
DOXA Sub 300T Divingstar
Mankind has always been fascinated with the ocean. As man conquered the unexplored regions of the Earth—and even the solar system—the vast world beneath the waves still mystified (and terrified) the mariners who sailed over it. Still, there were brave souls who dared venture into the depths and sought to breathe like fish. Early attempts to develop underwater breathing devices were achieved as early as the 19th Century. For example, in 1865 the first mass-produced regulator, was patented by Rouquayrol-Denayrouze. But these early devices relied on surface air supply, long hoses that greatly limited the depths the divers could reach. In the 1930s a Frenchman named Yves Le Prieur devised a diving suit that incorporated a cylinder of compressed air, carried on the back, which freed divers to swim farther and deeper than ever before without the encumbrance of a hose that tethered them to the earth. But of course the Aqualung—ancestor to modern SCUBA equipment—was what made recreational div