Patent classifications
G04B43/00
PROTECTION FOR THE STRIPS OF A MECHANICAL WATCH RESONATOR
Strip resonator for a mechanical watch movement, comprising a structure, an oscillating inertial element, and elastic strips forming a flat bearing for the inertial element, and a flat, anti-shock device arranged to protect each strip from rupture in the event of a shock, and including a first prestressed flexible element arranged to allow a variation in length during the expansion or contraction of a strip within a range of lengths corresponding to normal operation of this strip under the action of a stress of intensity lower than a first threshold, and to prevent the expansion or contraction of this strip when it is subjected to a tensile or respectively compressive stress of intensity higher than the first threshold, and the resonator includes, for the three-dimensional anti-shock protection of the strips, in an axial direction perpendicular to a main plane, axial protection means, which include, on the one hand, axial banking members for limiting the axial travel of at least one inertial element, and on the other hand, an axial anti-shock device comprising a second axially prestressed flexible element.
INERTIA ELEMENT FOR A CLOCK MOVEMENT
An inertial element (1), in particular a balance wheel (1), for a timepiece movement (200), the inertial element including a felloe (11) made of or including a first material which is paramagnetic or diamagnetic, and which has an electrical resistivity of greater than 15 cm, preferably greater than 20 cm.
Protective Shroud For A Dive Watch
The protective shroud (2) for a dive watch (1) comprises a transparent lenticular element (3) configured to enlarge the image that appears on a dial (4) of the watch (1).
Arbor of a pivoting movable timepiece component
A one-piece arbor of a pivoting movable timepiece component, the one-piece arbor being made of one or more aligned parts. The one-piece arbor is magnetically inhomogeneous.
TIMEPIECE COMPRISING A PROTECTIVE GLASS WITH AN ANTI-FOGGING DEVICE
A timepiece including a middle closed by a back cover and by a protective glass, the timepiece includes an anti-fogging device for the protective glass, the anti-fogging device including a layer of transparent conductive oxides provided at least on a portion of an internal surface of the protective glass; a thermal interface member, having a thermal conductivity greater than or equal to 1 W/m.Math.K, provided in the middle and configured to: a) ensure heat exchange by contact between the conductive oxide layer and the middle, the middle and the back cover being made of a thermally conductive material, or b) ensure heat exchange by contact between the conductive oxide layer and the back cover, the back cover including at least one part made of a thermally conductive material in contact with the thermal interface member.
Electronic timepiece
Provided is an electronic timepiece including: an antenna configured to receive a standard radio wave, a pointer, a motor configured to drive the pointer, a circuit board having a front surface mounted with a semiconductor device including an active region, and a magnetic shield plate disposed at a back surface side of the circuit board, the magnetic shield plate having a shape that overlaps at least a portion of the motor and does not overlap the active region of the semiconductor device in plan view as viewed in a direction orthogonal to the front surface of the circuit board.
Pivot for timepiece mechanism
A pivot for a timepiece mechanism, including a first rotational guide member for radially holding an arbor in a plate, and a second front guide member for axially limiting an end of the arbor, and including at least one resilient shock absorber acting on at least the first rotational guide member and/or the second front guide member. The resilient shock absorber is made in a one-piece manner in a micromachinable material or in silicon or quartz or diamond with a structural element other than the first rotational guide member and the second front guide member.
Dewar device comprising a transparent external element
A Dewar device (1) for mechanical and/or functional components (2) of a watch (3), the device (1) being provided with a bracelet and a casing (4) including an enclosure (5) in which a case (6) of the watch (3) is capable of being arranged and at least one fastening device (7) fastening the case (6) of the watch (3) inside the enclosure (5) of the casing (4) while keeping it away from the set of elements (10a, 10b, 10c) of the casing (4) defining this enclosure (5), the set (10a, 10b, 10c) including at least one transparent external element (10a) made of a transparent ceramic material, in particular a transparent polycrystalline ceramic material.
Plastic or electroformed watch case with removable crystal
A watch case includes a case middle made of plastic or electroformed material and a crystal. The crystal or the case middle includes elbowed catches that are each insertable in a bayonet fitting in a recess of the case middle or the crystal. The case also includes a rotation stop angularly securing the case middle and the crystal in an angular position such that a part of each catch is frontally locked behind a holding surface of the case middle or of the crystal. The rotation stop is frontally snap-fitted on the case middle and/or the crystal by snap-fit fingers that cooperate with a complementary stop surface of the case middle and/or of the crystal.
Plastic or electroformed watch case with removable crystal
A watch case includes a case middle made of plastic or electroformed material and a crystal. The crystal or the case middle includes elbowed catches that are each insertable in a bayonet fitting in a recess of the case middle or the crystal. The case also includes a rotation stop angularly securing the case middle and the crystal in an angular position such that a part of each catch is frontally locked behind a holding surface of the case middle or of the crystal. The rotation stop is frontally snap-fitted on the case middle and/or the crystal by snap-fit fingers that cooperate with a complementary stop surface of the case middle and/or of the crystal.