DE19953678C1 - Wristwatch with anticlockwise pointer rotation, dial has clock mechanism with clockwise rotating pointers protruding beyond edge of mechanism mounted inverted in watch housing - Google Patents

Abstract

The wristwatch has an anticlockwise pointer rotation and numeral dial. A clock mechanism (1) with clockwise rotating pointers (3) protruding beyond the edge of the mechanism is mounted inverted in the watch housing. The numeral dial (7) is mirrored and mounted on the floor of the housing.

Description

Clocks with left-handed hands and the turning of numbers are in the following utility models / patent applications already mentioned.

• 1. EP 896261 A2
• 2. DE-Gbm 16 26 458
• 3. CH 11403
• 4. WO 87/06030 A1
  (CH) 8743/70

The preamble of claim 1 is derived from (2) and (3) known. In the utility model DE-Gbm 16 26 458 (2) the "Barber wall clock" dealt with.  

The clock hands of this watch ran through an additional. recessed gear in the clockwork to the left.

The backwards hanging clocks in hairdressing shops could through their left-handed clock hands from customers in the hairdressing mirror and the helpful mirror image. Digits are read correctly.

The publications CH 11403 (3) and WO 87/66030 A1 (4) show the following: A new development of a clockwork is one Clock with left-handed hands and a dial known with left-running / readable digits. These watches were developed for Arab cultures, because here the Writing and numbers read from right to left and be written. These clocks are straight through Top view readable.

With the previous left-turning clocks, larger ones were required technical reworking or new developments. This causes high costs and the design / technology possibilities are considerably restricted.

On the wristwatch with left-handed hands and left common dial is a normal, Hands clockwise rotation (clockwise rotation series movement), which is attached to the watch glass with its underside. and thus vice versa is arranged in the housing.

Through the hands protruding over the edge of the movement can, as with conventional clocks, through a top view of the hands and read the dial located on the case back become.

The reflective dial used offers additionally the one known from every reflective reading Possibility of parallax-free and therefore precise Reading with a vertical top view, where only the otherwise usually disruptive doubling of the hands disappears. You can also see in the mirror on the back (corresponds to the usual front) from aesthetic Reasons / points of view decorated hands at oblique Viewing angles are reversed.

Thanks to the foldable housing, the wearer can easily watch the watch wait, change batteries and by individual design realize a "unique watch" on the caseback of the watch.  

Appearance of the wristwatch with left-handed hands and representation of the function, as well as the technical principle are explained using

Fig. 1 top view of the wristwatch with the hands protruding beyond the clockwork edge

Fig. 2 section through the clock case clockwork with its underside attached to the watch glass (reverse arrangement)

Fig. 3 top view and section of the watch case

Fig. 4 section through the watch case housing hinged by a hinge

In Fig. 1, the left-turning clock hands ( 3 ), which protrude beyond the clockwork edge, can be seen from above through the watch glass ( 2 ).

The clock hands ( 3 ) can be distinguished by different symbols / decorations for seconds, minutes and hours. The clockwise rotation of the clock hands ( 3 ) is achieved by attaching a clockwise clockwork ( 1 ) customary on the market with its underside to the clock glass ( 2 ). The clock hands ( 3 ) are directed downwards. Thus, the time display, the hands ( 3 ) and the dial ( 6 ) can be read through the top view as usual. The watch case ( 5 ) is designed to be foldable through the joints ( 4 ) - FIG. 4. This allows the watch owner to maintain his watch himself or to design a unique / individual watch by replacing the dial ( 7 ).

On the mirror dial ( 7 ) are the numbers NR. 3 and 9 have been exchanged due to the left rotation of the hands.

Reference list

1

clockwork

2nd

Watch glass

3rd

Clock hands / symbol hands

4th

Housing joint

5

Watch case

6

Mirror dial

7

Case back

Claims (5)

1. Wristwatch with left-handed hands ( 3 ) and left-hand dial ( 6 ), characterized in that a clockwork ( 1 ) with right-handed, projecting beyond the clockwork pointer ( 3 ) is reversed in the watch case ( 5 ). 2. Wristwatch according to claim 1, characterized in that the clockwork ( 1 ) with its underside is attached to the watch glass ( 2 ). 3. Wristwatch according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the dial ( 6 ) is mirrored and attached to the bottom of the housing ( 7 ). 4. Wristwatch according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the housing ( 5 ) is designed to be hinged by a joint ( 4 ) 5. Wristwatch according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the clock hands of the same length ( 3 ) can be distinguished by different symbols