Lip Nautic Ski Electronic with blue dial with caliber Lip R184

Beautiful Lip Nautic Ski Electronic with blue and black dial (only produced for 2 years). The watch has a blue outer rotative ring with white and red bands. It can be moved with the crown at 2 o’clock. Each hour is marked with a mustard luminous color baton. The hands are in stainless steel with “Baton” style. Both crown have the Lip logo. It is a stainless steel screwed back case with engraved inside “Lip 184003 – Swiss Case- Acier inoxydable – Super Compressor – Brevet 317537 -357462” and outside “Super waterproof – Electronic – Patents Pending - 930157. It is a caliber R184 with 13 jewels. The watch comes with a black rubber band.

History

The company Lip was founded by Mr Emmanuel Lipmann. In 1867, Lipmann’s, a watchmaker son, had set-up a watch business in Besancon. In 1900, his sons Camille and Ernest took over and developed a true manufacturer, producing it own movement for pocket and wristwatches. Lip focus on precision watchmaking, endorsed by the national observatory in Besancon in 1936, when the company set a new timekeeping record. Then, Lip came with a tourbillon wristwatch with form movement, which appeared around 1948. In 1950, the company was producing 1000 watches per day with 650 employees. The Lip calibers were the T18 “Tonneau”, R25 “Ronde” to name a few. Lip was probably the first company in Europe to use the ubreakable “Elgiloy” mainspring. In 1950 and 1951, the French Tibet expedition entrusted their timekeeping to the robust “Himalaya” model. The President Charles de Gaulle wore a Lip as many celebrities. The company filed with bankruptcy in 1965.

Technical details

Caliber Lip R184 electro-mechanical with 13 jewels.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 36.50mm
Length including lugs: 43.50mm

Price: $995