watch reference 187 30 32 strap reference M size lenght 225 mm / 144 610 battery type 395 case stainless steel / 30 m / synthetic glass dial gold strap brown / light lining / genuine leather / white stitching movement ronda 1069
Spécial Fred Lip Ferrari, 410 Superamerica SI 1955
Frédéric Lipmann grandson of the founder of the brand Lip, left in 1928 to the United States and visited watchmaking factories and assembly plants of motorcycles.
This stay will influence its vision, its methods and its creativity. In 1936 then, Technical Director of the company, he develops agreements of manufacturing with the Russians, for the military markets. Withdraws in Free Zone to Issoudun during the occupation period, he works out with the watchmakers Lip to create calibres who are, even today, big modernities such as T18 and R25.
«Genius» for some, «madman» for the others, Fred Lip upsets the traditions. He establishes the in-service trainingand the annual paid leave and signs a advertising contract with Radio Luxembourg where every hours is announced: « RTL chose Lip to give you the exact hour».
Under its management the fame of Lip does not stop progressing and the company counts up to 1770 persons for 300 000 watches produced at the beginning of the 60’s...
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