical engineering at Northwestern University before becoming a model. Her timing couldn’t have been better. She came of age in the era of the supermodel, when catwalk queens could command $10,000 a day to appear on runways or billboards. Crawford’s athletic build, all-American appeal, and signature mole above her lip helped her stand out. She went on to grace over 500 magazine covers, including the December 2005 cover of Maxim—she was also honored with an appearance on our Hot 100 the following year. Crawford walked runways for Chanel, Versace, and Calvin Klein, and became a face for major brands like Revlon, Omega, and, of course, Pepsi. Beyond modeling, she built a business empire that includes skincare lines and furniture collections. “Cindy Crawford is a wonderful woman; fame has just made her even more special,” Yarrow said. “She is the most successful model of all time for good reason.”
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Yarrow’s journey was also unconventional. After snapping a famous photo of soccer star Diego Maradona at the 1986 World Cup Final for The London Times, he took a decades-long detour into finance, making millions with a successful hedge fund. But in 2014, he returned to his first love—photography—and began creating images of wildlife and narrative storytelling. He is now considered one of the bestselling photographers in the world. Even though their careers both soared, Crawford and Yarrow have always stayed grounded by giving back. When she was just 10 years old, Crawford lost her younger brother, Jeff, to leukemia. The tragedy drove her to make childhood leukemia a focal point of her charity work. Yarrow’s photography has raised more than $15 million for charitable causes worldwide, including pediatric cancer care and wildlife conversation.
Recreating Movie Magic
Their shared commitment to philanthropy made them natural collaborators, but it’s their creative vision that makes the magic happen. In another one of Yarrow’s striking images, titled “The Daily News,” Crawford plays a 1950s movie star being stalked by paparazzi. The shot features a cameo of Dimitri Dimitrov, Hollywood’s most famous Maître D’, as a press photographer. It also features another snarling Tamaskan dog. Explains Yarrow, “Since the press tends to hang as a pack, I could play on that and throw in a wolf.” For Crawford, who turned 59 in February, reviving her modeling career has been a lot of fun. “Modeling is about illusion. It’s a fantasy world where models play various roles,” she once said. From drinking Pepsi in the California desert to dodging planes on Route 66, Crawford has turned that fantasy into real-world impact.
Any new Leonardo DiCaprio film is a signature cinematic event, but DiCaprio stepping out for the first time in a Paul Thomas Anderson movie? Call it appointment viewing, as the first trailer for One Battle After Another proves in thrilling fashion. PTA’s latest cinematic head trip takes inspiration from Thomas Pynchon’s classic 1990 novel Vineland and pairs DiCaprio with the iconic director of Boogie Nights, Licorice Pizza and There Will Be Blood. DiCaprio, who was recently tapped as the new face of Rolex, stars as an intense revolutionary on the hunt for his missing daughter.
DiCaprio’s Bob Ferguson, seen using a payphone and delivering a cryptic series of passwords to a voice on the other end, is joined by a stacked cast that includes Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Teyana Taylor and Regina Hall. The film was shot with cinephile-approved 35mm VistaVision film, and seems to play off Anderson’s penchant for the surreal. Variety reports that it’s set to be the most expensive movie of Anderson’s career, and described the official trailer thusly:
It begins with Bob, in a beanie and bathrobe, using a payphone to request help from some unknown rebel allies but forgetting which codewords to use. Del Toro plays Bob’s sensei and teaches him how to live without fear — and pushes him out of a speeding car. The trailer ends with DiCaprio screaming out “Viva la revolución and he and del Toro prepare to wage against their enemies
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Vulture notes that the prestige film (which cost about $140 million, according to estimates) is “seemingly destined to be iconic, even if it flops.” Judging from the intriguing trailer, a flop seems unlikely, but whether viewers will be able to wrap their minds around a movie inspired by a Pynchon novel remains to be seen. One Battle After Another hits theaters Sept. 26 with Imax screenings. Watch the official trailer below.
