EP1779743B1 - Bracelet-montre - Google Patents

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EP1779743B1
EP1779743B1 EP05708097A EP05708097A EP1779743B1 EP 1779743 B1 EP1779743 B1 EP 1779743B1 EP 05708097 A EP05708097 A EP 05708097A EP 05708097 A EP05708097 A EP 05708097A EP 1779743 B1 EP1779743 B1 EP 1779743B1
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Encarna Duran Vera
Alexander Friedrich Piltz
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    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G9/00—Visual time or date indication means
    • G04G9/02—Visual time or date indication means by selecting desired characters out of a number of characters or by selecting indicating elements the position of which represent the time, e.g. by using multiplexing techniques
    • G04G9/06—Visual time or date indication means by selecting desired characters out of a number of characters or by selecting indicating elements the position of which represent the time, e.g. by using multiplexing techniques using light valves, e.g. liquid crystals

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  • the object of the present invention consists of a bracelet for use indistinctly both in watchmaking and in jewellery.
  • Wrist watches are usually incorporated by a watch face coupled in some way to a bracelet the purpose of which is to be fastened around the wearer's wrist.
  • the watch face can be of the analogue type (that is, with indicator hands typically of hours, minutes and seconds) or the digital type (that is, with an alphanumeric display or viewer), with the corresponding pushbuttons and/or commands for setting the current time and date as well as other possible auxiliary functions.
  • the bracelet to which the face is coupled can be stiff or flexible, with or without buckles for its fastening on the wrist;
  • the stiff bracelets are preferably metallic whilst the flexible ones can be constituted by links connected to each other or by a single annular oval piece (or two / if they are fitted with a buckle) made of some flexible material such as leather or rubber.
  • the watch as a mechanical instrument has far surpassed its original mission of monitoring the passing of time, acquiring a new social function as a personal symbol and on many occasions is a mark of distinction of the individual wearing it, frequently becoming a piece of jewellery that allows the time to be read.
  • the present invention is an improvement on current designs by allowing the time to be expressed in a manner different to that conventionally encountered, opening a new field of possibilities for the development of new designs in jewellery, so that the final result thereof is notably removed from that which conceptually is considered a watch, thus enhancing the jewellery aspect.
  • the novel model object of the present specification consists of a bracelet, in principle stiff and in a single piece (although versions can be conceived that are flexible or articulated, in several pieces, with or without buckles) on the surface of which a minimum of twelve independent faces similar to those of a watch are distributed, each fitted with an indicator of minutes driven by means of an electronic mechanism of clockwork, and coordinated with each other by means of a single electronic control circuit.
  • Each of the twelve faces is related to and linked to a specific hour of the twelve hours that form a half-day.
  • Each face incorporates some type of indicator that allows the user to know what the hour is that said face represents.
  • Each hour face in principle has one single minute hand, although optionally it could also have a second hand; this minute hand will serve to mark the passing minutes during the interval corresponding to that specific hour.
  • This minute hand can be replaced by an alphanumeric screen for displaying said minutes.
  • the bracelet watch object of this specification also has the means necessary to carry out the setting of the current time.
  • the operation of the bracelet watch is very simple and ingenious and it can be considered divided into two phases: that of setting the current time and that of normal operation.
  • the normal operation consists of the synchronized and alternate activation of the minute hands of each of the twelve faces, in such a way that during the time that the face corresponding to the current hour is active, its minute hand completes a full rotation in the course of one hour and as soon as it reaches the 12 o'clock position (which would indicate the end of one hour and the beginning of the next), the following face would be activated immediately starting its minute hand, and so forth.
  • the novel invention has twelve independent minute hands but coordinated with each other in such a way that always only one of the twelve, that corresponding to the hour in course, is in movement marking the minutes corresponding to said hour, whilst the other eleven minute hands remain at rest and in the 12 o'clock position, until their turn arrives. Therefore, to read the time, one need only locate the active face with which we will know the hour, and the position of its hand, with which we will know the minute.
  • the device object of this invention has at least one pushbutton which once activated, accelerates the normal operation of the bracelet watch extraordinarily, the twelve minute hands of the twelve faces carrying out a complete rotation in record time, allowing the user to quickly take control of the watch face corresponding to the current hour and to set its corresponding minute hand to the current minute, after which it would continue with the normal operation described in the previous paragraphs.
  • the synchronization of the twelve faces is carried out through control electronics which govern the twelve machines of the faces. This operation can be performed in two different ways:
  • the bracelet watch can have other controls such as on, off, erase, etc.
  • the example shown corresponds to a bracelet with rectangular faces and with the minutes marked by a hand.
  • figure 1 corresponds to a view in perspective of the invention.
  • Figure 2 corresponds to an operating diagram of the invention according to a system of governing the faces by power supply.
  • the object of the present specification consists of a bracelet-watch which is formed by a ring-shaped chassis (1), on the surface of which are mounted twelve watch faces (2), located equidistantly from each other.
  • Each face incorporates a reference (3), in the example Roman numerals, which relates the face to a certain hour, as well as a single minute hand (4) which performs a rotation every 60 minutes driven by clockwork machinery which includes a stepping motor (5) and a pulse generator (6).
  • the bracelet (1) incorporates a supervisor circuit (7) which counts in an unequivocal manner the pulses generated by the pulse generator (6) of each clockwork machinery, and on reaching those necessary to complete its rotation, carries out the switching of power to the following clockwork machinery.

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Claims (7)

  1. "Bracelet-montre" du type qui, consistant en grande partie d'un élément de bijouterie, incorpore des moyens permettant de déterminer l'heure, constitués essentiellement d'un corps ou d'une monture (1) de forme annulaire ou tubulaire, sur la surface extérieure duquel sont distribués un minimum de douze cadrans indépendants (2) à fonctionnement alternatif pendant des périodes d'une heure, dotées chacune d'une aiguille des minutes (4) commandée par un mécanisme électronique d'horlogerie ; et coordonnées l'une avec l'autre au moyen d'un circuit de surveillance unique (7) de commande électronique, de manière qu'il n'y ait toujours que l'un parmi les 12 cadrans (2) qui soit en fonctionnement avec son aiguille des minutes (4) marquant les minutes correspondant à ladite heure, pendant que les aiguilles des minutes (4) de chacun des onze autres cadrans (2) restent au repos jusqu'à ce que ce soit leur tour d'être activées.
  2. "Bracelet-montre" selon la revendication précédente, caractérisé en ce que chacun des cadrans (2) fait référence à une heure et y est associé grâce à un type d'indicateur ou de référence permettant à l'utilisateur de savoir l'heure que ledit cadran (2) représente.
  3. "Bracelet-montre" selon des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que chaque cadran d'heure (2) présente essentiellement une aiguille des minutes (4) entraînée par un mécanisme électronique d'horlogerie.
  4. "Bracelet-montre" selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que chaque cadran (2) peut incorporer, en plus de l'aiguille des minutes (4), une aiguille des secondes.
  5. "Bracelet-montre" selon les revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que chaque cadran d'heure présente un écran alphanumérique piloté par un mécanisme électronique d'horlogerie.
  6. "Bracelet-montre" selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que tous les mécanismes d'horlogerie sont alimentés par la même alimentation de puissance, la puissance leur étant fournie à travers le circuit de surveillance (7) qui compte les impulsions générées par le générateur d'impulsions (6) de chaque mécanisme, et après avoir atteint le nombre nécessaire pour terminer sa rotation, il effectue le basculement de l'alimentation au mécanisme d'horlogerie suivant.
  7. "Bracelet-montre" selon les revendications 1, 2, 3, et 4, caractérisé en ce que le circuit de surveillance comprend un générateur d'impulsions unique dont les impulsions sont distribuées et appliquées à chacun des mécanismes d'horlogerie qui sont démunis d'un générateur d'impulsions indépendant (6), ladite distribution étant effectuée d'une façon alternée et par blocs d'une heure.
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PCT/ES2005/000085 WO2006027393A1 (fr) 2004-08-03 2005-02-24 Bracelet-montre

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FR2326729A1 (fr) * 1975-09-30 1977-04-29 Le Gal Albert Montre etanche d'un type nouveau
DE29714637U1 (de) * 1997-06-16 1998-02-26 Timehouse Handelsgesellschaft Uhren
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DE602005017795D1 (de) 2009-12-31
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