A watch movement comprising a retrograde mobile, an hours ring bearing an asymmetric internal toothing and driven by the retrograde mobile in order to display the current hour in a jumping way, a correction mechanism allowing the retrograde mobile to be corrected in both directions, a drive member that can be actuated by said correction mechanism and engages with said asymmetric internal toothing so that corrections of the retrograde mobile in the clockwise direction are transmitted to the hours ring, whereas corrections in the counterclockwise direction are not transmitted to the hours ring.

A slotted timer teaches time in a simple manner to those having difficulty understanding the concept of time. The timer rotates a shaft which rotates a colored disk attached to the shaft. The initial position of the colored disk is manually set by an operator using a card residing in a slot extending across the top of the timer. The card may illustrate an activity to be completed in a time period set by the operator. Different cards may be used to indicate different activities.

An analogue information display system for a watch provided with a mechanical movement includes a display dial including a plurality of apertures, a moving display part supporting graphical representations, disposed in such a way that the graphical representations supported thereby appear in the plurality of apertures in order to generate the information, and an indicator member configured so as to designate a piece of information generated in an aperture to be notified to the wearer of the watch.

A wristwatch with a gear train for rotatably advancing in cyclic steps a minute-units disk, a switching device for advancing a minute-tens disk and an hour ring which is advanced during one revolution of the minute-tens disk. The movement comprises a first and a second transmission chain connected to a release mechanism; the first transmission chain controls the second such that the second transmission chain transmits every minute a rotational movement force to a minute-units wheel. The release mechanism comprises a control disk, two release levers, each having a first and a second lever arm, and a release wheel. After each minute, a first lever arm falls from the control disk edge into a recess of the control disk and a second lever arm releases the release wheel, such that the second transmission chain rotates freely, allowing the minute-units disk to rotate one digit further.

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.

A slotted timer teaches time in a simple manner to those having difficulty understanding the concept of time. The timer rotates a shaft which rotates a colored disk attached to the shaft. The initial position of the colored disk is manually set by an operator using a card residing in a slot extending across the top of the timer. The card may illustrate an activity to be completed in a time period set by the operator. Different cards may be used to indicate different activities.

A device (100) for display of an indication of the time or derived from the time includes: a first display mobile unit (10) including a first toothing (11b), a second toothing (11c) and a first disk (12) carrying digits (13) intended to indicate the units of indication of time or derived from time; a second display mobile unit (20) including a third toothing (21b), a fourth toothing (21c) and a second disk (22) carrying digits (23) intended to indicate the tens of indication of time or derived from time; and a mechanism (90) for driving the first and second mobile that includes a command mobile unit (30) including a fifth toothing (30a) adapted to cooperate by obstacle, in particular by meshing, with the first and third toothings, and a second command mobile unit (40) including a sixth toothing (40a) adapted to cooperate by obstacle with the second and fourth toothings.

Mechanism for a watch movement (1) comprising a cam (5), a rack (3) driven by the cam (5), a retrograde mobile (20) driven by said rack (3) and bearing a retrograde indicator (2) for displaying a first item of time information, the rack (3) and the retrograde mobile (20) being arranged in such a way as to rotate in the same direction. A jumping hour display ring is synchronized with the returns of the retrograde display.

A method for frequency tuning a set of plates of a watch. The plates are disposed one above the other forming a watch dial with a space defined between the plates. A mechanical shock to the set of plates is generated, and the vibration frequency of each plate is checked. The vibration frequency of at least one of the plates is matched if different from the other plate so as to obtain an identical vibration frequency for each plate in order to tune the plates at least according to the first vibration eigenmode so as to avoid any contact between the plates as a result of any mechanical shock.

There are provided an information display mechanism, a timepiece movement, and a timepiece each capable of achieving a reduction in space. The information display mechanism includes a display wheel which has a plurality of inner teeth, on which information is displayed, and which has a ring-like shape, a driving wheel having a plurality of tooth parts configured to mesh with the inner teeth, and a drive section configured to rotate the driving wheel. The driving wheel is configured to rotate in a state in which the tooth parts and the inner teeth mesh with each other to thereby rotate the display wheel. The display wheel is provided with a regulatory protruding part configured to regulate mesh with the driving wheel. The drive section is configured to rotate the driving wheel in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction.