Lip Pocket Watch In Solid Silver Hallmarked Enamel Dial Early 20th Century

Description: HISTORY OF THE MANUFACTURE Created by Ernest Lipmann in 1896, the Lip brand experienced significant growth at the beginning of the century. After the 1940 war, Fred Lip turned to research in the field of electronic watches. It will be one of the first to offer quartz watches and to call on designers like Roger Tallon. After numerous social problems in the 70s, we can say that it is the flagship of French watchmaking heritage. His daughter: “Writing (...) is always a perilous exercise, especially when it involves your own father and Fred Lip was my father.He was an extraordinary man, an original, a visionary. His unusual behavior and his strong character brought him strong enmities and a lot of misunderstanding, but they also won him deep friendships and ensured the loyalty of many people of all kinds, employees, artists, scientists, mountaineers. , industrialists and even politicians.Like all men, he had faults and made mistakes but, like few men, he achieved extraordinary things and had all-consuming passions.Among all his passions, apart from the all-consuming one he devoted to me, his only daughter, there were mountains and fast cars and, above all, the one he always maintained for the Lip company, this society that he found ruined in the aftermath of the war. However, against all odds, thanks to his work, his courage and his imagination, he managed to make it a large company, known and recognized throughout the world, a symbol and a model of what a company should have been. watchmaker. He made it the company to which watchmaking owes so many things that seem banal today. Who remembers that he was the first automated assembly line for watchmaking? Who remembers that the first electric wristwatch is still him? Who still remembers that it was to Lip that we owe the first and probably the only programmable mechanical timer for satellites built for the ESA? Who also remembers that in 1929, Fred Lip was the world record holder for speed on a motorcycle over 5 & 10 km and 5 & 10 miles? Probably no one anymore! Unfortunately, what we call the Lip events and everything that accompanied them, not only destroyed the company that bore his name but also left an image of him that corresponds neither to the reality of society nor to the truth of the man he was.Was he, despite his errors, the last survivor of the race of creative and pioneering industrialists such as we saw so many in the 19th century or one of those visionaries who prepared the transition to the 21st century? No one can say (...).” DO NOT CONFUSE CHRONOGRAPH AND STOPWATCH: The chronograph is a time device, in the particular case a watch, having a hand placed in the center of the movement. This hand, called the "second hand", can be turned on as desired: started, stopped, then returned to the starting point. These different “functions” are operated by means of a so-called “chronograph” mechanism. We often confuse the terms chronograph and stopwatch (however, a chronograph can also be a stopwatch, you will understand...). A chronometer is a watch which, observed in different positions and at various temperatures, gives sufficient adjustment results to obtain an official running certificate (chronology certificate generally issued by the COSC: Swiss Official Chronometer Control). In the case of this chrono, it is of course a stopwatch. Dimensions : Width 50 mm, total length 70 mm at the end of the bail and 12.5 mm thickness including glass. Housing : It dates from the beginning of the 20th century, the very massive case is in silver with the crab hallmark (commissioned in 1838) on all parts of the case (the 2 rear covers and the bail support and on the bail), which means an 800/1000 silver guarantee, it is in superb condition for a lady who is over a hundred years old. It has a double bottom, two hinged lids, the last lid, the one that is chiseled (see photos), has a broken hinge. However, this does not hinder this cover in any way, it holds securely since it is perfectly clipped. To open it, you must place a thin knife blade in the notch provided for this purpose and lever it, like a classic watch with a clipped back. The front bezel which houses the glass is also clipped like the rear. Dial : very beautiful!! In white enamel, slightly cracked at 8 o'clock, see photos, with Bréguet-type Arabic numerals, very fine blued steel "pear" hands, a small seconds in the counter set back at 6 o'clock, a delicate "chemin de iron” on the circumference and a numbering 13 – 24 in red for the 24-hour time. Glass : mineral (in glass), slightly bomb,new from the period, beveled. Movement : Mechanical movement with manual winding caliber 43AC from LIP manufacture, 15 jewels, 18,000 vph/hour, Bréguet hairspring, it is a watch which has obtained a chronometry certificate because it successfully passed precision tests. Oobservations : A historic model, in superb condition, with a sublime enamel dial, in perfect working order, an investment in time. CONDITIONS OF SALE Paypal : I seeWe offer the possibility to pay by Paypal, please contact me (ask me by message) for any questions you may have Payment will be made Or by Paypal (Visa card, Mastercard), Or Or by bank check (payable to Eric Baldin). Also note, for new ebayers, items will be sent only after payment has been received, no cash on delivery possible, thank you for your understanding. If you would like any further information or photos, please feel free to contact me any day: Eric BALDIN “Ô Cœur du Temps …” (by message ask me on ocoeurdutemps at orange.fr OR my phone number 0675 863750). Normal 0 21 Among all his passions, apart from the all-consuming one he devoted to me, his only daughter, there were mountains and fast cars and, above all, the one he always maintained for the Lip company, this society that he found ruined in the aftermath of the war. However, against all odds, thanks to his work, his courage and his imagination, he managed to make it a large company, known and recognized throughout the world, a symbol and a model of what a company should have been. watchmaker. He made it the company to which watchmaking owes so many things that seem banal today. Who remembers that he was the first automated assembly line for watchmaking? Who remembers that the first electric wristwatch is still him? Who still remembers that it was to Lip that we owe the first and probably the only p

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