A horological movement (6) including: a plate (7); a mechanical resonator (8) including an oscillating balance (11) rotatably mounted relative to the plate (7), and a spiral spring (22) coupled to the balance (11); an electromagnetic regulator (29) coupled to the mechanical resonator (8) to regulate the frequency of the oscillations of the balance (11), and including at least one permanent magnet (30) fixedly mounted relative to the plate (7), at least one coil (31), a quartz or silicon resonator (32) and an electronic circuit (33) connected to the resonator (32) and to the coil (31), all mounted on the balance (11) while being completely included in an inner cavity (18) delimited by the latter.

A watch packaging box including a base containing a removable tray, a lid cooperating in a complementary manner with the base to close the box, the tray including compartments for receiving a watch, each delimited by a bottom and a partition, the box including, centred inside each compartment, a resilient pad pressed onto a watch by the lid in the closed position, and the box includes, in each compartment, a main orifice for passage of a sensor or tool, included in a device performing a watch testing and/or timing method, on the watch occupying the compartment, and each resilient pad includes a secondary orifice aligned with a main orifice for access of the sensor or tool to the watch.

A watch packaging box including a base containing a removable tray, a lid cooperating in a complementary manner with the base to close the box, the tray including compartments for receiving a watch, each delimited by a bottom and a partition, the box including, centred inside each compartment, a resilient pad pressed onto a watch by the lid in the closed position, and the box includes, in each compartment, a main orifice for passage of a sensor or tool, included in a device performing a watch testing and/or timing method, on the watch occupying the compartment, and each resilient pad includes a secondary orifice aligned with a main orifice for access of the sensor or tool to the watch.

Universal device (1000) for the winding and time-setting of a watch (1) with oscillating resonator (2), which comprises:

rewinding and state correction means, comprising an automatic winding mechanism (304) for a mechanical or automatic watch, which comprises at least one watch reception support (305),

state measurement means (303) relative to a reference clock (1001), comprising a viewing system (1002),

stoppage monitoring means (500) to observe the stoppage of a resonator (2), and control means (900) arranged to then identify the stoppage time displayed by said watch (1) in the stoppage position thereof, to compute the time remaining until a synchronisation between the actual time indicated by said clock (1001) and said stoppage time, and, when said remaining time has elapsed, to activate said automatic winding mechanism (304) for rewinding the power storage means of said watch (1).

A method for adjusting the operating frequency of an electronic watch via a computer application installed in a portable electronic device, the adjustment method including the following steps, performed by the computer application: generating a pulsed reference signal in the portable electronic device, converting the pulsed reference signal into a modulated optical signal consisting of light pulses, transmitting the modulated optical signal to the electronic watch via the light source or via a modulation of the light emitted by the screen of the portable electronic device, and the following steps, performed by the electronic watch: reconstituting the pulsed reference signal from the modulated optical signal received by the optical sensor, correcting an inhibition value stored in the memory of an adjustment circuit of the electronic watch as a function of the pulsed reference signal.

A method for adjusting the operating frequency of an electronic watch via a computer application installed in a portable electronic device, the adjustment method including the following steps, performed by the computer application: generating a pulsed reference signal in the portable electronic device, converting the pulsed reference signal into a modulated optical signal consisting of light pulses, transmitting the modulated optical signal to the electronic watch via the light source or via a modulation of the light emitted by the screen of the portable electronic device, and the following steps, performed by the electronic watch: reconstituting the pulsed reference signal from the modulated optical signal received by the optical sensor, correcting an inhibition value stored in the memory of an adjustment circuit of the electronic watch as a function of the pulsed reference signal.

A balance of a timepiece including an adjustment face provided with at least one recess provided for receiving a projected material for an implementation of an adjustment of the rate of the timepiece notably by the modification of the inertia and of the unbalance of the balance, the recess including an opening and a back notably a solid back or a back fully or partially forming an orifice, the back being at most partially visible from a position defined above the opening notably on a central axis of the opening.

A method and device for determining a constant parameter of an inhibition value for adjusting the device operating frequency of a watch equipped with a quartz oscillator. The following steps are performed by a self-calibration circuit of the electronic watch device: from a first external pulse and a second external pulse received from a system external to the watch and separated by a measurement time, corresponding to a reference number of reference periods for a periodic calibration signal derived from the time-measurement signal and having a calibration frequency derived from the natural frequency of the quartz oscillator, determining a calibration parameter representative of a ratio between a calibration period and a reference period for the periodic calibration signal, and determining a constant inhibition parameter as a function of the calibration parameter.

A method and device for determining a constant parameter of an inhibition value for adjusting the device operating frequency of a watch equipped with a quartz oscillator. The following steps are performed by a self-calibration circuit of the electronic watch device: from a first external pulse and a second external pulse received from a system external to the watch and separated by a measurement time, corresponding to a reference number of reference periods for a periodic calibration signal derived from the time-measurement signal and having a calibration frequency derived from the natural frequency of the quartz oscillator, determining a calibration parameter representative of a ratio between a calibration period and a reference period for the periodic calibration signal, and determining a constant inhibition parameter as a function of the calibration parameter.

A computer-implemented method for diagnosing mechanical default of a mechanical watch, wherein at least one vibration signal is acquired from the mechanical watch the vibration signal is analyzed by an artificial intelligence trained to detect mechanical default in mechanical watches to determine a diagnosis whether the mechanical watch is working properly or not.