LIP Watches – Retro french horology

Okay so you must all be getting sick of your vintage 80′s Casio by now. But have you noticed how hard it is to find yourself a unique timepiece? Pretty much everything out there is some form of Nixon, Fossil or Diesel watch. And yeah – pretty much every man and his douche has one.

Enter LIP watches.  The French brand LIP has been around 150 years but have been hard to obtain anywhere outside Europe.  Now, under the watchful eye of Lip’s new design director Prisca Briquet they have now reissued some of their most important models from a modern collection that remains as visionary today as when first launched 35 years ago.

Although some of these designs are distictly seventies, the rounded corners – square faces and general boldness echoes the designs of mid-century modern era.

The 142 year old 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.

Under the watchful eye of Lip’s new design director Prisca Briquet are now being reissued, along with several other classic styles that have received updates.

Watchismo is the main online retailer – they stock a pretty large collection.
Including all the models we are displaying below. And yes, thank god, they ship internationally.

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