JEAN DINH VAN - a 1970's French silver watch designed for Lip, signed to the dial and stamped STE

JEAN DINH VAN - a 1970's French silver watch designed for Lip, signed to the dial and stamped STERLING SILVER 925 and numbered 22423 to reverse of watch head, with additional French control marks to the hinged bangle, the silvered circular dial with dot numerals to a polished rectangular surround, with neatly hinged bangle Width of watch head 2cm Lip was founded in 1867 at Besancon, a location central to the French clock making industry. During the 1970's they commissioned artists, designers and jewellers to style their watches which have subsequently become highly collectable. Jean Dinh Van worked at Cartier in the 1950s and 60s and in 1975 designed three silver watches with a silver armlet for Lip. Literature: Auschitzky Coustans, Marie-Pia Lip, des heures à conter. 2000 Doensen, Pieter Watch: Modern Wristwatch Design 1950-1983. 1994.