Horological Meandering

It took 3weeks and a lot of paperwork to get it out of US Customs, but look what finally arrived.




I’m very happy I finally found a great example. 1962 Lip Paul Newman
And I found a 1960’s NOS ladder bracelet to complete it. More photos after I swap it out.

A wonderful incoming and such a vibrant piece from the era 🙌🏻👍🏻

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Bracelet, but we know from accounts that it was a ladder bracelet so I think this NOS is as close as I will get

but I think the sub second dial is wrong. Should be orange as well.

I saw several with black second and minute chrono hands, too.

at the Hodinkee website
on this issue .

I will try to link it below but in case that fails, here is the author’s conclusion :……. By now, I hope you share my view that the orange-tipped Lip Paul Newman is the true original, while the all-black is a later and imperfect rendition (likely the result of a combination of service parts and unused components). And it goes much beyond the cosmetic consistency of the orange handset. To me, the true winning points are summed up in the fact that no all-black configuration has ever been found on an original strap, and that all of those were in suspiciously good condition. This may be at least partly explained by the many examples put together over the past years by the current owner of Lip leftover stock, although there is no knowing for sure whether or not he is the sole source of the all-black Lip "Paul Newman."

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/lip-paul-newman-chronograph-investigation

Also note the sweep hand lacks the orange tip.

hands floating around and black orange combos

What is the size of the watch?

for me is a perfect size

that is super cool, I really like the classic PN subdials and that blue ring really pops! What are the dimensions?

and the thickness is around 14mm