A device for displaying at least one time-related magnitude including a timepiece movement including at least one time base and at least one energy source which extend in a first same plane, and at least one roller pivotably mounted about an axis of rotation A and which extends in a second plane parallel to the first plane, at least one roller including a display strip arranged on an outer periphery and on which at least one indication of the time-related magnitude is inscribed, the timepiece movement driving at least one roller in rotation about axis A via drive device which extend in the same second plane as at least one roller, at least one roller and the timepiece movement being centred on axis A.

A device for autonomous adjustment of the active length of a balance spring includes a regulator mounted on a plate with a cock, a balance spring stud holder being pivotally mounted on the cock, the regulator being pivotally mounted on the stud holder and including a pivot arm and device for changing the active length of the balance spring by pivoting the regulator. The device includes an elastic stress device to exert an elastic, return-to-position action on the regulator, and an inertia block, mounted for free rotation on the cock and connected to the pivot arm of the regulator, arranged to move the pivot arm of the regulator between a rest position and a correction position of the device, and simultaneously act on the device for changing the active length of the balance spring.

A method for adjusting the rate of a watch with an oscillator arranged to generate oscillation at a nominal frequency N0, with a servo-system including a master oscillator arranged to generate excitation oscillation at an excitation frequency NE, which is approximately equal to, or equal to the nominal frequency N0, or to an integer multiple of this nominal frequency N0, the watch is subjected to excitation oscillation or to a modulated motion, generated by the master oscillator, during a transition phase after which the oscillator of the watch is stabilised at excitation frequency NE, and there is incorporated in the servo-system a winder for mechanical or automatic watches, arranged to move a support on which such a watch is fixed.

A method of setting up a resonator mechanism for timepieces, including a structure and an anchoring block from which is suspended at least one inertial element subjected to return forces exerted by a flexible pivot including a plurality of resilient blades deformable essentially in a plane XY perpendicular to the first direction Z, the anchoring block being suspended from the structure by a flexible suspension, the method including measuring a reference oscillation frequency of the inertial element about the Z direction in the XY plane, measuring a secondary oscillation frequency of the inertial element, comparing the secondary oscillation frequency with the reference oscillation frequency, adapting flexible suspension or substituting flexible suspension with another flexible suspension.

A setting machine (1000) for making a setting and/or adjustment on an assembly (1) attached to a receptacle (10), including a positioning module (100) to move this receptacle (10) on command from control means (3000) to convey it into a setting and/or adjustment position below an acquisition module (200), which includes measuring and/or testing means for determining the spatial position of the receptacle (10), and including a setting and/or adjustment module (400) for making a setting and/or an adjustment with motorised axes for moving, opening and closing, in a clamp plane perpendicular to a clamp rotation direction (DF, DG), a clamp (600) arranged to drive or deform a mobile component or a component included in such an assembly (1) borne by a receptacle (10), and method for using such a setting machine for setting and/or adjusting at least one horological component.

A mechanical timepiece includes a spring, a balance, an oscillation circuit, a speed governing mechanism configured to include a permanent magnet and a coil, one of the permanent magnet and the coil being held by the balance, an external magnetic field detection mechanism configured to detect an external magnetic field, a vibration detection mechanism configured to detect vibration of the balance and output a vibration detection signal, a speed governing control mechanism configured to output a drive pulse to perform processing for governing the balance, a power storage mechanism configured to store electric energy, and a generator configured to generate the electric energy. The speed governing control mechanism changes a processing content of the speed governing of the balance in accordance with a detection result of the external magnetic field.

A device regulating motion of a mechanical horological movement includes: a frame; a resonator attached to the frame and including a first annular magnetic structure including N1 magnets arranged regularly in a circle and a resilient structure; a second annular magnetic structure including N2 magnets defining a central axis about which the structure rotates, N2 being different than N1. The resonator is configured so that a resonant mode in which the first magnetic structure is subject to curvilinear, or substantially circular, translation about the central axis may be excited by rotation of the second magnetic structure. The two magnetic structures define a magnetic cycloid gear such that the regulating device incorporates a reducer of frequency between the resonance frequency and the rotational frequency of the second magnetic structure which is rigidly connected to an escapement wheel.

A method for determining parameters for adjusting a mechanical watch with an electronic device, including a measurement sensor a to measure a parameter to which the electronic device is subjected, and a device for data transmission to transmit the data provided by the measurement sensor to a device for receiving data which is external to the mechanical watch, the method including successively a step of measuring periodically, with the measurement sensor, the value of the physical parameter to which the electronic device is subjected; a step of transmitting the data provided by the measurement sensor to the external device for receiving data; a step of recording and analyzing the data transmitted to the device for receiving data with a view to deducing therefrom the conditions to which the electronic device is subjected, and a step of determining the parameters for adjusting the working of the mechanical watch as a function of the conditions of use.

A method for determining parameters for adjusting a mechanical watch with an electronic device, including a measurement sensor a to measure a parameter to which the electronic device is subjected, and a device for data transmission to transmit the data provided by the measurement sensor to a device for receiving data which is external to the mechanical watch, the method including successively a step of measuring periodically, with the measurement sensor, the value of the physical parameter to which the electronic device is subjected; a step of transmitting the data provided by the measurement sensor to the external device for receiving data; a step of recording and analyzing the data transmitted to the device for receiving data with a view to deducing therefrom the conditions to which the electronic device is subjected, and a step of determining the parameters for adjusting the working of the mechanical watch as a function of the conditions of use.

The mechanical timepiece movement includes at least one barrel, a set of gear wheels driven at one end by the barrel, and an escapement mechanism of a local oscillator with a resonator in the form of a sprung balance and a feedback system for the timepiece movement. The escapement mechanism is driven at another end of the set of gear wheels. The feedback system includes at least one precise reference oscillator combined with a frequency comparator to compare the frequency of the two oscillators and a mechanism for regulating the local oscillator resonator to slow down or accelerate the resonator based on the result of a comparison in the frequency comparator.