LIP Watch - Adam Mafia Moon

Company
Lip Watches

Company Information

French Watchmaker since 1867

All Lip Watches carry a two year manufacturers guarantee

The classic French watch brand LIP is reintroducing some of their most important wristwatches - a series from the early 1970s that remains as visionary today as when first unveiled almost four decades ago. These timepieces were created from a melting pot of Pan European industrial, architectural, interior and graphic designers, all given carte blanche by LIP to create some of the most original watches ever produced.

Of the seven original designers between 1969 and 1976, Roger Tallon has made the most lasting impact. A true renaissance man of the mid-century. Tallon's contributions to the Modern era include the Teleavia, the earliest portable television, the world's first Helicoid staircase (part of the Museum of Modern Art collection), and the ultra modern French high speed TGV trains. His asymmetric Mach 2000 series has since become an icon for LIP with their unmistakable primary colored spherical pushers and crowns.

The legacy of LIP evolves today in the hands of talented new designers like Prisca Briquet who are writing the next chapter of watch design in horological history.

History

1807
Emmanuel Lipmann creates a chronometer watch. Napoléon Bonaparte is then presented with it by the citizens of Besançon.

1867
Emmanuel's nephew opens a watch production workshop in Besançon

1896
For the first time the LIP Brand name is used to indicate the "LIP chronometer". A memorable brand is born.

1914
LIP becomes one of the first French businesses to invest in massive advertising campaigns.

1903
LIP, now a rapidly growing business, employs as many as 150 watchmakers and manufactures the first wristwatches ordered by the French Army for its artillery officers.

1939
LIP, true to its patriotic duty, puts itself at the service of the French Army and churns out ammunition and flight watches for French aircraft.

1945
Fred Lip takes over the company helm and rebuilds the factory destroyed during the war. LIP starts a research project to develop an electronic watch.

1948
The French Government presents Winston Churchill with a golden T18 LIP watch.

1950
LIP installs its first automated assembly line for watch movements.

1952
LIP launches the "Electronic" model. The early models are worn by statesmen such as General de Gaulle and the U.S. President D. Eisenhower.

Men's Vogue
"These futuristic designs made their mark over three decades ago when LIP bought more time with a revolutionary series from the great architects, interior decorators and industrial designers of the day"

Surface Magazine
"If they were good enough for Churchill, they're good enough for you. France's famous watches are finally arriving on Yankee soil"

Maxim Magazine
"Before Daft Punk and Tron, French brand LIP's 1970s watches looked to the future and ruled the street with some of the earliest LED timepiece displays available. Snap one up and start doing the French Robot" -

International Watch
"Proving that good design is timeless, LIP's watches look as modern today as they did nearly four decades ago"