G04B45/00

METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN EXTERNAL COMPONENT INCLUDING A DIFFRACTION GRATING

A method for manufacturing an external component of a watch, of a fashion item or of a jewellery item, wherein the external component includes depositing an opaque base layer on all or part of the surface of an inner face of a substrate made of a transparent material, localised ablation of the base layer by laser machining, so as to form at least one pocket the bottom of which has a diffraction grating.

WATCH ADAPTED TO GENERATE A SEQUENTIAL ANIMATION

A watch (10) including a case (11) including a middle (12) to which a crystal (13) and a transparent back (14) are fastened so as to form an internal volume. The watch includes a horological movement (15) housed within the internal volume of the case (11), including a carrying structure through which extends an arbor (16) adapted to be rotated by the horological movement (15) and carrying, at one of the ends thereof, opposite the crystal (13), a time value indicator (17), and at the other end, opposite the back (14), a disc (18) on which extends a pattern (181) facing a graphical representation (142), the pattern (181) and the graphical representation (142) being shaped such that, when the arbor (16) is rotating, they cooperate with one another to generate a sequential animation by moir? effect, formed by a sequence of at least two distinct images.

Method for producing a three-dimensional element on a timepiece component

A method for producing a three-dimensional element on a timepiece component, in particular on a dial, that includes generating, by means of a control unit, at least one control instruction for a printing device for reproducing a reference digital graphical representation relating to said three-dimensional element, and constructing, by means of the printing device, at least two substantially superimposed or superimposed layers each having at least one particle which is printed on the timepiece component and which forms the three-dimensional element.

Timepiece with movable ornamental body
11934154 · 2024-03-19 · ·

A timepiece includes three types of decorative plates. A first type of decorative plate includes numbers from 1 to 12 indicative of time in hours and is rotatable around a central axis of the time piece. A second type of decorative plate includes a plurality of second type of plate pieces collectively rotatable relative to the first type of decorative plate and each rotatable around its respective axis. The third type of decorative plate includes a plurality of third type of plate pieces collectively rotatable relative to the central axis of the timepiece and each movable radially with respect to the central axis of the timepiece.

INLAID TIMEPIECE COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

An inlaid timepiece component (1) including a body (10) made of a metallic and/or ceramic material including at least one hollow (11) forming the impression of a decoration (12). The at least one hollow is completely filled with successive strata (13, 14, 15) formed by an agglomeration of particles (16) via a cold metallisation in order to form a timepiece component (1) inlaid with at least one decoration (12).

Method for manufacturing decorative parts

A method is for manufacturing a part including a support made of an electrically non-conductive material, the support being provided with at least one recess filled with an aesthetic element made of an electrically conductive material, and the aesthetic element forms a decoration on a side of the part that is intended to be visible. The method includes inlaying by pressing a preform intended to form the aesthetic element into the at least one recess of the support, and treating the surface of the aesthetic element. The at least one recess opens in one or more places onto a side of the part that is intended to be non-visible, to respectively form one or more contact points for carrying current across the aesthetic element during the surface treatment.

Timepiece

A timepiece including: a dial; a windshield glass having a plurality of curved surfaces that differ from each other in curvature; and a hand disposed between the dial and the windshield glass, wherein the windshield glass includes: a first curved surface having a first curvature and including a center of the windshield glass; a second curved surface disposed adjacent to the first curved surface and having a second curvature larger than the first curvature; and a third curved surface disposed adjacent to the second curved surface and having a third curvature larger than the second curvature, a thickness of the first curved surface and a thickness of the second curved surface are equal, and in plan view, a distal end of the hand is disposed on a center C side of the windshield glass with respect to a boundary between the second curved surface and the third curved surface.

Watch Component, Watch, And Method For Manufacturing Watch Component
20240111251 · 2024-04-04 ·

A watch component of the present disclosure includes a substrate, and a multilayer film covering at least a part of the substrate. A plurality of recesses is formed in a surface, of the substrate, facing the multilayer film. In a cross-sectional view obtained by cutting the substrate in a thickness direction, the plurality of recesses is defined by a first side, and a second side tilted with respect to the first side and being in contact with the first side at an end portion. In the cross-sectional view, a ratio of a length of the second side along the thickness direction of the substrate with respect to a length of the second side along a direction orthogonal to the thickness direction of the substrate is greater than ?. The multilayer film includes three or more layers of a color absorption film composed of a material including Cr. A value of a brightness L* in a L*a*b* color space is equal to or less than 10 in plan view as viewed from the thickness direction of the substrate.

Trigonometric display and method thereof
10474106 · 2019-11-12 ·

A trigonometric function display clock includes a clock face that has a center aligned with a central axis, axial markings aligned with an x-axis and a y-axis, and a secondary circle having a diameter equal to a radius of the axial markings. A first point on the secondary circle is aligned at the center of the central axis, and the secondary circle is configured to be rotatable about the first point. The secondary circle is configured to overlap and align with at least a portion of the axial markings as the secondary circle rotates about the first point.

Trigonometric display and method thereof
10474106 · 2019-11-12 ·

A trigonometric function display clock includes a clock face that has a center aligned with a central axis, axial markings aligned with an x-axis and a y-axis, and a secondary circle having a diameter equal to a radius of the axial markings. A first point on the secondary circle is aligned at the center of the central axis, and the secondary circle is configured to be rotatable about the first point. The secondary circle is configured to overlap and align with at least a portion of the axial markings as the secondary circle rotates about the first point.