DE2455170A1 - Timepiece with hands rotated anti-clockwise - has hour numerals positioned in reverse order for conspicuous presence - Google Patents

Abstract

The timepiece has a pendulum drive, a spiral drive spring, or an electric drive motor, with the drive rotating the hour and minute hands in an anti-clockwise direction. The face of the timepiece has a nuneral denoting 3 O'clock, 6 O'clock, 9 O'clock and 12 O'clock with these numerals being marked around the face in an anti-clockwise sense, i.e. in reverse order to a normal clock face. Pref. each hour is denoted by a numeral positioned in reverse order around the clock face, and arabic or roman numerals may be used.

Description

TIMING DEVICE The invention relates to a timing device.

For a long time, timing devices have been of the most varied of appearance and appearance various working methods known.

One of the most common timing devices currently in use has a drive that comes from a weight, from a spring or from an electric motor is operated. The drive acts on the pointer. There is also a scale circle, on which time units, for example hours and / or minutes, are plotted. These timing devices is common that the pointer move in circles. In the upper half of the circle they wander from left to right, and in the lower half from right to left, i.e. they move in the so-called Clockwise.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a timing device to create whose mode of operation differs from the usual and therefore immediately from is noted by an observer.

The invention is accordingly directed to a timing device with a drive, with pointers and with a scale circle, which is characterized is that the drive is designed to operate the pointer counterclockwise is and that on the scale circle at least four of the hours are against clockwise.

It should be noted that it is because of the unusual way of working the timing device according to the invention is essential that at least four and preferably all twelve hours are plotted on the scale circle, for example in the form "12", "6", "3" and "9" or "XII", "VI", "III" and "IX". If only general terms were used, such as a series of twelve same markings, the observer would get the impression that it is a common timing device that just works incorrectly, by walking backwards. By the specific and fixed hour marking on the scale circle of the timepiece according to the invention this impression becomes prevented. These hour indications, together with the movement of the hands, create a unusual, visible and striking effect.

According to the invention, the drive can under the action of a weight, a coil spring or an electric motor work, one of these elements acts on the wheelwork of the drive.

The accompanying drawing shows a scale circle with pointers that, together with a drive, form a timing device according to the invention.

It should also be noted that the term "timing device" used here includes all arrangements of this type regardless of their size, in particular also clocks and wristwatches.

Claims (3)

PATENT CLAIMS 1. Timepiece with a drive, with pointers and with one Scale circle, characterized in that the drive is used to actuate the pointer counterclockwise and that at least four on the scale circle of the hours are plotted counterclockwise. 2. Timing device according to claim 1, characterized in that each of the hours is plotted on the scale circle. 3. Timing device according to claim 1 or 2, through this characterized in that the drive is under the action of a weight, a spiral spring or an electric motor works.