CN101286039B

CN101286039B - Timepiece with a turning bezel

Info

Publication number: CN101286039B
Application number: CN200810100365.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: C·伊法
Original assignee: Richemont International SA
Current assignee: Richemont International SA
Priority date: 2007-04-10
Filing date: 2008-04-08
Publication date: 2014-01-01
Anticipated expiration: 2028-04-08
Also published as: CN101286039A; EP1980921A3; EP1980921B1; HK1116263A1; EP1980921A2; CH696988A5

Abstract

The present invention relates to a watch including a watch case on which a rotating bezel (16) and a dial (12) are mounted. The bezel comprises an upper opening (22) with a non-circular shape such that only a part of the dial is visible.

Description

Comprise that rotating table covers the clock and watch of frame

Technical field

The present invention aims to provide a kind of clock and watch that comprise rotating table illiteracy frame.

Summary of the invention

The objective of the invention is to realize a kind of clock and watch that are easy to change shape and appearance, especially change the appearance of its outer shape and dial, the clock and watch that can be changed by the user to found a kind of interesting and fine arts outward appearance.

The present invention also aims to provide a kind of clock and watch that watch and clock movement are housed and have the watchcase of rotating table illiteracy frame that comprise.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention proposes a kind of clock and watch, comprise a watchcase, a rotating table has been installed on this watchcase and has been covered frame and a dial, this dial is provided with the device of the time of being used to indicate, it is characterized in that: rotating table covers the upper opening that frame comprises a non-circular shape, and this opening covers frame according to table and determines the visible part of the device of the time that is used to indicate on dial with respect to the angle position of dial.

The accompanying drawing explanation

Accompanying drawing summarily reaches a form of implementation of expressing as an example according to clock and watch of the present invention.

The front view (FV) that Fig. 1 is these clock and watch, wherein the table of watchcase covers frame in primary importance.

Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 mean this clock and watch, and wherein the table of watchcase covers frame respectively in second and third position.

The planimetric map that Fig. 4 is this clock and watch back side.

Fig. 5 is the summary view of the dial of these clock and watch, and the table of watchcase covers the frame opening and means with dot-and-dash line in two diverse locations of described table illiteracy frame.

Fig. 6 means the sectional view along Fig. 3 center line A-A with significant proportion.

Fig. 7 with Fig. 6 in same ratio mean the sectional view along Fig. 3 center line B-B.

Fig. 8 means the partial cross section figure along Fig. 4 center line C-C with significant proportion.

Embodiment

Clock and watch in the accompanying drawings are to comprise that a rotating table covers the wrist-watch of frame, and have according to table cover frame relative scale dish and thus relatively the angle position of watchcase appear the feature of the different piece of dial in table covers the upper opening of frame.In addition, in represented example, not only the appearance of dial depends on that table covers the angle position of frame, and the outer shape of table also changes according to the angle position of table illiteracy frame.

The clock and watch that mean as an example in the accompanying drawings are to comprise that one by shoulder cover 1, the wrist-watch of the watchcase of bottom 2 and upper wall 3 formations.Shoulder cover 1 comprises a center cavity 4, is fixed wtih the movement 5 of clock and watch in this cavity, and the axis of this movement passes upper wall 3 by the center pit 6 of upper wall.Bottom 2 is screwed in screw 7 on shoulder cover 1 and with an O-ring seal 8 guarantees the sealing between bottom 2 and shoulder cover 1.

The upper wall 3 of watchcase comprises some pin circles 9, and they reach by screw 11 and make this upper wall 3 be fixed on shoulder cover 1 for the bore hole 10 that is placed on shoulder cover 1.

According to this form of implementation, upper wall 3 and at least the top of shoulder cover 1 be divided into cylindrical and there is respectively an orbicular part and an annular section.In addition, the external diameter of upper wall is substantially equal to the maybe external diameter of the upper part of this shoulder cover of shoulder cover 1.

These clock and watch also comprise the dial 12 of a circle, and it is placed or is engraved on the upper surface of upper wall 3 of watchcase.This dial 12 has basically the diameter with the equal diameters of upper wall 3.

In illustrated example, this dial 12 comprises some numerals: 12 of noon, and 9 words on 6 and nine o'clock on 3, six o'clock on the three, as shown in Figure 5.

The cylindrical outer surface of shoulder cover 1 comprises a first ring connected in star 13, has placed an O-ring seal 14 in this groove, and has comprised second annular groove 15, for fix a rotating table on watchcase, covers frame 16, as hereinafter by appreciable.

This rotating table covers frame 16 and comprises that sensible this table covers the cylindrical internal cavity 17 of the round section on the frame inside surface, and its diameter is corresponding to the external diameter of watchcase.In assembling position, the cylindrical wall that table covers the internal cavity 17 of frame 16 is positioned at the peripheral of watchcase and compresses an O-ring seal 14.Be fixed wtih by screw 19 in table covers the lower surface of frame 16 in the second annular groove 15 that pawl 18 and these pawls extend to shoulder cover 1, in order to this table is covered to frame 16, remain on it and be assembled in the axial location on watchcase and also allow this table illiteracy frame to rotate around watchcase.According to a flexible program, shoulder cover 1 also can have a lower part, and this lower part is positioned at table and covers following and this time on plane of frame 16 partly having one is different from columniform outer wall.

According to another form of implementation, table covers frame can be a complete and rotation above sealed box (having the box that self glass covers) thus.In the case, cover frame for table unnecessary (but always still possible) surrounded to second a glass illiteracy, and the shoulder cover can have shape in any case.This form of implementation also is very easy to realize technically.

Best, the ball backstop 20 that is arranged in the peripheral wall of takeing on cover 1 cooperatively interacts with the pit 21 of work at the cylindrical wall of the internal cavity 17 of table illiteracy frame, and these pit permission tables cover the relative watchcase of frames 16 and are positioned in different predetermined angular position.

Table covers frame 16 and comprises a upper opening 22, and this opening is communicated with its cylindrical internal cavity 17 and is concentricity and have a non-circular shape, is for example avette or oval, as shown in FIG., but can be also square, triangle or other non-circular shape.A glass covers 23 and closes the upper opening 22 that this rotating table covers frame 16.

Therefore, no matter how this rotating table covers the angle position of frame 16 on watchcase, be only that the core 24 of dial 12 can be seen all the time; The different piece of the outer peripheral areas 25 of dial 12 (shown in form of implementation in similar be annular shape) this angle position that will cover frame 16 relative watchcasees according to table just can be seen (referring to Fig. 5).

Always it can be any shape that this appearance is covered the outer shape of frame 16, be for example circular, no matter covering the outer shape of how showing the angle position of the relative watchcase of frame, this table remains unchanged.Yet if, as shown in figure, the outer shape that rotating table covers frame 16 is not circular, the appearance of covering obtainable each the different angle position table of the relative watchcase of frame 16 for table will change.

In illustrated example, the opening 22 of table illiteracy frame is the ellipse identical with its circumferential profile.The major axis that the change table covers the opening 22 of frame 16 in Fig. 1 is oriented on axis 12 point-6 of dial and on the axis of watchband.Numeral 12 on dial and 6 can be seen.

When table covers frame 16 when the position shown in its Fig. 1 is rotated 60 °, table covers the relative watchband axis of major axis of frame opening for what tilt, and referring to Fig. 2, any numeral of dial 12 can not be seen.

The major axis of opening that covers frame 16 when table is during perpendicular to the axis of watchband, and referring to Fig. 3, the numeral 3 on dial and 9 can be seen.

Total appearance of table or the outer shape of table also change according to the angle position of table illiteracy frame 16, and this is not because its outer shape is circular.

Therefore, according to us, as where arranged numeral, additional show tags (as the show tags of the second movement of calendar watch or table) or the decoration on its outer peripheral areas 25 of dial, determine, the appearance of dial will change according to the angle position of rotatable table illiteracy frame 16 relative watchcasees.According to a form of implementation, the rotation amplitude that table covers frame can be limited in 90 ° upper (for example using ratchet and backstop).According to another embodiment, table covers frame or can rotate on 360 ° in one direction or on two directions.In addition, cover any angle position of frame 16 for table,

watchcase

1,2,3 keep sealing.

Be fixed wtih one in the non-circular opening 22 of table illiteracy frame and set off part 26 in illustrated example.This sets off part 26 for inlaying building stones or support decoration, and it will make the off-balancesheet looks change of covering the angle position of the relative watchcase of frame according to table more loom large.

In clock and watch according to the present invention, in general, this table comprises that the rotatable table with non-circular openings 22 covers frame, and it can make the part of dial 12 reveal.Preferably watchcase has one (at least in part) for circular or columniform shoulder cover 1, reaches rotating table and covers the internal cavity 17 that frame has a circle, and shoulder cover 1 is embedded, and opening 22 is fixed on the axis of described circular cavity 17.

According to its particularly advantageous flexible program, table cover frame rotation can according to hour or minute synchronously carry out maybe can indicating the change in time zone.

Claims

1. clock and watch comprise:

A watchcase, this watchcase consists of shoulder cover (1), a bottom (2) and a circular top wall (3),

The rotating table be arranged on this watchcase covers frame (16);

The dial of a circle (12), described dial (12) comprises first central area (24) and second outer peripheral areas (25), at least be provided with device or the mark of the time of being used to indicate on this second outer peripheral areas (25)

Wherein, described rotating table covers frame (16) and comprises an ellipse or avette upper opening (22),

By described upper opening (22), no matter table cover frame (16) relatively watchcase angle position how, described first central area (24) of described dial (12) always can be seen,

By described upper opening (22), a part that is only described the second outer peripheral areas (25) can be seen, thereby, the device of the time that is used to indicate on the different parts of second outer peripheral areas (25) of dial (12) will cover frame (16) according to described rotating table and relatively just can be seen the different given angle position of watchcase

The diameter of described dial (12) overlaps in fact the diameter of a cylindrical outer surface of (1) corresponding to shoulder; And

Rotating table covers frame and comprises a columniform internal cavity (17), and its diameter overlaps in fact the diameter of the described cylindrical outer surface of (1) corresponding to shoulder, and this shoulder cover (1) is arranged in internal cavity (17) at least in part.

2. according to the clock and watch of claim 1, it is characterized in that: the outer shape that described rotating table covers frame (16) is non-circular.

3. according to the clock and watch of claim 1, it is characterized in that: described shoulder cover (1) comprises a center cavity (4) that receives watch and clock movement (5).

4. according to the clock and watch of claim 3, it is characterized in that: dial (12) is placed or is fixed on the upper surface of upper wall (3) of watchcase.

5. according to the clock and watch of any one in claim 1,3 and 4, it is characterized in that: between bottom (2) and shoulder cover (1) and between shoulder cover (1) and rotating table illiteracy frame (16), be provided with O-ring seal (8,14).

6. according to the clock and watch of in claim 1,3 and 4, it is characterized in that: these clock and watch comprise one relatively shoulder cover (1) locate the device that rotating table covers the predetermined angular position of frame (16).

7. according to the clock and watch of in above claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that: fixed one and set off part (26) in table covers the upper opening (22) of frame.

8. according to the clock and watch of claim 1, it is characterized in that: first central area (24) of dial (12) is a border circular areas.

9. according to the clock and watch of any one in claim 1,3 and 4, it is characterized in that: the outer shape that rotating table covers frame (16) is circular.

10. according to the clock and watch of in above claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that: described table covers on frame (16) does not have indicating device.

11., according to the clock and watch of in above claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that: described table cover frame can with dial (12) coaxial rotation.

12., according to the clock and watch of in above claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that: above-mentioned table covers the center of the described upper opening (22) of frame (16) and aims at the center of the dial (12) of described circle.