G04B37/10

Button device and timepiece
11698654 · 2023-07-11 · ·

To prevent an erroneous operation and improve operability, a button device and a timepiece including the button device are provided. The button device includes: a cylindrical first guide protector 11 protruding from the lateral face of a wristwatch case 1; and a first button 12 disposed in the first guide protector 11 to be slidable inward and outward of the wristwatch case 1. The first button 12 includes a first button head 13 disposed in the first guide protector 11, and a first button shaft 15 passing through a first through hole 14 of the wristwatch case 1. The first button head 13 is inclined obliquely upward relative to the lateral face of the wristwatch case 1. The first guide protector 11 protects the outer periphery of the first button head 13, and this prevents accidental and erroneous operation of the first button 12. The first button head 13 is inclined obliquely upward relative to the lateral face of the wristwatch case 1, and this allows the user to easily place a fingertip on the outer end face of the first button head 13, and so improves the operability of the first button 12.

PRESSURE-RELIEF VALVE FOR A WATCH
20230213104 · 2023-07-06 · ·

A pressure-relief valve (1) including: a tube (2) intended to be fastened to a watch case, a recessed head (3) mounted movable in rotation and in translation about and along the axis of the tube (2), the head (3) being able to adopt a first axial position where a gas flow could be performed between the inside and the outside of the watch case and a second axial position where this gas flow is prevented, a first insert (4) mounted within the recess of the head (3), the valve (1) being wherein the head (3) is mounted on the tube (2) via the first insert (4) and wherein the head (3) is fastened to said first insert (4) by fastening means (8) including a screw thread and/or a glue.

PRESSURE-RELIEF VALVE FOR A WATCH
20230213104 · 2023-07-06 · ·

A pressure-relief valve (1) including: a tube (2) intended to be fastened to a watch case, a recessed head (3) mounted movable in rotation and in translation about and along the axis of the tube (2), the head (3) being able to adopt a first axial position where a gas flow could be performed between the inside and the outside of the watch case and a second axial position where this gas flow is prevented, a first insert (4) mounted within the recess of the head (3), the valve (1) being wherein the head (3) is mounted on the tube (2) via the first insert (4) and wherein the head (3) is fastened to said first insert (4) by fastening means (8) including a screw thread and/or a glue.

ACTUATABLE EXTERNAL PARTS ELEMENT
20220404774 · 2022-12-22 · ·

A Dewar device for mechanical and/or functional components of a watch, this device including a wristlet; a housing including a chamber wherein a case of the watch is capable of being disposed in such a way that a glass of this case is arranged facing a glass of a set of elements of the housing defining this chamber; at least one fastening device fastening this watch case in this chamber of the housing while maintaining it distant from this set of elements, and a device for actuating at least one control element of this watch by the movement in translation of an external parts element of the housing in the direction of a back of this housing.

ACTUATABLE EXTERNAL PARTS ELEMENT
20220404774 · 2022-12-22 · ·

A Dewar device for mechanical and/or functional components of a watch, this device including a wristlet; a housing including a chamber wherein a case of the watch is capable of being disposed in such a way that a glass of this case is arranged facing a glass of a set of elements of the housing defining this chamber; at least one fastening device fastening this watch case in this chamber of the housing while maintaining it distant from this set of elements, and a device for actuating at least one control element of this watch by the movement in translation of an external parts element of the housing in the direction of a back of this housing.

Timepiece case and timepiece
11487247 · 2022-11-01 · ·

Provided is a timepiece case that does not require a seal ring, such as an O ring, that is made of a resin material. The timepiece case includes a case body configured from metallic glass; and a button part that is formed integrally with the case body and is flexible.

CONTROL DEVICE FOR A TIMEPIECE
20230129573 · 2023-04-27 · ·

A control device (1) for a timepiece has: - a body (4) intended to be mounted to be able to rotate about an axis of rotation (X) in a case middle (2) of a timepiece in order to drive a mechanism of the timepiece, and: - a crown head (5) movable in translation with respect to the body, parallel to the axis of rotation, between a first position and a second position. The body has a first coupling means (46) and the crown head has a second coupling means (53), arranged so that when the crown head is in its first position, the body and the crown head are uncoupled, and when the crown head is in its second position, the body and the crown head are coupled, the control device further comprising a locking element (6), a first formation (47A) and a second formation (47B), the locking element being able to cooperate with the first formation to stabilize the crown head in its first position, and with the second formation to stabilize the crown head in its second position, the locking element being integral with or fixed to the crown head and the first and second formations being integral with or fixed to the body, or the locking element being integral with or fixed to the body and the first and second formations being integral with or fixed to the crown head.

CONTROL DEVICE FOR A TIMEPIECE
20230129573 · 2023-04-27 · ·

A control device (1) for a timepiece has: - a body (4) intended to be mounted to be able to rotate about an axis of rotation (X) in a case middle (2) of a timepiece in order to drive a mechanism of the timepiece, and: - a crown head (5) movable in translation with respect to the body, parallel to the axis of rotation, between a first position and a second position. The body has a first coupling means (46) and the crown head has a second coupling means (53), arranged so that when the crown head is in its first position, the body and the crown head are uncoupled, and when the crown head is in its second position, the body and the crown head are coupled, the control device further comprising a locking element (6), a first formation (47A) and a second formation (47B), the locking element being able to cooperate with the first formation to stabilize the crown head in its first position, and with the second formation to stabilize the crown head in its second position, the locking element being integral with or fixed to the crown head and the first and second formations being integral with or fixed to the body, or the locking element being integral with or fixed to the body and the first and second formations being integral with or fixed to the crown head.

Sub-assembly of external parts for timepiece or watch or a piece of jewellery

A sub-assembly of external parts including, a bolt interposed between a first component and a second component compressing together a joint, securing them together by axially blocking the first component, and which cooperates with the second component to enclose a ball occupying a well of depth greater than its diameter, that an orientation housing in the second component or the bolt includes, framed by channels of depth less than its diameter, limited by stops, which ball can occupy, when subjected to the gravity field and/or a magnetic field, both an orientation housing and a complementary housing of depth less than its diameter, that the bolt or respectively the second component includes, for their relative drive by the ball when it is simultaneously braced on a channel and a complementary housing.

MULTIFUNCTION CORRECTION DEVICE FOR A TIMEPIECE AND TIMEPIECE COMPRISING SUCH A MULTIFUNCTION CORRECTION DEVICE

A multifunction correction device (100) for a case (2) of a timepiece including a horological movement (1). The correction device includes: a cylindrical body (110) integral with the timepiece case (2); a primary correction module (120) moving in translation in a first direction, having a primary control member (121) integral with a primary control stem (123), which operates a first function corrector (10) of the horological movement (1); and a secondary correction module (130) moving in translation in a second direction parallel to the first direction, the secondary correction module (130) comprising a secondary control member (131) integral with a secondary control stem (133), which operates a second function corrector (12) of the horological movement (1), the cylindrical body (110) receiving the primary correction module (120) and the secondary correction module (130).