In 1807, the Jewish community of Besancon offered a mechanical pocket watch to Napoleon. Sixty years later, in 1867, Emmanuel Lipman (from a family of watchmaking supplies seller) and his sons (Ernest, Camile and Jenny) founded a clockwork workshop under the name of Comptoir Lipmann. The counter is developing rapidly, thanks to the founder's power of work, innovative vision of aesthetics and its voluntary nature. In 1893 it became the Société Anonyme d'Horlogerie Lipmann Frères (Lipmann Brothers Clock Factory).

In 1896, they launched the Lip stopwatch and then, Lip became the brand name of the company and they were building approximately 2,500 pieces per year. In 1906, Ernest Lipmann asks Pierre and Marie Curie to find a material to be able to read the time in the dark. They discovered radium in 1898 and invented for Lip, the first phosphorescent dials. It was until 1908 when Lip mark was filed and the three letters LIP were marked on the dials.

LIP
Art Deco
Wristwatch
France Made

VERY UNIQUE timepiece, this is a vintage LIP wristwatch. It is a manual-wind watch with a LIP movement caliber 183, sub-second, France made. Original two-tone silver dial with bold Arabic Numerals, minute marks and blue steel matching hands. Very unique 20mm rectangle art deco design case with fancy lugs and stepped edges. Dial, case back and movement are signed by LIP. It is coming with a new old stock IWC genuine leather brow two-piece strap.

This watch is in LOVELY condition! Runs very well and keep great time!

Thank you for looking! Please feel free to contact us with any questions, or respectful offers.

Movement:
LIP
Cal. 183

Case Back Markers:
LIP
183
583
Fabrication
Francaise

Measures (mm):
Case 20 x 36
Case Lug to Lug 36
Case Thickness 9.3
Lug Width 18
Band Width 18

Vintage watches are traditionally smaller than today's watches. Men's watches typically measure between 29-36mm (some larger, some smaller) wide excluding the crown. In the listing details we typically try to do our best to list all pertinent dimensions of a watch. If you don't see it, or we failed to do so, please reach out to us. Women's watches from the 1900s-1970s were also somewhat smaller than today’s offerings in many cases. Please also feel free to ask any questions you have pertaining to size.

We prefer to shoot photographs outside when weather is permitting. However, when we shoot indoors, please be aware that we shoot our photographs inside of lightboxes that are lit with 360 LED bulbs. This indeed magnifies any flaws. Usually, they are much less obvious to the naked eye. Having said that, we never photoshop any of our photography, remove blemishes, etc. We adjust light, when necessary, but what you see is what you are getting, and we take pride in that.

The condition is pre-owned.
The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended.
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It will be carefully packed.

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