EP1166189B1 - Uhr mit auswechselbaren elementen - Google Patents

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EP1166189B1
EP1166189B1 EP00910919A EP00910919A EP1166189B1 EP 1166189 B1 EP1166189 B1 EP 1166189B1 EP 00910919 A EP00910919 A EP 00910919A EP 00910919 A EP00910919 A EP 00910919A EP 1166189 B1 EP1166189 B1 EP 1166189B1
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Nathalie Choay
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    • 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
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • G04B37/14—Suspending devices, supports or stands for time-pieces insofar as they form part of the case
    • G04B37/1486—Arrangements for fixing to a bracelet

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  • the present invention relates to a watch with interchangeable elements.
  • Such watches are known for a long time, they are generally composed of three elements: a case comprising the mechanism of the watch, the hands and the dial, a bezel can be called assembly cap, and a bracelet.
  • a watch is for example described in FR 2,722,309.
  • These watches have the advantage of being able to be transformed by the user by changing some of the elements that compose them so that they present a new aspect, for example in order to give them a dress. It is thus possible according to his desire, change the color or the material of the bracelet, and / or change the appearance of the dial and hands and / or change the decoration of the bezel.
  • This type of watch is successful in the field of luxury jewelery where they are offered with a richly decorated bezel (with gold, precious stones, ...), changes of elements that can be made to have multiple watches different aesthetics without having to renew the most expensive part of the watch that is the bezel.
  • the present invention aims to provide a watch with interchangeable elements such as that described in the aforementioned prior art whose aesthetic appearance and the modifications it allows are improved.
  • the invention relates to a watch with interchangeable elements comprising a housing, enclosing the mechanism, the hands and the dial, a bracelet and a bezel shaped so as to allow the introduction and snapping of the housing, such as said case, bezel and bracelet are made integral by the establishment of the case in the bezel, characterized in that it comprises at least one hook-shaped intermediate piece intended to be removably mounted on the one hand on one end said bracelet by threading one of its ends into an opening of said bracelet and secondly on the bezel by threading pins that it door in housing of said bezel, said intermediate piece being secured to the bezel during the establishment of the housing.
  • FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a watch case 1 intended to be implemented in a watch according to the invention.
  • this housing 1 comprises a housing 11 for the watch movement, a glass 10 protecting a dial and needles not shown in the drawing, a winding 12 and means 13 for maintaining of the housing 1 in the bezel 2 by snapping.
  • these latching means 13 are constituted by cylindrical pins 13 disposed in openings of the housing 1 and permanently urged outwardly of said housing by elastic means not shown in the drawing.
  • the bezel 2 comprises two side walls 20 and two transverse walls 21 between which the housing 1 must be positioned.
  • the internal faces of said walls 20, 21 are shaped so as to form a housing 201 for the housing whose walls have concave shapes adapted to the Shapes of said housing 1.
  • Grooves 22 formed in the longitudinal walls 20 are intended to allow snap-fitting of the housing 1 into the bezel 2 by receiving the latching means 13 of said housing 1.
  • the telescope 2 also has indentations 24 formed in the transverse walls 21 and housings 23.
  • said indentations 24 serve to position the bracelet 4 and the housings 23 serve for the establishment of hooking means carried by the bracelet.
  • These housings 23 are shaped such that after arranging the means for fastening the bracelet in these housings, they are pushed out of the housing 201 intended for the establishment of the housing 1 during the establishment of said housing 1 and locked in said housing 23 to secure the bracelet 4 to the bezel 2 by prohibiting the extraction of said hooking means of the bracelet.
  • the attachment means of the bracelet were composed of rods or bars introduced into a fold formed at the end of the bracelet.
  • the invention proposes to add to it intermediate parts or fasteners 3, 30 which, like the bezel, can be richly decorated.
  • These intermediate parts are hook-shaped and are intended to be removably mounted on one end of the bracelet on the bezel to which they are secured by the establishment of the housing.
  • Fastening means intended to be positioned in the housings 23 of the bezel and constituted by lugs 31 are arranged on either side of said intermediate parts 3, 30.
  • the intermediate piece 3 is generally U-shaped and carries the lugs 31 near the end of one of the branches of the U.
  • the intermediate piece 30 in two parts shown in Figure 6 has the same shape as the intermediate piece 3 when in the closed position, but the branches of the U are constituted by two parts 32, 33 movable in rotation one by relation to the other around an axis 34.
  • the first part 32 is indented on its two longitudinal sides so as to be narrower at its end 36 connected to the axis of rotation 34 while the second portion 33 carries extensions 35 for positioning in the notches of the first portion 32 when the intermediate piece 30 is closed.
  • the means for closing the intermediate piece 30 in two parts consist on the one hand by elements, such as balls or cylinders not shown in the drawing, slidably mounted in the housings cylindrical 37 of the end 36 of the first part 32 and pushed outwards, on each side of said end 36, by elastic means not shown in the drawing, and, secondly by grooves 38 formed in the extensions 35 of the second part 33.
  • the watch band 4 is shown schematically in Figure 7. This end has a notch 41 closed by a bar 40.
  • the bar 40 may be constituted by the material forming the bracelet when it is strong enough, or by a rod metal introduced into a fold not shown in the drawing formed at the end of said bracelet 4.
  • the opening 42 formed between the notch 41 and the bar 40 is of such size that it can accommodate the portion of the intermediate pieces 3, constituting 30 the bottom of the U of these.
  • the bracelet 4 may consist of two strands 43 each carrying a notched end and a closure means such as a buckle 44 and pin 45 holes ensuring the attachment of said two strands 43, or be a single strand 4 whose two ends are indented to present apertures 42.
  • the user has at least one housing 1, a bezel 2, two intermediate pieces 3 and / or 30 and a bracelet 4.
  • the bracelet 4 consists of two strands 43, it can, as desired, use intermediate monoblock pieces 3 or two-piece intermediate pieces 30 whereas if the bracelet is single-stranded, it will have to use at least one intermediate piece. two parts 30.
  • the user uses one-piece intermediate pieces as shown in FIG. 8, he first assembles an intermediate piece on each strand 43 of the bracelet 4 by threading one of its ends, preferably the end of the branch. not carrying the pins 31 of said part, in the opening 42 and by sliding the strand 43 of the bracelet 4 until the bar 40 is disposed in the bottom of the U of the intermediate piece 3.
  • an intermediate piece 30 in two parts as shown in Figure 9, whether with a single or double strand bracelet it can perform the assembly in the same manner as above by closing said piece intermediate through the closing means 37, 38, then open the intermediate piece by pulling on the portion 33 to bring it in the position of Figure 4 or Figure 9 so as to remove or position the bracelet during the donning the watch.
  • the intermediate piece 30 in two parts thus serves as a means of closing the bracelet.
  • the side walls 20 of the bezel 2 are extended beyond the transverse walls 21 so as to improve the aesthetics of the watch.
  • the watch with interchangeable elements according to the present invention each component of which is removably mounted and easily removable on neighboring components allows the user a greater variety of achievements than known watches.

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  1. Uhr mit auswechselbaren Elementen, mit einem Gehäuse (1), das den Mechanismus, die Zeiger und das Zifferblatt enthält, einem Armband (4) und einer Fassung (2), die so ausgebildet ist, daß sie das Einsetzen und Einrasten des Gehäuses (1) gestattet, so daß das Gehäuse (1), die Fassung (2) und das Armband (4) durch Einsetzen des Gehäuses (1) in die Fassung (2) fest miteinander verbunden werden, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Uhr mindestens ein Zwischenstück (3, 30) in Form eines Hakens aufweist, das einerseits an einem Ende des Armbandes (4), indem eines seiner Enden in eine Öffnung (42) des Armbandes eingesteckt wird, und andererseits an der Fassung (2), indem Vorsprünge (31), die es trägt, in Ausnehmungen (23) der Fassung eingeführt werden, lösbar angebracht werden soll, wobei das Zwischenstück (3, 30) beim Einsetzen des Gehäuses (1) fest mit der Fassung (2) verbunden ist.
  2. Uhr nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Zwischenstück (3, 30) im ganzen U-förmig ist und die Vorsprünge (31) nahe dem Ende eines der Schenkel des U trägt.
  3. Uhr nach Anspruch 1 oder nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Zwischenstück (3) einstückig ausgebildet ist.
  4. Uhr nach Anspruch 1 oder nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Zwischenstück (30) zweiteilig ausgebildet ist.
  5. Uhr nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Schenkel des U des zweiteiligen Zwischenstücks (30) durch zwei Abschnitte (32, 33) gebildet sind, die relativ zueinander um eine Achse (34) verdrehbar sind.
  6. Uhr nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der erste Abschnitt (32) an seinen beiden Längsseiten Einbuchtungen derart aufweist, daß er an seinem Ende (36), das mit der Drehachse (34) verbunden ist, weniger breit ist, während der zweite Abschnitt (33) Verlängerungen (35) umfaßt, die dazu bestimmt sind, in den Einbuchtungen des ersten Abschnitts (32) zu liegen, wenn das Zwischenstück (30) geschlossen ist.
  7. Uhr nach einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das zweiteilige Zwischenstück (30) Verschlußmittel aufweist.
  8. Uhr nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Verschlußmittel des zweiteiligen Zwischenstücks (30) einerseits durch verschieblich in zylindrischen Ausnehmungen (37) des Endes (36) des ersten Abschnittes (32) montierte Elemente gebildet sind und zu beiden Seiten des Endes (36) durch elastische Mittel nach außen gedrückt werden, und andererseits durch Nuten (38) gebildet sind, die in den Verlängerungen (35) des zweiten Abschnitts (33) ausgebildet sind.
  9. Uhr nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Enden des Uhrenarmbandes (4) eine Aussparung (41) aufweisen, die durch einen Stift (40) verschlossen ist.
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FR9903422A FR2791150B1 (fr) 1999-03-19 1999-03-19 Montre a elements interchangeables
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PCT/FR2000/000589 WO2000057250A1 (fr) 1999-03-19 2000-03-10 Montre a elements interchangeables

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US7946758B2 (en) 2008-01-31 2011-05-24 WIMM Labs Modular movement that is fully functional standalone and interchangeable in other portable devices

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