EP0718910A1 - Wristwatch with high frequency transmitter - Google Patents

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EP0718910A1
EP0718910A1 EP95810622A EP95810622A EP0718910A1 EP 0718910 A1 EP0718910 A1 EP 0718910A1 EP 95810622 A EP95810622 A EP 95810622A EP 95810622 A EP95810622 A EP 95810622A EP 0718910 A1 EP0718910 A1 EP 0718910A1
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  • the subject of the present invention is a wristwatch comprising, in addition to a time measurement and display device, a high-frequency transmitter, a current source for supplying this transmitter, a switch for setting on the transmitter and an extendable antenna in the form of a wire wound in a housing of the watch before use, one end of which is fixed to the watch and the other end is secured to a plug removably fixed to the shows before using the transmitter, the antenna being deployed by pulling on the plug, this deployment also having the effect of closing the switch and switching on the transmitter.
  • Such a watch has already been produced by the applicant. It is described in patent CH No. 673 748.
  • This prior watch comprises two superimposed cases, the upper case containing a clockwork and the lower case a capsule used simultaneously as a container for the transmitter and as a rotary drum for the winding of the antenna wire.
  • a pull on the plug connected to the antenna has the effect of driving the capsule in rotation and of establishing contact between a supply battery and the transmitter.
  • Such a watch is intended to be used as a distress beacon and it is essential that the range of the transmitter is sufficient for the distress signal to be received.
  • the main object of the present invention is to increase the radiation power of the transmitter, without increasing the consumption of electrical energy, so as not to reduce the duration emission of the distress signal emitted as long as the battery delivers sufficient current.
  • the wristwatch according to the invention is characterized in that it is equipped with a counterweight antenna of the same type as the main antenna and also wound before use in a watch housing and one end of which is also integral a plug removably attached to the watch before use, this counterweight antenna being arranged so that it can be deployed in a direction opposite to that of the main antenna.
  • the addition of a counterweight antenna has the effect of significantly amplifying the radiation power of the transmitter without additional energy consumption.
  • the transmitter, the switch and the antennas are arranged in the same case as the clock movement, which makes it possible to reduce the thickness of the watch.
  • the antennas are made of ductile material, for example nickel, and the plugs are fixed to the antennas in such a way that they detach when the tensile force on the plug has exceeded the force necessary for the complete deployment of the antennas.
  • the antennas released from the weight of the plug do not flex but remain rectilinear.
  • the antennas are wound in a helix, which allows them to be housed in cylindrical housings made in the middle of the watch.
  • FIG. 1 represents a sectional view thereof at 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. or I-I of FIG. 2.
  • Figure 2 is a sectional view along II-II of Figure 1 showing the antennas wound in the housing.
  • Figure 3 is a view similar to the view shown in Figure 2, but after complete deployment of the main antenna and the counterweight.
  • FIG. 1 we recognize a watch case consisting of a middle-bezel 1 coming from a part with a back 2 and a crystal 3.
  • the middle-bezel 1 is provided with two pairs of horns 4 and 5 for attaching a bracelet.
  • the upper part 6 of the watch case is intended to receive a timepiece movement surmounted by a dial.
  • the lower part 7 of the box houses a high-frequency transmitter mounted on a printed circuit 8.
  • two parallel cylindrical housings 9 and 10 are formed in the mass of the middle part.
  • the housing 9 slightly encroaches on the inside the case, while the housing 10, of smaller diameter, is entirely surrounded by the material of the middle part.
  • a tube 11 made of synthetic material in which is wound helically in tight turns a nickel wire 12 one end of which is fixed to the bottom 13 of the tube 11 and the other end is fixed to a collar 14 -Even fixed on a plastic tip 15.
  • the end piece 15 is screwed into the collar 14 with a left-hand thread.
  • the end piece 15 is extended by a cylindrical hollow part 16 at the bottom of which is formed an annular groove 17 (FIG. 3).
  • This hollow part 16 is forcibly attached to a mushroom 18 formed at the bottom of a hollow cylindrical plug 19 having a threaded part 20 by which it is screwed to the right in one end of the housing 9.
  • the plug 19 is further provided with a safety ring 21 made of plastic material mounted in a groove of the stopper and provided with a lug 22 fixed to the middle part of the bezel and ensuring the stopper 19 against unintentional unscrewing.
  • the seal is ensured by a gasket 23 mounted between the end of the plug and a bearing formed in the housing 9.
  • the other end of the wire 12 is connected to a terminal 24 fixed to the bottom 13 of the tube 11 by a screw 25.
  • the terminal 24 is itself electrically connected to the circuit 8 of the transmitter.
  • the tube 11 has a peripheral shoulder 26 cooperating on the one hand with a stop 27 to limit the stroke of the tube 11 and on the other hand with a switch 28 having the function of ensuring the supply of power to the transmitter
  • the other end of the cylindrical housing 9 is closed by a non-removable plug 29, fixed for example by gluing, a gasket 30 ensuring sealing at this level.
  • the wire 31 is also wound helically in tight turns in its housing .
  • One end of the wire 31 is fixed, for example by welding, to a metal disc 32 driven hard in a bore formed at one end of the housing 10. This bore is itself closed by a plug 33 fixed permanently, for example by gluing.
  • the other end of the wire 31 is fixed to a plug 34 screwed to the end of the housing 10.
  • the fixing of the wire 31 to the plug 34 is carried out in the same way as the fixing of the wire 12 to the plug 19, the collar 14 ' being screwed onto the end piece 15 'fixed on a mushroom 18' of the plug 34.
  • the transmitter frequency is for example 121.5 MHz
  • L 'antenna 12 is then deployed by a pull unceremoniously on the plug 19.
  • the antenna is fully deployed, as shown, from a certain traction.
  • the connection of the end-piece 15 to the mushroom 18 of the plug is such that the plug 19 is detached from the end-piece 15 for a traction included in a previously defined range.
  • the wire 12 thus does not risk being torn from the tube 11 and the switch 22 does not risk being damaged.
  • the wire 12 is released from the weight of the plug 19 which tends to bend the antenna.
  • the pull on the wire 12 has the effect of driving the tube 11 and actuating the switch 28.
  • the transmitter is then supplied.
  • the deployed wire 31 constitutes the counterweight of the main antenna 12.
  • the electrical connection between the counterweight 31 and the transmitter is provided by the middle-bezel 1.
  • the antenna lengths have been established experimentally.
  • the size of the antennas 12 and 31 is adapted to the value of the frequency.
  • the invention is of course not limited to all the improvements appearing in the embodiment described above, but it also extends, for example, to a wristwatch as described in patent CH No. 673 748 supplemented by a counterweight antenna wound in a coil spring or on a drum.

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The wristwatch includes a main antenna (12) which is formed from nickel wire which is tightly coiled in a tube (11) of synthetic material. The tube is slid into a cylindrical housing built into the watch case at one end adjacent to a strip fitting (5). When a stopper (19) at the end of the tube is unscrewed, a lug (22) on a safety ring (21) is broken so that the antenna can be pulled out to generate the high frequency signal from a PCB transmitter. A counterweight antenna (31) of thinner wire is similarly positioned for deployment from the opposite end (4) of the case.

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La présente invention a pour objet une montre-bracelet comportant, en plus d'un dispositif de mesure et d'affichage du temps, un émetteur haute-fréquence, une source de courant pour l'alimentation de cet émetteur, un interrupteur pour la mise en marche de l'émetteur et une antenne extensible en forme de fil enroulé dans un logement de la montre avant usage, dont l'une des extrémités est fixée à la montre et l'autre extrémité est solidaire d'un bouchon fixé amoviblement à la montre avant usage de l'émetteur, l'antenne étant déployée par traction sur le bouchon, ce déploiement ayant en outre pour effet de fermer l'interrupteur et de mettre en marche l'émetteur.The subject of the present invention is a wristwatch comprising, in addition to a time measurement and display device, a high-frequency transmitter, a current source for supplying this transmitter, a switch for setting on the transmitter and an extendable antenna in the form of a wire wound in a housing of the watch before use, one end of which is fixed to the watch and the other end is secured to a plug removably fixed to the shows before using the transmitter, the antenna being deployed by pulling on the plug, this deployment also having the effect of closing the switch and switching on the transmitter.

Une telle montre a déjà été réalisée par le demandeur. Elle est décrite dans le brevet CH N° 673 748. Cette montre antérieure comprend deux boîtiers superposés, le boîtier supérieur contenant un mouvement d'horlogerie et le boîtier inférieur une capsule utilisée simultanément comme conteneur pour l'émetteur et comme tambour rotatif pour l'enroulement du fil d'antenne. Une traction sur le bouchon relié à l'antenne a pour effet d'entraîner la capsule en rotation et d'établir un contact entre une batterie d'alimentation et l'émetteur. Une telle montre est destinée à être utilisée comme balise de détresse et il est essentiel que la portée de l'émetteur soit suffisante pour que le signal de détresse soit reçu.Such a watch has already been produced by the applicant. It is described in patent CH No. 673 748. This prior watch comprises two superimposed cases, the upper case containing a clockwork and the lower case a capsule used simultaneously as a container for the transmitter and as a rotary drum for the winding of the antenna wire. A pull on the plug connected to the antenna has the effect of driving the capsule in rotation and of establishing contact between a supply battery and the transmitter. Such a watch is intended to be used as a distress beacon and it is essential that the range of the transmitter is sufficient for the distress signal to be received.

La présente invention a principalement pour but d'augmenter la puissance de rayonnement de l'émetteur, ceci sans augmenter la consommation d'énergie électrique, de manière à ne pas réduire la durée d'émission du signal de détresse émis aussi longtemps que la batterie délivre un courant suffisant.The main object of the present invention is to increase the radiation power of the transmitter, without increasing the consumption of electrical energy, so as not to reduce the duration emission of the distress signal emitted as long as the battery delivers sufficient current.

La montre-bracelet selon l'invention est caractérisée en ce qu'elle est équipée d'une antenne contre-poids du même type que l'antenne principale et également enroulée avant usage dans un logement de la montre et dont une extrémité est également solidaire d'un bouchon fixé amoviblement sur la montre avant usage, cette antenne contre-poids étant disposée de manière à pouvoir être déployée dans une direction opposée à celle de l'antenne principale.The wristwatch according to the invention is characterized in that it is equipped with a counterweight antenna of the same type as the main antenna and also wound before use in a watch housing and one end of which is also integral a plug removably attached to the watch before use, this counterweight antenna being arranged so that it can be deployed in a direction opposite to that of the main antenna.

L'adjonction d'une antenne contre-poids a pour effet d'amplifier de manière significative la puissance de rayonnement de l'émetteur sans consommation d'énergie supplémentaire.The addition of a counterweight antenna has the effect of significantly amplifying the radiation power of the transmitter without additional energy consumption.

Une forme d'exécution particulière de l'invention est définie dans les revendications dépendantes. Cette forme d'exécution présente plusieurs avantages par rapport à l'art antérieur. En particulier, l'émetteur, l'interrupteur et les antennes sont disposés dans le même boîtier que le mouvement d'horlogerie, ce qui permet de réduire l'épaisseur de la montre. Les antennes sont en matériau ductile, par exemple du nickel, et les bouchons sont fixés aux antennes de telle manière qu'ils se détachent lorsque la force de traction sur le bouchon a dépassé la force nécessaire au déploiement complet des antennes. Ainsi, les antennes libérées du poids du bouchon, ne fléchissent pas mais restent rectilignes. Les antennes sont enroulées en hélice, ce qui permet de les loger dans des logements cylindriques ménagés dans la carrure de la montre.A particular embodiment of the invention is defined in the dependent claims. This embodiment has several advantages over the prior art. In particular, the transmitter, the switch and the antennas are arranged in the same case as the clock movement, which makes it possible to reduce the thickness of the watch. The antennas are made of ductile material, for example nickel, and the plugs are fixed to the antennas in such a way that they detach when the tensile force on the plug has exceeded the force necessary for the complete deployment of the antennas. Thus, the antennas released from the weight of the plug, do not flex but remain rectilinear. The antennas are wound in a helix, which allows them to be housed in cylindrical housings made in the middle of the watch.

Les dessins annexés représentent, à titre d'exemple, une forme d'exécution d'une montre selon l'invention.The accompanying drawings show, by way of example, an embodiment of a watch according to the invention.

La figure 1 en représente une vue en coupe selon 6h 00 - 12h 00 ou I-I de la figure 2.FIG. 1 represents a sectional view thereof at 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. or I-I of FIG. 2.

La figure 2 est une vue en coupe selon II-II de la figure 1 montrant les antennes enroulées dans le boîtier.Figure 2 is a sectional view along II-II of Figure 1 showing the antennas wound in the housing.

La figure 3 est une vue analogue à la vue représentée à la figure 2, mais après déploiement complet de l'antenne principale et du contre-poids.Figure 3 is a view similar to the view shown in Figure 2, but after complete deployment of the main antenna and the counterweight.

A la figure 1 on reconnaît une boîte de montre constituée d'une carrure-lunette 1 venue d'une pièce avec un fond 2 et d'une glace 3. La carrure-lunette 1 est munie de deux paires de cornes 4 et 5 pour la fixation d'un bracelet. La partie supérieure 6 de la boîte de montre est destinée à recevoir un mouvement d'horlogerie surmonté d'un cadran. La partie inférieure 7 de la boîte abrite un émetteur haute-fréquence monté sur un circuit imprimé 8. Dans la masse de la carrure, à proximité des cornes, sont ménagés deux logements cylindriques parallèles 9 et 10. Le logement 9 empiète légèrement sur l'intérieur de la boîte, alors que le logement 10, de diamètre plus petit, est entièrement entouré par la matière de la carrure.In Figure 1 we recognize a watch case consisting of a middle-bezel 1 coming from a part with a back 2 and a crystal 3. The middle-bezel 1 is provided with two pairs of horns 4 and 5 for attaching a bracelet. The upper part 6 of the watch case is intended to receive a timepiece movement surmounted by a dial. The lower part 7 of the box houses a high-frequency transmitter mounted on a printed circuit 8. In the mass of the middle part, near the horns, two parallel cylindrical housings 9 and 10 are formed. The housing 9 slightly encroaches on the inside the case, while the housing 10, of smaller diameter, is entirely surrounded by the material of the middle part.

Dans le logement cylindrique 9 est monté coulissant un tube 11 en matière synthétique dans lequel est enroulé hélicoïdalement en spires serrées un fil en nickel 12 dont une extrémité est fixée au fond 13 du tube 11 et l'autre extrémité est fixée à un collet 14 lui-même fixé sur un embout 15 en matière plastique. En l'occurrence, l'embout 15 est vissé dans le collet 14 avec un filetage à gauche. L'embout 15 est prolongé par une partie creuse cylindrique 16 au fond de laquelle est ménagé une gorge annulaire 17 (figure 3). Cette partie creuse 16 est fixée à force sur un champignon 18 formé au fond d'un bouchon cylindrique creux 19 présentant une partie filetée 20 par laquelle il est vissé à droite dans une extrémité du logement 9. Le bouchon 19 est en outre muni d'une bague de sécurité 21 en matière plastique montée dans une gorge du bouchon et munie d'un ergot 22 fixé à la carrure-lunette et assurant le bouchon 19 contre un dévissage non volontaire. L'étanchéité est assurée par une garniture 23 montée entre l'extrémité du bouchon et une portée formée dans le logement 9. L'autre extrémité du fil 12 est reliée à une cosse 24 fixée au fond 13 du tube 11 par une vis 25. La cosse 24 est elle-même reliée électriquement au circuit 8 de l'émetteur.In the cylindrical housing 9 is slidably mounted a tube 11 made of synthetic material in which is wound helically in tight turns a nickel wire 12 one end of which is fixed to the bottom 13 of the tube 11 and the other end is fixed to a collar 14 -Even fixed on a plastic tip 15. In in this case, the end piece 15 is screwed into the collar 14 with a left-hand thread. The end piece 15 is extended by a cylindrical hollow part 16 at the bottom of which is formed an annular groove 17 (FIG. 3). This hollow part 16 is forcibly attached to a mushroom 18 formed at the bottom of a hollow cylindrical plug 19 having a threaded part 20 by which it is screwed to the right in one end of the housing 9. The plug 19 is further provided with a safety ring 21 made of plastic material mounted in a groove of the stopper and provided with a lug 22 fixed to the middle part of the bezel and ensuring the stopper 19 against unintentional unscrewing. The seal is ensured by a gasket 23 mounted between the end of the plug and a bearing formed in the housing 9. The other end of the wire 12 is connected to a terminal 24 fixed to the bottom 13 of the tube 11 by a screw 25. The terminal 24 is itself electrically connected to the circuit 8 of the transmitter.

Le tube 11 présente un épaulement périphérique 26 coopérant d'une part avec une butée 27 pour limiter la course du tube 11 et d'autre part avec un interrupteur 28 ayant pour fonction d'assurer l'alimentation de l'émetteur L'autre extrémité du logement cylindrique 9 est fermée par un bouchon 29 inamovible, fixé par exemple par collage, une garniture 30 assurant l'étanchéité à ce niveau.The tube 11 has a peripheral shoulder 26 cooperating on the one hand with a stop 27 to limit the stroke of the tube 11 and on the other hand with a switch 28 having the function of ensuring the supply of power to the transmitter The other end of the cylindrical housing 9 is closed by a non-removable plug 29, fixed for example by gluing, a gasket 30 ensuring sealing at this level.

Dans l'autre logement cylindrique 10 de la carrure, diamétralement opposé au logement 9, est logé un fil en nickel 31 d'un diamètre plus petit que le diamètre du fil 12. Le fil 31 est également enroulé hélicoïdalement en spires serrées dans son logement. L'une des extrémités du fil 31 est fixée, par exemple par soudage, à un disque métallique 32 chassé dur dans un alésage formé à l'une des extrémités du logement 10. Cet alésage est lui-même fermé par un bouchon 33 fixé à demeure, par exemple par collage. L'autre extrémité du fil 31 est fixée à un bouchon 34 vissé à l'extrémité du logement 10. La fixation du fil 31 au bouchon 34 est réalisée de la même manière que la fixation du fil 12 au bouchon 19, le collet 14' étant vissé sur l'embout 15' fixé sur un champignon 18' du bouchon 34.In the other cylindrical housing 10 of the middle part, diametrically opposite to the housing 9, is housed a nickel wire 31 with a diameter smaller than the diameter of the wire 12. The wire 31 is also wound helically in tight turns in its housing . One end of the wire 31 is fixed, for example by welding, to a metal disc 32 driven hard in a bore formed at one end of the housing 10. This bore is itself closed by a plug 33 fixed permanently, for example by gluing. The other end of the wire 31 is fixed to a plug 34 screwed to the end of the housing 10. The fixing of the wire 31 to the plug 34 is carried out in the same way as the fixing of the wire 12 to the plug 19, the collar 14 ' being screwed onto the end piece 15 'fixed on a mushroom 18' of the plug 34.

La fréquence de l'émetteur est par exemple de 121,5 MHzThe transmitter frequency is for example 121.5 MHz

Lorsque l'utilisateur veut enclencher l'émetteur, il dévisse tout d'abord le bouchon 19, ce qui a pour effet de rompre l'ergot 22 de la bague de sécurité 21 et de visser l'embout 15 dans le collet 14. L'antenne 12 est ensuite déployée par une traction sans ménagement sur le bouchon 19. Dans l'exemple considéré, l'antenne est complètement déployée, comme représenté, à partir d'une certaine traction. La liaison de l'embout 15 au champignon 18 du bouchon est telle que le bouchon 19 se détache de l'embout 15 pour une traction comprise dans une plage préalablement définie. Le fil 12 ne risque ainsi pas d'être arraché du tube 11 et l'interrupteur 22 ne risque pas d'être endommagé. En outre, le fil 12 est libéré du poids du bouchon 19 qui a tendance à faire ployer l'antenne. La traction sur le fil 12 a pour effet d'entraîner le tube 11 et d'actionner l'interrupteur 28. L'émetteur est alors alimenté.When the user wants to engage the transmitter, he first unscrews the plug 19, which has the effect of breaking the lug 22 of the safety ring 21 and screwing the end piece 15 into the collar 14. L 'antenna 12 is then deployed by a pull unceremoniously on the plug 19. In the example considered, the antenna is fully deployed, as shown, from a certain traction. The connection of the end-piece 15 to the mushroom 18 of the plug is such that the plug 19 is detached from the end-piece 15 for a traction included in a previously defined range. The wire 12 thus does not risk being torn from the tube 11 and the switch 22 does not risk being damaged. In addition, the wire 12 is released from the weight of the plug 19 which tends to bend the antenna. The pull on the wire 12 has the effect of driving the tube 11 and actuating the switch 28. The transmitter is then supplied.

L'utilisateur dévisse ensuite le bouchon 34 et déploie le fil 31 en le tirant par le bouchon comme pour le fil 12. Le fil 31 déployé constitue le contre-poids de l'antenne principale 12. La liaison électrique entre le contre-poids 31 et l'émetteur est assurée par la carrure-lunette 1.The user then unscrews the plug 34 and deploys the wire 31 by pulling it by the plug as for the wire 12. The deployed wire 31 constitutes the counterweight of the main antenna 12. The electrical connection between the counterweight 31 and the transmitter is provided by the middle-bezel 1.

Les longueurs des antennes ont été établies expérimentalement.The antenna lengths have been established experimentally.

L'enlèvement des bouchons 29 et 33 permet de ré-équiper la montre après utilisation.Removing the plugs 29 and 33 allows the watch to be re-equipped after use.

La dimension des antennes 12 et 31 est adaptée à la valeur de la fréquence.The size of the antennas 12 and 31 is adapted to the value of the frequency.

L'invention n'est bien entendu pas limitée à tous les perfectionnements apparaîssant dans l'exemple d'exécution décrit ci-dessus, mais elle s'étend également, par exemple, à une montre bracelet telle que décrite dans le brevet CH N° 673 748 complétée par une antenne contre-poids enroulée en ressort à boudin ou sur un tambour.The invention is of course not limited to all the improvements appearing in the embodiment described above, but it also extends, for example, to a wristwatch as described in patent CH No. 673 748 supplemented by a counterweight antenna wound in a coil spring or on a drum.

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Montre-bracelet comprenant, en plus d'un dispositif de mesure et d'affichage du temps, un émetteur haute-fréquence (8), une source de courant pour l'alimentation de cet émetteur, un interrupteur (28) pour la mise en marche de l'émetteur et une antenne extensible (12) en forme de fil enroulé dans un logement de la montre avant usage, dont l'une des extrémités est fixée à la montre et l'autre extrémité est solidaire d'un bouchon (19) fixé amoviblement à la montre avant usage de l'émetteur, l'antenne (12) étant déployée par traction sur le bouchon, ce déploiement ayant en outre pour effet de fermer l'interrupteur et mettre en marche l'émetteur, caractérisée en ce qu'elle est équipée d'une antenne contre-poids (31) du même type que l'antenne principale (12) et également enroulée, avant usage, dans un logement (10) de la montre et dont une extrémité est également solidaire d'un bouchon (34) fixé amoviblement à la montre avant usage, cette antenne contre-poids étant disposée de manière à pouvoir être déployée dans une direction opposée à celle de l'antenne principale et d'amplifier de manière significative la puissance de rayonnement de l'émetteur sans consommation d'énergie supplémentaire.Wristwatch comprising, in addition to a device for measuring and displaying time, a high-frequency transmitter (8), a current source for supplying this transmitter, a switch (28) for switching on step of the transmitter and an extendable antenna (12) in the form of a wire wound in a housing of the watch before use, one end of which is fixed to the watch and the other end of which is secured to a plug (19 ) removably attached to the watch before use of the transmitter, the antenna (12) being deployed by pulling on the plug, this deployment also having the effect of closing the switch and switching on the transmitter, characterized in that that it is equipped with a counterweight antenna (31) of the same type as the main antenna (12) and also wound, before use, in a housing (10) of the watch and of which one end is also secured to '' a plug (34) removably attached to the watch before use, this counterweight antenna being arranged so as to be able to be deployed in a direction opposite to that of the main antenna and to significantly amplify the radiation power of the transmitter without additional energy consumption. Montre-bracelet selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que l'émetteur (8), l'interrupteur (28) et les antennes (12, 31) sont disposés dans le même boîtier (1) que le dispositif de mesure et d'affichage du temps.Wrist watch according to claim 1, characterized in that the transmitter (8), the switch (28) and the antennas (12, 31) are arranged in the same housing (1) as the measuring and measuring device. time display. Montre-bracelet selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que les antennes (12, 31) sont en matériau ductile, par exemple en nickel.Wrist watch according to claim 2, characterized in that the antennas (12, 31) are in ductile material, for example nickel. Montre-bracelet selon la revendication 3, dont le boîtier comprend une carrure (1), caractérisée en ce que les antennes (21, 31) sont enroulées en hélice dans des logements cylindriques (9, 10) ménagés dans la carrure et fermés par lesdits bouchons (19,34).Wristwatch according to claim 3, the case of which comprises a middle part (1), characterized in that the antennas (21, 31) are helically wound in cylindrical housings (9, 10) formed in the middle part and closed by said said plugs (19,34). Montre-bracelet selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que les bouchons (19, 34) sont fixés aux antennes de telle manière qu'ils se détachent de l'antenne lorsque la force de traction sur le bouchon a dépassé la force nécessaire au déploiement complet de l'antenne.Wristwatch according to claim 4, characterized in that the plugs (19, 34) are fixed to the antennas in such a way that they detach from the antenna when the pulling force on the plug has exceeded the force necessary for deployment complete with antenna. Montre-bracelet selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que les bouchons présentent un champignon (18, 18') sur lequel est fixé à force un embout en matière synthétique (15, 15') fixé lui-mêne à l'extrémité de l'antenne de telle sorte que ledit champignon se détache de l'embout lorsque la force de traction sur le bouchon a dépassé la force nécessaire au déploiement complet de l'antenne.Wrist watch according to claim 5, characterized in that the plugs have a mushroom (18, 18 ') on which is forcibly fixed a plastic end piece (15, 15') fixed itself at the end of the antenna so that said fungus detaches from the tip when the pulling force on the plug has exceeded the force required for full deployment of the antenna. Montre-bracelet selon la revendication 5 ou 6, caractérisée en ce que l'antenne principale (12) est, avant déploiement, enroulée hélicoïdalement dans un tube (11) monté coulissant dans le boîtier et muni d'un épaulement (26) coopérant avec l'interrupteur (28) pour l'actionnement de ce dernier.Wrist watch according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the main antenna (12) is, before deployment, helically wound in a tube (11) slidably mounted in the housing and provided with a shoulder (26) cooperating with the switch (28) for actuating the latter. Montre-bracelet selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que ledit épaulement (26) coopère également avec une butée (27) limitant la course du tube.Wrist watch according to claim 6, characterized in that said shoulder (26) also cooperates with a stop (27) limiting the stroke of the tube.
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