EP1465026A1 - Watch case - Google Patents

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EP1465026A1
EP1465026A1 EP03007208A EP03007208A EP1465026A1 EP 1465026 A1 EP1465026 A1 EP 1465026A1 EP 03007208 A EP03007208 A EP 03007208A EP 03007208 A EP03007208 A EP 03007208A EP 1465026 A1 EP1465026 A1 EP 1465026A1
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    • 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
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    • G04B37/08—Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits
    • G04B37/081—Complete encasings for wrist or pocket watches also comprising means for hermetic sealing of the winding stem and crown
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    • 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
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    • 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 boxes for watches of the type provided of a bracelet, which have three essential functions, that is to protect the movement inside, give the watch a part important of its aesthetics, and ensure the fixation of the bracelet.
  • a piece of this type is the subject of document EP 0131 276. It comprises a box forming a platinum and consisting of a stack of transparent material plates. In this box, the plates are assembled by means of feet, glued to the plate upper, and screws engaged in each of them. Such a solution allows to minimize the metal part, but poses problems of rigidity and longevity, the glue may lose its adhesion.
  • the purpose of the present invention is to allow the production of watches with a great lightness of structure, thanks to the extremely simple component parts of the box, while providing great safety both in terms of rigidity and longevity.
  • the strap fixing means are advantageously mounted on one sleepers of each of the organs and formed of at least one protuberance, intended to be engaged in a cutout of the bracelet and extending parallel to the beam. It is thus possible to ensure a rigid fixing and simple bracelet to box.
  • the structure of the assembly means can be particularly simple if one of the crosspieces of each member is permanently fixed to the beam whose it is integral, thus forming a T-piece.
  • the protuberance intended to fix the bracelet can be formed by at least two pins permanently fixed to the crosspiece of the T-piece. These pins extend parallel to the beam to the vicinity of the second crosspiece.
  • the second crosspiece is provided with recesses arranged for receive the ends of the pins.
  • the lower plate is provided a drowning, practiced in its face adjacent to the median plate and intended to receive movement, and a hole extending from the recess to the edge of the box to allow the engagement of a rod setting the time.
  • the rigidity of the box can be improved thanks to the fact that the plates extremes and the sleepers have, some of the protrusions, the other cutouts arranged so as to receive the protuberances. In this way, relative displacement of the plates with reference to the assembly members is impossible.
  • seals are interposed between the plates, each housed in a groove in one of the plates.
  • the box has a particularly attractive aesthetic when the plates are all made of transparent material.
  • the middle plate can be provided with a recess, the bottom constitutes the dial and which defines a housing intended to receive the watch hands.
  • the watch shown in the drawing has a box of general shape rectangular made from a stack of plates and more particularly provided with two end plates, one upper 10, the other lower 12, and a middle plate 14. It further comprises housed in the box, an assembly comprising a movement 16 provided with a time-setting rod 18 and display means formed by a dial 20 and needles 22.
  • the plates 10 and 12 are provided with grooves identified by the letter a extending laterally from one edge to the other of the plate. Recesses identified by the letter b are made in the bottom of the grooves 10a and 12a. The function of the gorges and the hollows will be specified later.
  • the lower plate 12 is provided with a recess 12c intended to receive the movement 16.
  • a hole 12d connecting one of the lateral faces of the plate 12 to the recess 12c allows the passage of the time-setting rod 18.
  • the plate 14 includes a recess 14a pierced in its upper face and the bottom of which forms the dial 20.
  • the recesses 12c and 14a define housings intended to receive the assembly formed by movement 16 and display means, the hands 22 being disposed in the recess 14a, while the movement 16 is in drowning 12c.
  • the bottom of the recess 14a is, of course, pierced with a hole for connecting the hands to the arranged movement shafts to wear them.
  • the plate 14 could be thicker and the recess 14a be arranged to receive movement 16 and the display means, its wall then being drilled with a hole to allow the passage of the setting rod time. It could also be provided with recesses on its two faces, one intended to receive movement 16, the other the needles 22, the wall separating the two recesses in lieu of dial 20.
  • the plates 10, 12 and 14 can be made of tempered glass, the plate median 14 advantageously being made of translucent and colored glass for give the box an original appearance.
  • seals 24 and 26 are interposed respectively between the plates 10 and 14 on the one hand, 12 and 14 on the other hand. These seals 24 and 26 are housed and positioned respectively in grooves 12e and 14b formed in the upper faces of the plates 12 and 14. It goes without saying that the time-setting rod 18 will also be provided a seal. However, this has not been shown in the drawing.
  • the plates are assembled by two identical members 28 (fig 2 and 3), arranged in opposition and each comprising a beam 30 adjoining the lateral faces of the plates 12, 14 and 16 assembled, which form the edge of the box, and two cross members 32 and 34 each fixed to one end of the beam 30 and each forming two arms identified by the letters a and b .
  • the arms 32a and 34a extend in abutment against the plates 10 and 12 respectively to apply them against the middle plate 14.
  • the beam 30 and the crosspieces 32 and 34 are dimensioned so that their arms 32a and 34a are respectively housed in the grooves 10a and 12a of the plates 10 and 12.
  • the arms 32a and 34a include pins identified by the letter c , visible in Figure 2, and which are arranged to engage in the recesses identified by the letter b of the plates 10 and 12, to position them.
  • the cross member 32 is fixed to the beam 30 by means of screws 36, while the cross member 34 is permanently fixed to the beam 30 to form together a T-piece
  • the box as described is intended to be worn on the wrist by means a bracelet not shown in the drawing, by means of assembly formed of two protrusions 38 in the form of pins permanently fixed in the arm 34b of the cross member 34.
  • the pins extend parallel to the beam 30 and slightly beyond.
  • the arms 32b are provided non-referenced countersinks in which the ends of the pins 38 are engaged, so as to reinforce the rigidity of the assembly.
  • the hollows 10b and 12b could be replaced by holes through plates 10, 12 and 14 right through, and the organs 28 present a symmetry with respect to a plane perpendicular to the plates and arranged in the longitudinal axis of the beam. In this way, the members 28 can be put in place without worry about their orientation. In addition, the plates are positioned in all their thickness.
  • the plate stack could have another shape than parallelepiped.
  • the assembly members are arranged adjacent to the edge of the box, their shape being adapted for marry.

Abstract

The box has an intermediate plate (14) between upper and lower end plates (10, 12). Two metal pins (38) fix a bracelet to the box. An assembly unit assembling the three plates one above the other, has two parts (28). Each part has two crossbars (32, 34) that are fixed to respective ends of a beam (30) adjoining a section defined by the three plates. The crossbars support the plates (10, 12) against the plate (14).

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La présente invention se rapporte aux boítes pour montres du type muni d'un bracelet, qui ont trois fonctions essentielles, soit protéger le mouvement qui se trouve à l'intérieur, conférer à la montre une part importante de son esthétique, et assurer la fixation du bracelet.The present invention relates to boxes for watches of the type provided of a bracelet, which have three essential functions, that is to protect the movement inside, give the watch a part important of its aesthetics, and ensure the fixation of the bracelet.

Certaines pièces sont agencées de manière à présenter une structure très légère, basée sur la transparence. Une pièce de ce type fait l'objet du document EP 0131 276. Elle comporte une boíte formant platine et constituée d'un empilement de plaques en matériau transparent. Dans cette boíte, les plaques sont assemblées au moyen de pieds, collés sur la plaque supérieure, et de vis engagées dans chacun d'eux. Une telle solution permet de limiter au minimum la partie métallique, mais pose des problèmes de rigidité et de longévité, la colle pouvant perdre de son adhérence.Some parts are arranged so as to have a very structured light, based on transparency. A piece of this type is the subject of document EP 0131 276. It comprises a box forming a platinum and consisting of a stack of transparent material plates. In this box, the plates are assembled by means of feet, glued to the plate upper, and screws engaged in each of them. Such a solution allows to minimize the metal part, but poses problems of rigidity and longevity, the glue may lose its adhesion.

Le but de la présente invention est de permettre la réalisation de montres présentant une grande légèreté de structure, grâce aux formes extrêmement simples des pièces constitutives de la boíte, tout en offrant une grande sécurité tant au niveau de la rigidité que de la longévité.The purpose of the present invention is to allow the production of watches with a great lightness of structure, thanks to the extremely simple component parts of the box, while providing great safety both in terms of rigidity and longevity.

La boíte selon l'invention est destinée à recevoir un ensemble comportant un mouvement de montre et des moyens d'affichage. Selon l'invention, elle comporte :

  • deux plaques extrêmes de forme plane, l'une supérieure et transparente, l'autre inférieure, et
  • au moins une plaque médiane, interposée entre les plaques extrêmes, lesdites plaques étant munies d'au moins une découpe formant un logement destiné à recevoir tout ou partie du mouvement et des moyens d'affichage et fermé par les plaques inférieure et supérieure, les faces latérales de ces plaques définissant la tranche de la boíte,
  • des moyens d'assemblage des plaques les unes sur les autres, et
  • des moyens de fixation d'un bracelet.
The box according to the invention is intended to receive an assembly comprising a watch movement and display means. According to the invention, it comprises:
  • two planar end plates, one upper and transparent, the other lower, and
  • at least one middle plate, interposed between the end plates, said plates being provided with at least one cutout forming a housing intended to receive all or part of the movement and display means and closed by the lower and upper plates, the faces lateral of these plates defining the edge of the box,
  • means for assembling the plates on top of each other, and
  • means for attaching a bracelet.

Une telle boíte est caractérisée en ce que les moyens d'assemblage comprennent deux organes disposés en opposition et comportant chacun :

  • une poutre attenante à la tranche de la boíte, et
  • deux traverses fixées chacune à l'une des extrémités de la poutre et solidaires de celle-ci, et s'étendant, en appui, au-dessus des plaques extrêmes pour les appliquer contre la plaque médiane.
Such a box is characterized in that the assembly means comprise two members arranged in opposition and each comprising:
  • a beam adjoining the edge of the box, and
  • two crosspieces each fixed to one end of the beam and integral with the latter, and extending, in abutment, above the end plates to apply them against the middle plate.

Les moyens de fixation du bracelet sont avantageusement montés sur l'une des traverses de chacun des organes et formés d'au moins une protubérance, destinée à être engagée dans une découpe du bracelet et s'étendant parallèlement à la poutre. Il est ainsi possible d'assurer une fixation rigide et simple du bracelet à la boíte.The strap fixing means are advantageously mounted on one sleepers of each of the organs and formed of at least one protuberance, intended to be engaged in a cutout of the bracelet and extending parallel to the beam. It is thus possible to ensure a rigid fixing and simple bracelet to box.

La structure des moyens d'assemblage peut être particulièrement simple si l'une des traverses de chaque organe est fixée à demeure à la poutre dont elle est solidaire, formant ainsi une pièce en T. Dans ce cas, la protubérance destinée à fixer le bracelet peut être formée d'au moins deux goupilles fixées à demeure à la traverse de la pièce en T. Ces goupilles s'étendent parallèlement à la poutre jusqu'au voisinage de la deuxième traverse.The structure of the assembly means can be particularly simple if one of the crosspieces of each member is permanently fixed to the beam whose it is integral, thus forming a T-piece. In this case, the protuberance intended to fix the bracelet can be formed by at least two pins permanently fixed to the crosspiece of the T-piece. These pins extend parallel to the beam to the vicinity of the second crosspiece.

Dans le but de garantir une grande rigidité des moyens de fixation du bracelet, la deuxième traverse est munie de creusures agencées pour recevoir les extrémités des goupilles.In order to guarantee high rigidity of the fixing means of the bracelet, the second crosspiece is provided with recesses arranged for receive the ends of the pins.

Afin d'éviter la multiplication des plaques, la plaque inférieure est munie d'une noyure, pratiquée dans sa face attenante à la plaque médiane et destinée à recevoir le mouvement, et d'un trou s'étendant de la noyure jusqu'à la tranche de la boíte pour permettre l'engagement d'une tige de mise à l'heure.In order to avoid the multiplication of plates, the lower plate is provided a drowning, practiced in its face adjacent to the median plate and intended to receive movement, and a hole extending from the recess to the edge of the box to allow the engagement of a rod setting the time.

La rigidité de la boíte peut être améliorée grâce au fait que les plaques extrêmes et les traverses comportent, les unes des protubérances, les autres des découpes disposées de manière à recevoir les protubérances. De la sorte, un déplacement relatif des plaques en référence aux organes d'assemblage est impossible.The rigidity of the box can be improved thanks to the fact that the plates extremes and the sleepers have, some of the protrusions, the other cutouts arranged so as to receive the protuberances. In this way, relative displacement of the plates with reference to the assembly members is impossible.

Pour éviter que de l'eau ou de la poussière ne pénètre dans la boíte, des joints d'étanchéité sont interposés entre les plaques, chacun logé dans une gorge pratiquée dans l'une des plaques.To prevent water or dust from entering the box, seals are interposed between the plates, each housed in a groove in one of the plates.

La boíte présente une esthétique particulièrement attractive lorsque les plaques sont toutes en matériau transparent.The box has a particularly attractive aesthetic when the plates are all made of transparent material.

Dans cette montre, la plaque médiane peut être munie d'une creusure dont le fond constitue le cadran et qui définit un logement destiné à recevoir les aiguilles de la montre.In this watch, the middle plate can be provided with a recess, the bottom constitutes the dial and which defines a housing intended to receive the watch hands.

D'autres avantages et caractéristiques de l'invention ressortiront de la description qui va suivre, faite en regard du dessin annexé, dans lequel:

  • la figure 1 représente, en éclaté, la partie centrale d'une boíte selon l'invention, munie d'un mouvement de montre et de moyens d'affichage, et
  • les figures 2 et 3 sont des vues respectivement de côté et en perspective d'une montre dans laquelle la boíte est munie de ses moyens d'assemblage.
Other advantages and characteristics of the invention will emerge from the description which follows, given with reference to the appended drawing, in which:
  • FIG. 1 shows, in exploded view, the central part of a box according to the invention, provided with a watch movement and display means, and
  • Figures 2 and 3 are respectively side and perspective views of a watch in which the box is provided with its assembly means.

La montre représentée au dessin comporte une boíte de forme générale parallélépipédique réalisée à partir d'un empilement de plaques et plus particulièrement munie de deux plaques extrêmes, l'une supérieure 10, l'autre inférieure 12, et une plaque médiane 14. Elle comprend, en outre, logé dans la boíte, un ensemble comprenant un mouvement 16 muni d'une tige de mise à l'heure 18 et des moyens d'affichage formés d'un cadran 20 et d'aiguilles 22.The watch shown in the drawing has a box of general shape rectangular made from a stack of plates and more particularly provided with two end plates, one upper 10, the other lower 12, and a middle plate 14. It further comprises housed in the box, an assembly comprising a movement 16 provided with a time-setting rod 18 and display means formed by a dial 20 and needles 22.

Les plaques 10 et 12 sont munies de gorges identifiées par la lettre a s'étendant latéralement d'un bord à l'autre de la plaque. Des creusures identifiées par la lettre b sont pratiquées dans le fond des gorges 10a et 12a. La fonction des gorges et des creusures sera précisée plus loin. The plates 10 and 12 are provided with grooves identified by the letter a extending laterally from one edge to the other of the plate. Recesses identified by the letter b are made in the bottom of the grooves 10a and 12a. The function of the gorges and the hollows will be specified later.

La plaque inférieure 12 est munie d'une noyure 12c destinée à recevoir le mouvement 16. Un trou 12d reliant l'une des faces latérales de la plaque 12 à la noyure 12c permet le passage de la tige de mise à l'heure 18. La plaque 14 comprend une noyure 14a percée dans sa face supérieure et dont le fond forme le cadran 20.The lower plate 12 is provided with a recess 12c intended to receive the movement 16. A hole 12d connecting one of the lateral faces of the plate 12 to the recess 12c allows the passage of the time-setting rod 18. The plate 14 includes a recess 14a pierced in its upper face and the bottom of which forms the dial 20.

Les noyures 12c et 14a définissent des logements destinés à recevoir l'ensemble formé du mouvement 16 et des moyens d'affichage, les aiguilles 22 étant disposées dans la noyure 14a, alors que le mouvement 16 se trouve dans la noyure 12c. Le fond de la noyure 14a est, bien entendu, percé d'un trou permettant de relier les aiguilles aux arbres du mouvement agencés pour les porter.The recesses 12c and 14a define housings intended to receive the assembly formed by movement 16 and display means, the hands 22 being disposed in the recess 14a, while the movement 16 is in drowning 12c. The bottom of the recess 14a is, of course, pierced with a hole for connecting the hands to the arranged movement shafts to wear them.

En variante, la plaque 14 pourrait être plus épaisse et la noyure 14a être agencée pour recevoir le mouvement 16 et les moyens d'affichage, sa paroi étant alors percée d'un trou pour permettre le passage de la tige de mise à l'heure. Elle pourrait aussi être munie de noyures sur ses deux faces, l'une destinée à recevoir le mouvement 16, l'autre les aiguilles 22, la paroi séparant les deux noyures tenant lieu de cadran 20.Alternatively, the plate 14 could be thicker and the recess 14a be arranged to receive movement 16 and the display means, its wall then being drilled with a hole to allow the passage of the setting rod time. It could also be provided with recesses on its two faces, one intended to receive movement 16, the other the needles 22, the wall separating the two recesses in lieu of dial 20.

Dans une autre variante, représentée aux figures 2 et 3, le cadran 20 est rapporté et la plaque 14 est percée de part en part.In another variant, shown in Figures 2 and 3, the dial 20 is reported and the plate 14 is drilled right through.

Les plaques 10, 12 et 14 peuvent être réalisées en verre trempé, la plaque médiane 14 étant avantageusement en verre translucide et coloré pour conférer à la boíte un aspect original.The plates 10, 12 and 14 can be made of tempered glass, the plate median 14 advantageously being made of translucent and colored glass for give the box an original appearance.

Afin d'éviter que de l'eau ou de la poussière ne pénètre dans la boíte jusqu'au mouvement 16, des joints d'étanchéité 24 et 26 (figure 1) sont respectivement interposés entre les plaques 10 et 14 d'une part, 12 et 14 d'autre part. Ces joints 24 et 26 sont logés et positionnés respectivement dans des gorges 12e et 14b pratiquées dans les faces supérieures des plaques 12 et 14. Il va de soi que la tige de mise à l'heure 18 sera également munie d'un joint d'étanchéité. Celui-ci n'a toutefois pas été représenté au dessin. To prevent water or dust from entering the box up to movement 16, seals 24 and 26 (Figure 1) are interposed respectively between the plates 10 and 14 on the one hand, 12 and 14 on the other hand. These seals 24 and 26 are housed and positioned respectively in grooves 12e and 14b formed in the upper faces of the plates 12 and 14. It goes without saying that the time-setting rod 18 will also be provided a seal. However, this has not been shown in the drawing.

L'assemblage des plaques est assuré par deux organes 28 identiques (fig 2 et 3), disposés en opposition et comportant chacun une poutre 30 attenante aux faces latérales des plaques 12, 14 et 16 assemblées, qui forment la tranche de la boíte, et deux traverses 32 et 34 fixées chacune à l'une des extrémités de la poutre 30 et formant chacune deux bras identifiés par les lettres a et b. Les bras 32a et 34a s'étendent en appui contre respectivement les plaques 10 et 12 pour les appliquer contre la plaque médiane 14.The plates are assembled by two identical members 28 (fig 2 and 3), arranged in opposition and each comprising a beam 30 adjoining the lateral faces of the plates 12, 14 and 16 assembled, which form the edge of the box, and two cross members 32 and 34 each fixed to one end of the beam 30 and each forming two arms identified by the letters a and b . The arms 32a and 34a extend in abutment against the plates 10 and 12 respectively to apply them against the middle plate 14.

La poutre 30 et les traverses 32 et 34 sont dimensionnées de manière à ce que leurs bras 32a et 34a soient respectivement logés dans les gorges 10a et 12a des plaques 10 et 12. Les bras 32a et 34a comportent des tétons identifiés par la lettre c, visibles sur la figure 2, et qui sont disposés de manière à s'engager dans les creusures identifiées par la lettre b des plaques 10 et 12, pour les positionner.The beam 30 and the crosspieces 32 and 34 are dimensioned so that their arms 32a and 34a are respectively housed in the grooves 10a and 12a of the plates 10 and 12. The arms 32a and 34a include pins identified by the letter c , visible in Figure 2, and which are arranged to engage in the recesses identified by the letter b of the plates 10 and 12, to position them.

La traverse 32 est fixée sur la poutre 30 au moyen de vis 36, alors que la traverse 34 est fixée à demeure à la poutre 30 pour former ensemble une pièce en T.The cross member 32 is fixed to the beam 30 by means of screws 36, while the cross member 34 is permanently fixed to the beam 30 to form together a T-piece

La boíte telle que décrite est destinée à être portée au poignet au moyen d'un bracelet non représenté au dessin, par des moyens d'assemblage formés de deux protubérances 38 se présentant sous forme de goupilles fixées à demeure dans le bras 34b de la traverse 34. Les goupilles s'étendent parallèlement à la poutre 30 et légèrement au-delà. Les bras 32b sont munis de noyures non référencées et dans lesquelles les extrémités des goupilles 38 sont engagées, de manière à renforcer la rigidité de l'ensemble.The box as described is intended to be worn on the wrist by means a bracelet not shown in the drawing, by means of assembly formed of two protrusions 38 in the form of pins permanently fixed in the arm 34b of the cross member 34. The pins extend parallel to the beam 30 and slightly beyond. The arms 32b are provided non-referenced countersinks in which the ends of the pins 38 are engaged, so as to reinforce the rigidity of the assembly.

Il est, bien entendu, possible d'imaginer de nombreuses variantes, sans pour autant sortir du cadre de l'invention. Ainsi, les creusures 10b et 12b pourraient être remplacées par des trous traversant les plaques 10, 12 et 14 de part en part, et les organes 28 présenter une symétrie par rapport à un plan perpendiculaire aux plaques et disposé dans l'axe longitudinal de la poutre. De la sorte, les organes 28 peuvent être mis en place sans se préoccuper de leur orientation. De plus, les plaques sont positionnées dans toute leur épaisseur.It is, of course, possible to imagine many variations, without as well go beyond the scope of the invention. Thus, the hollows 10b and 12b could be replaced by holes through plates 10, 12 and 14 right through, and the organs 28 present a symmetry with respect to a plane perpendicular to the plates and arranged in the longitudinal axis of the beam. In this way, the members 28 can be put in place without worry about their orientation. In addition, the plates are positioned in all their thickness.

Dans une autre variante, l'empilement de plaque pourrait présenter une autre forme que parallélépipédique. Dans tous les cas, les organes d'assemblage sont disposés attenants à la tranche de la boíte, leur forme étant adaptée pour l'épouser.In another variant, the plate stack could have another shape than parallelepiped. In all cases, the assembly members are arranged adjacent to the edge of the box, their shape being adapted for marry.

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Boíte de montre, destinée à recevoir un ensemble comprenant un mouvement de montre (16) et des moyens d'affichage (20, 22), et comportant : deux plaques extrêmes de forme plane, l'une supérieure (10) et transparente, l'autre inférieure (12), et au moins une plaque médiane (14), interposée entre les plaques extrêmes (10, 12), lesdites plaques définissant au moins une découpe (14a) formant un logement destiné à recevoir tout ou partie dudit ensemble et fermé par les plaques inférieure (12) et supérieure (10), les faces latérales de ces plaques (110, 12, 14) définissant la tranche de la boíte, des moyens d'assemblage des plaques (10, 12, 14) les unes sur les autres, et des moyens de fixation d'un bracelet (38), caractérisée en ce que lesdits moyens d'assemblage comprennent deux organes (28) disposés en opposition, et comportant chacun : une poutre (30) attenante à ladite tranche, et deux traverses (32, 34) fixées chacune à l'une des extrémités de la poutre (30) et solidaires de celle-ci, et s'étendant en appui au-dessus des plaques extrêmes (10, 12) pour les appliquer contre la plaque médiane (14). Watch case, intended to receive an assembly comprising a watch movement (16) and display means (20, 22), and comprising: two end plates of planar shape, one upper (10) and transparent, the other lower (12), and at least one middle plate (14), interposed between the end plates (10, 12), said plates defining at least one cutout (14a) forming a housing intended to receive all or part of said assembly and closed by the lower plates (12) and upper (10), the lateral faces of these plates (110, 12, 14) defining the edge of the box, means for assembling the plates (10, 12, 14) on top of each other, and means for attaching a bracelet (38), characterized in that said assembly means comprise two members (28) arranged in opposition, and each comprising: a beam (30) adjoining said section, and two crosspieces (32, 34) each fixed to one end of the beam (30) and integral with the latter, and extending in abutment above the end plates (10, 12) to apply them against the middle plate (14). Boíte selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que lesdits moyens de fixation (38) sont montés sur l'une (34) desdites traverses de chacun des organes (28).Box according to claim 1, characterized in that said fixing means (38) are mounted on one (34) of said crosspieces of each of the members (28). Boíte selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que lesdits moyens de fixation sont formés d'au moins une protubérance destinée à être engagée dans une découpe du bracelet et s'étendant parallèlement à ladite poutre (30). Box according to claim 2, characterized in that said fixing means are formed of at least one protuberance intended to be engaged in a cutout of the bracelet and extending parallel to said beam (30). Boíte selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que l'une (34) desdites traverses est fixée à demeure à la poutre (30) dont elle est solidaire, formant ainsi une pièce en T.Box according to claim 1, characterized in that one (34) of said crosspieces is permanently fixed to the beam (30) to which it is integral, thus forming a T-piece. Boíte selon les revendications 4 et 5, caractérisée en ce que ladite protubérance est formée d'au moins deux goupilles (38) fixées à demeure à la traverse (34) de la pièce en T et qui s'étendent parallèlement à la poutre (30) jusqu'au voisinage de la deuxième traverse (32).Box according to claims 4 and 5, characterized in that said protuberance is formed of at least two pins (38) permanently fixed to the crosspiece (34) of the T-piece and which extend parallel to the beam (30 ) up to the vicinity of the second crosspiece (32). Boíte selon la revendication 5, caractérisée en ce que la deuxième traverse (32) est munie de creusures agencées pour recevoir les extrémités desdites goupilles (38).Box according to claim 5, characterized in that the second crosspiece (32) is provided with recesses arranged to receive the ends of said pins (38). Boíte selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la plaque inférieure (12) est munie d'une noyure (12a) pratiquée dans sa face attenante à la plaque médiane (14) et destinée à recevoir ledit mouvement (16), et un trou (12b) s'étendant de la noyure (12a) jusqu'à l'une des faces pour permettre l'engagement d'une tige de mise à l'heure (18).Box according to claim 1, characterized in that the lower plate (12) is provided with a recess (12a) formed in its face adjoining the median plate (14) and intended to receive said movement (16), and a hole (12b) extending from the recess (12a) to one of the faces to allow the engagement of a time-setting rod (18). Boíte selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les plaques extrêmes (10, 12) et les traverses (32, 34) comportent, les unes des protubérances, les autres des découpes disposées de manière à recevoir lesdites protubérances, et agencées de manière à empêcher un mouvement relatif des plaques en référence aux organes d'assemblage.Box according to claim 1, characterized in that the end plates (10, 12) and the crosspieces (32, 34) comprise, one of the protuberances, the other of the cutouts arranged so as to receive said protuberances, and arranged so as to prevent relative movement of the plates with reference to the assembly members. Boíte selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que des joints d'étanchéité (24, 26) sont interposés entre lesdites plaques (10, 12, 14), chacun logé dans une gorge pratiquée dans l'une des plaques.Box according to claim 1, characterized in that seals (24, 26) are interposed between said plates (10, 12, 14), each housed in a groove formed in one of the plates. Boíte selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que lesdites plaques (10, 12, 14) sont en matériau transparent.Box according to claim 1, characterized in that said plates (10, 12, 14) are made of transparent material.
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