Lip Brand Solid Silver Chronotachymeter Pocket Or Pocket Watch.

- Solid silver pocket or chronotachymeter watch from the Lip brand. - The Lip watch factory was created in 1867 by Emanuel Lipmann located at 14 Grande Rue in Besançon in the Doubs department (25) then his sons Ernest and Camille founded the Lipmann brothers company on January 1, 1901 and built a watch factory in the Mouillére district currently at number 7 rue des chalets in Besançon. - The new watch factory began operations in 1903 and employs 110 people. - Swiss title hallmark rooster heather 800/1000 in use in Switzerland from 1882 to 1934 present on the bowl, dust cover and on the front of the pendant head and on the edge of the pocket watch case. - French swan title hallmark 800/1000 for the importation of watch cases from abroad in use in France from 1893 to 1970 present on the edge of the pocket watch case with the mark of the Besançon precious metals office and on the front of the pendant head. - Number 129752 engraved in hollow and present on the bowl and the dust cover and number 43 engraved in hollow present on the bowl, dust cover, edge of the pocket watch case and the inside of the perimeter of the pocket watch bezel. - Edge of the watch and perimeter of the bezel and smooth exterior bowl, crown winder and copper-plated single push button and slightly domed beveled mineral glass. - White enamel dial marked Lip chronotachymeter painted in black. - Arabic numeral painted in black for the hours in red for the 24 hours. - Small seconds dial at six o'clock with railway graduation, gilded steel second hand hands, totalizer dial with rev counter at noon and hand in burnished steel and tachymeter scale painted in black, blue, red and green. - Stuart pear-shaped hand in gilded steel for the hours and minutes and central second hand of the chronotachymeter in blued steel. - Movement in gilded brass and polished steel set with rubies with anchor escapement, advance and delay racket located above the balance wheel. - Trigger the chronotachymeter by pressing the single push button on the top of the winding crown, stop and reset the chronotachymeter by pressing the same button. - Pendant winding and setting the time by pulling the top of the winding crown while turning clockwise. - In perfect working order and serviced by a watchmaker. - Period 1st quarter of the 20th century around 1910-1925.