EP1004947A2 - Fast correction mechanism for calendar watch - Google Patents

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EP1004947A2
EP1004947A2 EP99122717A EP99122717A EP1004947A2 EP 1004947 A2 EP1004947 A2 EP 1004947A2 EP 99122717 A EP99122717 A EP 99122717A EP 99122717 A EP99122717 A EP 99122717A EP 1004947 A2 EP1004947 A2 EP 1004947A2
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  • the object of the present invention is to create a mechanism for rapid correction of the date of a simple date watch movement, annual or above all perpetual, making it possible to considerably reduce the number successive manual corrections for updating the date.
  • the mechanism for rapid correction of the date for movement horology fitted with a simple calendar, annual or perpetual, subject of the present invention tends to remedy the aforementioned drawbacks and to allow the rapid correction, in a limited number of successive operations, of the date display.
  • This mechanism is distinguished by the characteristics defined in claim 1.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of the mechanism in the rest position when no correction is made.
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of the mechanism in the active position at during a quick manual correction operation.
  • the instantaneous perpetual calendar mechanism illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 in principle have a 1 month star and a date 2.
  • the month 1 star has twelve teeth and is rightly trained of one step per month by the rocker 3.
  • This star of the months comprises steps 4.5 whose radius corresponds to the duration of the months of 30 and 31 days.
  • a rung from February 6 includes a cam changing its radius, once every four years, for leap years.
  • steps 4, 5 and 6 cooperate with a spout 7 a large rocker 8 swiveled into 9.
  • Date star 2 has teeth thirty-one teeth 10 cooperating with a first pawl 11 of the large rocker 8 causing its training one step per day.
  • star 2 carries a first spiral cam 12 cooperating with a second pawl 13 of the large rocker 8 causing the advance of this star 2 by one, two or three additional steps depending on the position of the large seesaw 8 and the month star 1 at the end of a month 30, 29 or 28 days.
  • the date star 2 still carries a second cam in spiral 14 cooperating with one end 15 of the rocker 3 and causes a times a month, advancing one step from the 1 month star through a pawl 16 of this rocker 3 pivoted at 17.
  • the spout 18, at the free end of the large rocker 8, cooperates with a finger 19 driven by a pin 21 of a twenty-four hour wheel 20.
  • the large rocker is held in the applied position against a step 4,5,6 of the month cam 22 using a return spring 23; the star 1 months is maintained between his successive trainings in a position angular defined by a jumper 24 and the date star 2 is held between his daily training step by step 25 in a position angular determined.
  • the illustrated mechanism also includes a correction pusher traditional 26 subjected to the action of a return spring 27.
  • the user by pressing on this pusher, causes the actuation of the large rocker 8 and the drive one, two or three steps of the date star 2 depending on the angular position of the star of the month 1.
  • This push-button therefore makes it possible to advance step by step the date as in traditional mechanisms.
  • This rapid correction mechanism includes a maneuver 30 integral with a slide 31 sliding in a slide of the movement not shown.
  • This slide and this slide 31 have the form an arc of a circle concentric with the movement and situated at the periphery of it.
  • the operating member 30 is accessible from the outside of the timepiece.
  • the front face of the slide 31 has an inclined plane 32 cooperating with the pin 33 secured to one end of a lever 34 pivoted in its middle at 35.
  • the other end of the lever 34 carries a pin 36 cooperating with the jumper 25 of the date star 2.
  • the slide 31 carries a toothed sector 37 whose teeth are in taken with that of a sliding pinion 38 subjected to the action of a spring 39. In rest position of the mechanism, this sliding pinion 38 is not in engagement with the toothing of a first wheel 40.
  • This wheel 40 is in constant engagement with the teeth of a reference 41 itself meshing with a pinion 42 carried by the date star 2.
  • the two-arm lever 43,44 is pivoted at 45.
  • One of its arms 43 cooperates with a notch 46 formed in the slide 31 constituting with it a cam while the other arm 44 cooperates with the large lever 8.
  • a movement of the operating member may correspond to training the calendar of several months without the mechanism of perpetual calendar is not disturbed.
  • the user releases the operating member which returns to the rest position under the action of a spring not illustrated.
  • the sliding pinion 38 is decoupled from the wheel 40 and, at the end of racing, the perpetual rocker 8 is replaced by pressing the star month 1 and the spring 25 again fixes the angular position of the star date 2.
  • the user can activate one or two times pusher 26 if necessary.
  • this operating device operates in the second part of its travel a disengageable kinematic link causing the star to rotate date.
  • this disengageable kinematic link is formed by a rack 37 carried by the slide 31 meshing with a pinion sliding 38 as well as the cogs 40,41 and the pinion 42 carried by the star date 2.

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Day is corrected by moving (F) external operating arm (30). First part of movement operates slider (31) and two-armed lever (43,44) to isolate rocker (8) from month cam (22) and also to release (33,34,25) day of month star (2). Continuing movement of slider (30,31) engages rack and pinion (37,38) with cinematic train (40,41,42) to correct day of the month star (2) and where necessary month (22).

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Lorsqu'une pièce d'horlogerie munie d'un quantième simple, annuel ou perpétuel, s'arrête et que l'on doit remettre à jour le quantième, il se peut que l'on doive effectuer manuellement plusieurs, voire des centaines de corrections successives d'un jour dans les cas les plus défavorables.When a timepiece with a simple, annual calendar or perpetual, stops and the date must be updated, it may be that you have to manually make several or even hundreds of corrections successive days in the most unfavorable cases.

L'exécution d'un si grand nombre de corrections manuelles est non seulement fastidieuse pour l'usager mais, de plus, conduit à une utilisation excessive du mécanisme de correction qui peut conduire à des défauts de fonctionnement.Performing so many manual corrections is not only tedious for the user but, moreover, leads to use excessive correction mechanism which can lead to defects in operation.

Le but de la présente invention est de créer un mécanisme de correction rapide du quantième d'un mouvement d'horlogerie à quantième simple, annuel ou surtout perpétuel, permettant de réduire considérablement le nombre de corrections manuelles successives pour la mise à jour du quantième.The object of the present invention is to create a mechanism for rapid correction of the date of a simple date watch movement, annual or above all perpetual, making it possible to considerably reduce the number successive manual corrections for updating the date.

Le mécanisme de correction rapide du quantième pour mouvement d'horlogerie muni d'un quantième simple, annuel ou perpétuel, objet de la présente invention tend à remédier aux inconvénients précités et à permettre la correction rapide, en un nombre d'opérations successives limitées, de l'affichage du quantième. Ce mécanisme se distingue par les caractéristiques définies à la revendication 1.The mechanism for rapid correction of the date for movement horology fitted with a simple calendar, annual or perpetual, subject of the present invention tends to remedy the aforementioned drawbacks and to allow the rapid correction, in a limited number of successive operations, of the date display. This mechanism is distinguished by the characteristics defined in claim 1.

Le dessin annexé illustre schématiquement et à titre d'exemple une forme d'exécution du mécanisme de correction rapide selon l'invention.The accompanying drawing illustrates schematically and by way of example a embodiment of the rapid correction mechanism according to the invention.

La figure 1 est une vue en plan du mécanisme en position de repos lorsqu'aucune correction n'est effectuée.Figure 1 is a plan view of the mechanism in the rest position when no correction is made.

La figure 2 est une vue en plan du mécanisme en position active au cours d'une opération de correction manuelle rapide. Figure 2 is a plan view of the mechanism in the active position at during a quick manual correction operation.

Au dessin annexé, seuls les éléments essentiels d'un quantième perpétuel instantané sont illustrés pour faciliter la compréhension du fonctionnement du mécanisme de correction rapide du quantième.In the accompanying drawing, only the essential elements of a perpetual calendar are illustrated to facilitate understanding of how the rapid date correction mechanism.

Les mécanismes de quantièmes simples, annuels et perpétuels, sont bien connus et sont décrits par exemple dans l'ouvrage "Les montres compliquées" par François Lecoultre, aux éditions horlogères, pages 206 à 230.The simple date mechanisms, annual and perpetual, are well known and are described for example in the book "Watches complicated "by François Lecoultre, in watchmaking editions, pages 206 to 230.

Le mécanisme de quantième perpétuel instantané illustré aux figures 1 et 2 dans son principe comporte une étoile des mois 1 et une étoile de quantième 2.The instantaneous perpetual calendar mechanism illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 in principle have a 1 month star and a date 2.

L'étoile des mois 1 comporte douze dents et est entraínée à raison d'un pas par mois par la bascule 3. Cette étoile des mois comporte des échelons 4,5 dont le rayon correspond à la durée des mois de 30 et 31 jours. Un échelon de février 6 comporte une came modifiant son rayon , une fois tous les quatre ans, pour les années bissextiles. Ces échelons 4, 5 et 6 coopèrent avec un bec 7 d'une grande bascule 8 pivotée en 9.The month 1 star has twelve teeth and is rightly trained of one step per month by the rocker 3. This star of the months comprises steps 4.5 whose radius corresponds to the duration of the months of 30 and 31 days. A rung from February 6 includes a cam changing its radius, once every four years, for leap years. These steps 4, 5 and 6 cooperate with a spout 7 a large rocker 8 swiveled into 9.

L'étoile de quantième 2 porte une denture de trente et une dents 10 coopérant avec un premier cliquet 11 de la grande bascule 8 provoquant son entraínement d'un pas par jour.Date star 2 has teeth thirty-one teeth 10 cooperating with a first pawl 11 of the large rocker 8 causing its training one step per day.

Cette étoile de quantième 2 porte une première came en colimaçon 12 coopérant avec un second cliquet 13 de la grande bascule 8 provoquant l'avance de cette étoile 2 d'un, deux ou trois pas supplémentaires en fonction de la position de la grande bascule 8 et de l'étoile des mois 1 à la fin d'un mois de 30, 29 ou 28 jours.This date star 2 carries a first spiral cam 12 cooperating with a second pawl 13 of the large rocker 8 causing the advance of this star 2 by one, two or three additional steps depending on the position of the large seesaw 8 and the month star 1 at the end of a month 30, 29 or 28 days.

L'étoile de quantième 2 porte encore une seconde came en colimaçon 14 coopérant avec une extrémité 15 de la bascule 3 et provoque, une fois par mois, l'avance d'un pas de l'étoile des mois 1 par l'intermédiaire d'un cliquet 16 de cette bascule 3 pivotée en 17. The date star 2 still carries a second cam in spiral 14 cooperating with one end 15 of the rocker 3 and causes a times a month, advancing one step from the 1 month star through a pawl 16 of this rocker 3 pivoted at 17.

Le bec 18, à l'extrémité libre de la grande bascule 8, coopère avec un doigt 19 entraíné par une goupille 21 d'une roue de vingt-quatre heures 20.The spout 18, at the free end of the large rocker 8, cooperates with a finger 19 driven by a pin 21 of a twenty-four hour wheel 20.

La grande bascule est maintenue en position appliquée contre un échelon 4,5,6 de la came des mois 22 à l'aide d'un ressort de rappel 23; l'étoile des mois 1 est maintenue entre ses entraínements successifs dans une position angulaire définie par un sautoir 24 et l'étoile de quantième 2 est maintenue entre son entraínement pas à pas journalier par un sautoir 25 dans une position angulaire déterminée.The large rocker is held in the applied position against a step 4,5,6 of the month cam 22 using a return spring 23; the star 1 months is maintained between his successive trainings in a position angular defined by a jumper 24 and the date star 2 is held between his daily training step by step 25 in a position angular determined.

Le fonctionnement de ce mécanisme de quantième perpétuel instantané est traditionnel et n'a pas besoin d'être décrit ici plus en détail.How this perpetual calendar mechanism works snapshot is traditional and does not need to be described here in more detail.

Le mécanisme illustré comporte encore un poussoir de correction traditionnel 26 soumis à l'action d'un ressort de rappel 27. L'usager, en appuyant sur ce poussoir, provoque l'actionnement de la grande bascule 8 et l'entraínement d'un, deux ou trois pas de l'étoile de quantième 2 suivant la position angulaire de l'étoile des mois 1. Ce poussoir permet donc de faire avancer pas à pas le quantième comme dans les mécanismes traditionnels.The illustrated mechanism also includes a correction pusher traditional 26 subjected to the action of a return spring 27. The user, by pressing on this pusher, causes the actuation of the large rocker 8 and the drive one, two or three steps of the date star 2 depending on the angular position of the star of the month 1. This push-button therefore makes it possible to advance step by step the date as in traditional mechanisms.

Le mécanisme de correction rapide du quantième objet de la présente invention va être décrit maintenant en référence à la figure 1 illustrant ce mécanisme au repos.The mechanism for rapid correction of the date object of the present invention will now be described with reference to Figure 1 illustrating this mechanism at rest.

Ce mécanisme de correction rapide comporte un organe de manoeuvre 30 solidaire d'un coulisseau 31 coulissant dans une coulisse du mouvement non illustrée. Cette coulisse et ce coulisseau 31 présentent la forme d'un arc de cercle concentrique au mouvement et situé à la périphérie de celui-ci. L'organe de manoeuvre 30 est accessible de l'extérieur de la pièce d'horlogerie.This rapid correction mechanism includes a maneuver 30 integral with a slide 31 sliding in a slide of the movement not shown. This slide and this slide 31 have the form an arc of a circle concentric with the movement and situated at the periphery of it. The operating member 30 is accessible from the outside of the timepiece.

La face avant du coulisseau 31 comporte un plan incliné 32 coopérant avec la goupille 33 solidaire d'une extrémité d'un levier 34 pivoté en son milieu en 35. L'autre extrémité du levier 34 porte une goupille 36 coopérant avec le sautoir 25 de l'étoile de quantième 2. The front face of the slide 31 has an inclined plane 32 cooperating with the pin 33 secured to one end of a lever 34 pivoted in its middle at 35. The other end of the lever 34 carries a pin 36 cooperating with the jumper 25 of the date star 2.

Le coulisseau 31 porte un secteur denté 37 dont la denture est en prise avec celle d'un pignon coulant 38 soumis à l'action d'un ressort 39. En position de repos du mécanisme, ce pignon coulant 38 n'est pas en prise avec la denture d'une première roue 40.The slide 31 carries a toothed sector 37 whose teeth are in taken with that of a sliding pinion 38 subjected to the action of a spring 39. In rest position of the mechanism, this sliding pinion 38 is not in engagement with the toothing of a first wheel 40.

Cette roue 40 est en prise constante avec la denture d'un renvoi 41 engrenant lui-même avec un pignon 42 porté par l'étoile de quantième 2.This wheel 40 is in constant engagement with the teeth of a reference 41 itself meshing with a pinion 42 carried by the date star 2.

Le levier à deux bras 43,44 est pivoté en 45. L'un de ses bras 43 coopère avec une entaille 46 pratiquée dans la coulisse 31 constituant avec celle-ci une came tandis que l'autre bras 44 coopère avec la grande bascule 8.The two-arm lever 43,44 is pivoted at 45. One of its arms 43 cooperates with a notch 46 formed in the slide 31 constituting with it a cam while the other arm 44 cooperates with the large lever 8.

Lorsque l'usager veut procéder à une correction rapide du quantième, il déplace l'organe de manoeuvre 30 dans le sens de la flèche F, ce qui provoque, dans un premier temps, le basculement du levier 43,44 et du levier 34. En effet, le plan incliné 32 agit sur la goupille 33 du levier 34 et le bras 43 du levier à deux bras sort de l'entaille 46 de la coulisse. Ces déplacements provoquent d'une part le pivotement de la grande bascule 8 et son isolement d'avec la came des mois 22, et d'autre part le déplacement du sautoir 25 et la libération de l'étoile de quantième 2.When the user wants to quickly correct the date, it moves the operating member 30 in the direction of the arrow F, this which initially causes the lever 43,44 and the lever to tilt 34. Indeed, the inclined plane 32 acts on the pin 33 of the lever 34 and the arm 43 of the lever with two arms leaves the notch 46 of the slide. These displacements cause on the one hand the pivoting of the large lever 8 and its isolation with the cam for months 22, and on the other hand the movement of the jumper 25 and the release of the date star 2.

Dans un second temps, lorsque l'usager continue à déplacer l'organe de manoeuvre 30 dans le sens de la flèche F, le pignon coulissant 38 est déplacé de manière à engrener avec la roue 40. Dès cet instant, la grande bascule 8 étant isolée et l'étoile de quantième libérée, tout déplacement ultérieur de l'organe de manoeuvre 30 dans le sens de la flèche F provoque l'entraínement en rotation de l'étoile de quantième 2 par la liaison cinématique 37,38,40,41 et 42. Si ce faisant, on passe la position de l'étoile de quantième 2 correspondant à la fin d'un mois, l'étoile des mois 1 est entraínée normalement par la bascule 3.Secondly, when the user continues to move the operating member 30 in the direction of the arrow F, the sliding pinion 38 is moved so as to mesh with the wheel 40. From this moment, the large rocker 8 being isolated and the date star released, any subsequent movement of the operating member 30 in the direction of the arrow F causes the drive in rotation of the date star 2 by the kinematic link 37,38,40,41 and 42. If in doing so, we pass the position of the date star 2 corresponding to at the end of a month, the month star 1 is normally driven by rocker 3.

Suivant le rapport de multiplication introduit par le rouage 38,40,41 et 42, un déplacement de l'organe de manoeuvre peut correspondre à l'entraínement du quantième de plusieurs mois sans que le mécanisme de quantième perpétuel ne soit déréglé.According to the multiplication ratio introduced by the train 38,40,41 and 42, a movement of the operating member may correspond to training the calendar of several months without the mechanism of perpetual calendar is not disturbed.

Arrivé à proximité immédiate du quantième désiré, l'usager relâche l'organe de manoeuvre qui revient en position de repos sous l'action d'un ressort non illustré. Ce faisant, le pignon coulant 38 est découplé de la roue 40 et, en fin de course, la bascule perpétuelle 8 est remise en place en appui sur l'étoile des mois 1 et le ressort 25 fixe à nouveau la position angulaire de l'étoile de quantième 2. Pour terminer la mise à jour, l'usager peut actionner une ou deux fois le poussoir 26 si nécessaire.Arriving in the immediate vicinity of the desired date, the user releases the operating member which returns to the rest position under the action of a spring not illustrated. In doing so, the sliding pinion 38 is decoupled from the wheel 40 and, at the end of racing, the perpetual rocker 8 is replaced by pressing the star month 1 and the spring 25 again fixes the angular position of the star date 2. To complete the update, the user can activate one or two times pusher 26 if necessary.

Il est évident que les fonctions décrites de l'organe de manoeuvre qui sont, dans un premier temps, l'isolement de la grande bascule et la libération de l'étoile de quantième et, dans un second temps, l'enclenchement d'une liaison cinématique et l'entraínement par celle-ci de l'étoile de quantième en rotation pourraient être obtenus à l'aide d'organes de formes différentes sans sortir du cadre de la protection revendiquée. Ce qui importe c'est la présence de ces fonctions permettant l'entraínement de l'affichage du quantième d'une valeur comprise de plusieurs jours à plusieurs mois en un seul déplacement de l'organe de manoeuvre.It is obvious that the described functions of the operating member which are, initially, the isolation of the large seesaw and the release of the date star and, secondly, the engagement of a link kinematics and the drive by it of the date star in rotation could be obtained using organs of different shapes without leaving the protection claimed. What matters is the presence of these functions for training the display of the date of a value from several days to several months in a single movement of the organ maneuver.

L'essentiel de la présente invention réside donc dans le fait que le mécanisme de correction rapide pour mouvement d'horlogerie muni d'un quantième comporte un organe de manoeuvre accessible de l'extérieur du mouvement d'horlogerie, cet organe de manoeuvre actionnant au début de sa course :

  • 1. Des moyens d'isolation de la grande bascule d'une came des mois, de l'étoile de quantième. Ces moyens d'isolation étant dans l'exemple illustré constitués d'un levier à deux bras 43,44 coopérant avec une coulisse 31 actionnée par l'organe de manoeuvre 30 et agissant sur la grande bascule 8.
  • 2. Des moyens de libération de l'étoile de quantième. Ces moyens étant réalisés dans l'exemple illustré par le levier basculant 34 actionné par la coulisse 31 et agissant sur le ressort 25.
    • The essence of the present invention therefore lies in the fact that the rapid correction mechanism for a clockwork movement provided with a date comprises an operating member accessible from outside the clockwork movement, this operating member actuating at start of its race:
  • 1. Means of isolation of the large rocker of a month cam, of the date star. These isolation means being in the illustrated example constituted by a lever with two arms 43, 44 cooperating with a slide 31 actuated by the operating member 30 and acting on the large rocker 8.
  • 2. Means for releasing the date star. These means being produced in the example illustrated by the rocking lever 34 actuated by the slide 31 and acting on the spring 25.

    • De plus, cet organe de manoeuvre actionne dans la seconde partie de sa course une liaison cinématique débrayable entraínant en rotation l'étoile de quantième. Dans l'exemple illustré, cette liaison cinématique débrayable est formée d'une crémaillère 37 portée par la coulisse 31 engrenant avec un pignon coulant 38 ainsi que les rouages 40,41 et le pignon 42 porté par l'étoile de quantième 2.In addition, this operating device operates in the second part of its travel a disengageable kinematic link causing the star to rotate date. In the example illustrated, this disengageable kinematic link is formed by a rack 37 carried by the slide 31 meshing with a pinion sliding 38 as well as the cogs 40,41 and the pinion 42 carried by the star date 2.

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    Mécanisme de correction rapide pour mouvement d'horlogerie muni d'un quantième simple, annuel ou perpétuel, caractérisé par le fait qu'il comporte un organe de manoeuvre accessible de l'extérieur de la pièce d'horlogerie qui, lors de son déplacement d'une position de repos jusque dans une position de fin de course provoque, dans un premier temps, l'isolation de la bascule perpétuelle et la libération de l'étoile de quantième puis, dans un second temps, l'enclenchement d'une liaison cinématique reliant cet organe de manoeuvre à l'étoile de quantième et son entraínement en rotation d'une valeur correspondant à plusieurs jours au moins.Rapid correction mechanism for a watch movement fitted with a simple calendar, annual or perpetual, characterized in that it includes a operating member accessible from outside the timepiece which, when from its displacement from a rest position to an end position race causes, at first, the isolation of the perpetual rocker and the release of the date star then, in a second step, the engagement of a kinematic link connecting this operating member to the date star and its rotation drive with a corresponding value at least several days. Mécanisme selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait qu'il comporte des moyens d'isolation actionnés en début de course de l'organe de manoeuvre et agissant sur la grande bascule; des moyens de libération actionnés en début de course de l'organe de manoeuvre et agissant sur le sautoir définissant la position angulaire de l'étoile de quantième entre ses entraínements successifs pas à pas; et une liaison d'entraínement en rotation, débrayable, de l'étoile de quantième par l'organe de manoeuvre.Mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises isolation means actuated at the start of travel of the operating member and acting on the large scale; release means activated at the start of the operating member and acting on the jumper defining the angular position of the date star between its successive drives step by step; and a rotatable drive link, disengageable, of the star date by the operating member. Mécanisme selon la revendication 2, caractérisé par le fait que l'organe de manoeuvre est solidaire d'un coulisseau monté coulissant à la périphérie du mouvement d'horlogerie, ce coulisseau comportant une came agissant sur l'un des bras d'un levier à deux bras dont l'autre coopère avec la grande bascule.Mechanism according to claim 2, characterized in that the member of maneuver is integral with a slide mounted sliding on the periphery of the clockwork movement, this slide comprising a cam acting on one arms of a lever with two arms, the other of which cooperates with the large rocker. Mécanisme selon la revendication 2 ou la revendication 3, caractérisé par le fait que les moyens de libération comportent un levier basculant portant à l'une de ses extrémités une goupille coopérant avec un plan incliné du coulisseau et dont l'autre extrémité porte une goupille agissant sur le ressort de l'étoile de quantième.Mechanism according to claim 2 or claim 3, characterized by the fact that the release means comprise a rocking lever bringing to one of its ends a pin cooperating with an inclined plane of the slide and the other end of which carries a pin acting on the spring of the star date. Mécanisme selon l'une des revendications 2, 3 ou 4, caractérisé par le fait que la liaison d'entraínement débrayable comporte une crémaillère solidaire du coulisseau en prise avec un pignon coulant coopérant avec un rouage dont le dernier mobile est en prise avec un pignon porté par l'étoile de quantième.Mechanism according to one of claims 2, 3 or 4, characterized by the fact that the disengageable drive link includes a fixed rack of the slide engaged with a sliding pinion cooperating with a gear train the last mobile is engaged with a pinion carried by the date star. Mécanisme selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que la liaison d'actionnement par une bascule de l'étoile des mois à partir de l'étoile de quantième reste toujours active, également pendant l'actionnement de l'organe de manoeuvre.Mechanism according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by the fact that the actuating linkage by a rocker of the star from months of the date star always remains active, also during actuation of the operating member.
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