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EP0515611B1
EP0515611B1 EP92900303A EP92900303A EP0515611B1 EP 0515611 B1 EP0515611 B1 EP 0515611B1 EP 92900303 A EP92900303 A EP 92900303A EP 92900303 A EP92900303 A EP 92900303A EP 0515611 B1 EP0515611 B1 EP 0515611B1
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Claude-Eric Leuenberger
Gaston Schweighauser
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/24—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars
    • G04B19/243—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars characterised by the shape of the date indicator
    • G04B19/247—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars characterised by the shape of the date indicator disc-shaped
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B45/00—Time pieces of which the indicating means or cases provoke special effects, e.g. aesthetic effects
    • G04B45/0023—Inscriptions or pictures moved by the clockwork, e.g. for advertising

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  • the present invention relates to a watch of the wristwatch type with an analog display comprising a dial provided with a window, a disc or rotating ring carrying information other than the time indications, this disc being arranged in such a way that the information he wears appear in the counter.
  • Quartz watches with analog time display i.e. performing this display by hands, a date disc and possibly a day disc, advantageously have the same external appearance as traditional mechanical watches
  • the watch according to the invention is characterized in that the disc has at least one opening occupying a space corresponding to a location of information carried by this disc and making additional information accessible when said opening coincides with the window. .
  • said additional information is given by a fixed electro-optical display device.
  • the opening made in the disc occupies a space corresponding substantially to a thirty-second turn.
  • the opening made in the disc corresponds approximately to an eighth of a turn.
  • the opening formed in the disc has dimensions substantially equivalent to those of the window provided in the dial.
  • the watch according to the invention comprises control means for giving access to the additional information displayed through said opening.
  • said control means When it has a time-setting rod, said control means preferably consist of the time-setting rod.
  • the watch setting stem is preferably arranged to allow unconventional manipulation combinations to activate the command to access the additional information displayed through said opening.
  • control means consist of at least one push button.
  • control means are automatic and are activated, when the battery is changed, by powering up.
  • a date and / or day disc is used, one position of which has an opening revealing a device electro-optical display unit fixedly placed under the aperture in the dial and under the disc.
  • This opening advantageously occupies a thirty-second turn of the date disc, for example between the 31 and the 1, or an eighth of a day disc turn, for example between Sunday and Monday.
  • additional information given by the electro-optical display becomes apparent.
  • this information is masked by the disc which bears either the numerals and the numbers of the calendar, or the name of the days of the week on its upper face, the face of which the one thirty-second or the one eighth is as the case may be, visible through the window. All the positions, except for the position associated with the window, correspond to the classic display of the date and / or the name of the day.
  • Such a device preferably requires means for angularly moving the disc, which are independent of the means necessary for moving the needles.
  • the term "cutting of the kinematic chain" is used in two distinct parts. Such an arrangement, known per se, makes it possible to move one or more discs in one or the other direction, without interfering with the display of the time by the hands, and this whatever their respective positions. It will be noted that a mechanical watch with analog display comprising a date and / or day disc is always provided with means for correcting the angular position of this disc.
  • the circuit includes an electronic memory containing at all times the information relating to the effective position of the disc (s).
  • the user can be led, at each change of month and / or week, to advance manually, by means of the time-setting rod, the position of the or discs of a thirty-second, respectively an eighth, of additional turn, to pass from the date 31 to the 1, or from Sunday to Monday to exceed the opening made in the disc.
  • the cutting of the kinematic chain described above makes it possible, with position tracking, to produce a so-called perpetual calendar watch.
  • the electro-optical display authorizes, in a particularly easy way, programming in the memories of the electronic circuit, of the month and the year, indications which are necessary for the management of the perpetual calendar function.
  • an electronic watch comprising a kinematic chain for displaying the time (hour, minute, possibly second hands) driven by a first motor (not shown), comprises a disc date 10 driven by a second motor 11 connected for example to an endless screw 12 engaged with a wheel 13 which meshes this disc 10 or date ring.
  • This motor is controlled by an electronic circuit 14 which is connected to a device 15 for locating the position of the disc.
  • This device comprises a contactor 16 arranged to cooperate with a peripheral protuberance 17 of the disc 10.
  • the dial 18 of the watch is partially shown with a window 19.
  • the dimensions of this window are determined in such a way that the dates 20 written on the disc 10 appear entirely in this window.
  • the disc has an opening 21 which has substantially the same dimensions or which is slightly larger than the window 19. This opening allows, as mentioned previously, to access additional information arranged in a fixed position below the window 19 and which is hidden when the opening does not coincide with the window.
  • the opening 21 is offset by three steps relative to the window 19 and the device for displaying the additional information is effectively hidden by the date disc 10.
  • the opening 21 coincides with the window 19, following an appropriate rotation of the date disc and the display device 30 appears in the window.
  • This device consists for example of an opto-electronic unit which, in the embodiment shown, displays the number 03.
  • This device is controlled by the electronic circuit 14 mounted on a printed circuit 31, the electronic circuit 14 being coupled to the display device 30 by means of an electrical connection schematically represented by the arrow 32. In this position, the contactor 16 is closed and transmits an appropriate signal to the electronic circuit 14.
  • the additional information corresponds to the number of the month but can also correspond to any other information such as for example the ambient temperature, the time in another city of the terrestrial globe, etc.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate another embodiment in which the date disc is replaced by a 40 day disc.
  • This day disc has eight tracks, seven of which bear the names of the seven days of the week and the eighth of which corresponds to the opening 21.
  • the opening 21 has an elongated shape, the dimension of which corresponds substantially to an eighth of a turn of the day disc.
  • the window 19 also extends over a length corresponding to an eighth of a turn so that the full name of the day can be displayed.
  • the seven days are displayed successively in the window 19 and the opening is hidden by the dial as long as the names of the days are displayed.
  • the window 19 and the opening 21 are brought into correspondence, which gives access to additional information which occupies a fixed position in the watch box located below. counter 19.
  • the additional information can be a complete date, for example 22.07.1991 which appears through the window 19 and the opening 21.
  • this additional information can for example be used to make it possible, or more precisely to have carried out by a specialist, the programming of the watch when it is a watch with a perpetual calendar.
  • access to the opening, and consequently to the additional information can be coded in particular by an unconventional manipulation of an electronic time-setting rod comprising for example three axial positions.
  • an electronic time-setting rod is in fact a contact device making it possible, in association with the electronic circuit of the watch, to discriminate its axial position and to detect its rotation and its direction of rotation.
  • Such a device is known per se.
  • the rotation results in advancing or retreating, depending on the direction of rotation, by one hour exactly from the time displayed by the hands.
  • the integrated circuit can be arranged to control the drive motor of the disc to change the date.
  • the circuit manages the jump from the window between these two dates and the watch therefore behaves like a classic watch.
  • the electronic circuit To discover the electro-optical display, it is necessary to give an order to the electronic circuit, which is arranged in such a way that it decodes this order and executes the command of the movement of the date disc, until the window of opening coincides with the window.
  • This order can be given by pressing a push button causing the closure of a contact itself associated with the electronic circuit. It is however more advantageous not to use a push button, for questions of aesthetics of the watch, and to replace it by an unconventional manipulation of the time-setting rod. In the pushed axial position of the rod, a rotation of five turns within a few seconds can replace the action of the push button.
  • the electronic circuit then includes appropriate means for recognizing such a manipulation which allows for example to enter the programming mode of the watch.
  • the electro-optical display is activated by the electronic circuit.
  • This display is advantageously carried out by means of an electro-optical cell.
  • the display In the pushed axial position of the rod, the display indicates the current date.
  • the rotation in one direction allows to increment the value of the displayed date and thus to program the desired date.
  • the rotation in the other direction allows the unconventional manipulation described above, which allows the return to the display by the disc of the programmed value of the date.
  • the display In the intermediate axial position the display indicates the month from 01 to 12, a rotation in the screwing direction increments the displayed value by +1 (plus one), and a rotation in the unscrewing direction decreases the displayed value by -1 (minus one). We can thus program the month.
  • the display shows the tens and units of the year (for example 90 for the year 1990).
  • a rotation in the screwing or unscrewing direction increments, respectively decrements, the displayed value.
  • the electronic circuit manages the return of the disc to the programmed position. The month and the year having been programmed, the electronic circuit is now able to control the advance of the date disc by respecting the rules of the perpetual calendar.

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Claims (11)

  1. Armbanduhr mit analoger Anzeige der Uhrzeit, bestehend aus einem Zifferblatt, das mit einem Fenster versehen ist, und mit einer drehbaren Scheibe oder mit einem drehbaren Ring mit anderen Informationen als der Uhrzeit, wobei die Scheibe derart angeordnet ist, daß die auf ihr angebrachten Informationen in dem Fenster sichtbar sind,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Scheibe (10) mindestens eine Öffnung (21) aufweist, die einen Raum einnimmt, der einem Standort einer Information, die auf der Scheibe eingetragen ist, entspricht, und daß eine zusätzliche Information sichtbar ist, wenn die Öffnung (21) mit dem Fenster (19) zusammentrifft.
  2. Uhr nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die zusätzliche Information durch eine feststehende Vorrichtung für eine elektro-optische Anzeige (30) geliefert ist.
  3. Uhr nach Anspruch 1, bei der die Informationen, die auf der Scheibe (10) eingetragen sind, die Tagesdaten (20) sind,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Öffnung (21), die in der Scheibe (10) ausgeführt ist, einen Raum einnimmt, der im wesentlichen einem Zweiunddreißigstel einer Umdrehung entspricht.
  4. Uhr nach Anspruch 1, bei der die Informationen, die auf der Scheibe eingetragen sind, die Tagesnamen sind,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Öffnung (21), die in der Scheibe ausgeführt ist, im wesentlichen einem Achtel einer Umdrehung entspricht.
  5. Uhr nach Anspruch 1,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Öffnung (21), die in der Scheibe ausgeführt ist, Abmessungen aufweist, die im wesentlichen den Abmessungen des Fensters (19), das in dem Zifferblatt ausgeführt ist, entsprechen.
  6. Uhr nach Anspruch 1,
    gekennzeichnet durch
    Steuereinrichtungen, die einen Zugang zu der zusätzlichen Information erlauben, die durch die Öffnung hindurch angezeigt wird.
  7. Uhr nach Anspruch 6, mit einer Spindel für die Einstellung der Uhrzeit,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Steuereinrichtungen aus der Spindel für die Einstellung der Uhrzeit bestehen.
  8. Uhr nach Anspruch 7,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Spindel für die Einstellung der Uhrzeit eingerichtet ist, um nicht-herkömmliche Kombinationen der Handhabung zwecks einer Aktivierung der Steuerung für einen Zugang zu der zusätzlichen Information, die durch die Öffnung hindurch angezeigt ist, zu ermöglichen.
  9. Uhr nach Anspruch 6,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Steuereinrichtungen aus mindestens einem Druckknopf bestehen.
  10. Uhr nach Anspruch 6,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Steuereinrichtungen als automatische Steuereinrichtungen ausgebildet sind.
  11. Uhr nach Anspruch 10,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Steuereinrichtungen bei einem Auswechseln der Batterie durch die erneut vorhandene Spannung aktivierbar sind.
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