EP2115537B1 - Timepiece comprising a mechanism for driving a device displaying a time-related value - Google Patents

Timepiece comprising a mechanism for driving a device displaying a time-related value Download PDF

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EP2115537B1
EP2115537B1 EP08708291A EP08708291A EP2115537B1 EP 2115537 B1 EP2115537 B1 EP 2115537B1 EP 08708291 A EP08708291 A EP 08708291A EP 08708291 A EP08708291 A EP 08708291A EP 2115537 B1 EP2115537 B1 EP 2115537B1
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Olivier Mahler
Alphonse Bron
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    • G04B19/243—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars characterised by the shape of the date indicator
    • G04B19/247—Clocks or watches with date or week-day indicators, i.e. calendar clocks or watches; Clockwork calendars characterised by the shape of the date indicator disc-shaped
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  • the present invention relates to a mechanism for adjusting a device of a time magnitude. More specifically, the present invention relates to an adjustment mechanism for ensuring that a display device of a time value such as a date display device will increment as close as possible to the midnight neighborhood. .
  • Timepieces which, in addition to the current time, are capable of providing at least two time-related indications such as the date and the day are already known in the state of the art.
  • An example of such a type of timepiece is shown in connection with the figures 1 and 2 appended to the present patent application and which respectively correspond to a plan view of the dial of the timepiece and a plan view of the display mechanism of the temporal quantities.
  • the timepiece comprises in its center a spindle switch formed by an hour hand 5a, a minute hand 5b and a second hand 5c which move over a circular dial 7.
  • the spindle mechanism has already been described in the European patent application EP 1544691 on behalf of the applicant and will not be described further here.
  • the timepiece whose mechanism for displaying temporal quantities is represented in plan at the figure 2 is a spindle watch comprising a 24-hour retrograde display corresponding to the local time of the place where the wearer of the watch usually resides and a 12-hour display corresponding to the time of the spindle of the place where the wearer of the watch is temporarily staying.
  • the display of the watch is completed by a small seconds indication 15.
  • the mechanism for displaying temporal quantities comprises in particular at its center a reference 1 which is integral with a wheel hours 1 a.
  • the reference 1 rotates in a clockwise direction and performs a complete revolution in twelve hours.
  • This reference 1 meshes with a date drive wheel 2 which rotates counterclockwise at the rate of one turn in twenty-four hours.
  • This driving wheel of date 2 carries a finger 4 by which it drives at a rate of one step per day a date wheel 6 which is indexed by a jumper 8 and which carries a cam 10.
  • the cam 10 has an abrupt flank 12 which marks the passage between the date of the last day of a given month and the date of the first day of the following month, in other words between the date "31" and the date "1".
  • the mechanism for displaying temporal quantities is completed by a control lever 14 provided at one of its ends with an arm 16 by which it bears against the cam 10 during normal operation, and comprising at its other end a rake 18 by which it meshes with a date display wheel 20 which carries the date indicator 9a (not visible on the figure 2 ).
  • the control rocker 14 is pivoted at 22 while a second rocker said return rocker 24 is rotated at 26.
  • This rocker 24 has a structure similar to that of the control lever 14 including including a rake 28 by which it meshes with the date display wheel 20.
  • the return lever 24 is constrained by a spring element 30 which tends to rotate it clockwise. In turn, the return lever 24 thus tends to turn the control lever 14 clockwise and to hold its arm 16 against the profile of the cam 10.
  • the spring element 30 comes from material with the return lever 24 and bears against a stop 32 for its pre-arming. To achieve this result, one can achieve this latch for example by a photoengraving technique LIGA. However, it goes without saying that the spring element 30 could be made in the form of a separate part of the return lever 24.
  • the time display mechanism shown in FIG. figure 2 comprises a day display device which, for the most part, has the same structure as the date display device. More specifically, this day display mechanism comprises a driving wheel of days 2a which rotates counterclockwise by being driven by the return 1.
  • This drive wheel 2a days carries a finger 4a by which it drives at a rate of not by day a wheel of days 6a which has fourteen teeth and thus performs a full turn in fourteen days.
  • the day wheel 6a carries a cam 10a which has a double cam profile with two steep sides 12a 1 and 12a 2 which are symmetrical with respect to the geometric center of said cam 10a.
  • Each of the two steep sides 12a 1 and 12a 2 of the cam 10a marks the passage of the indicator of the days of the last day of a week to the first day of the following week, namely from Sunday to Monday. It will be noted that the wheel of the days 6a is indexed by a jumper 8a.
  • the day display device is completed by a control lever 14a which by its arm 16a bears against the profile of the cam 10a and which meshes with its rake 18a with a display wheel 20a days.
  • a biasing latch 24a constrained by a spring 30a and which, at one of its ends, comprises a rake 28a by which it meshes with the display wheel 20a days.
  • the watch also includes a 24 hour local time display. Therefore, when correcting the position of the hour and minute hands, you must also be able to correct the 24 hour indication.
  • the 24-hour display device comprises a gear 34 driven by the movement of the watch and which meshes with a 24 hour wheel 6b which carries a cam 10b. In one place of its profile, this cam 10b has an abrupt flank 12b which marks the passage between the twenty-fourth hour of a day and the first hour of the following day.
  • a control lever 14b is not resting its arm 16b against the profile of the cam 10b and meshes with a display wheel 24 hours 20b via its rake 18b.
  • a return latch 24b constrained by a spring member 30b meshes with its rake 28b with the display wheel 24 hours 20b.
  • a watch provided with a single device for indicating a temporal magnitude such as a watch which only has a switch for displaying the current time and a date indicator hand does not pose any particular problem. Indeed, the precision of the jump from the date indication of a date to the next day around midnight is ensured by the precision with which the date indicator needle is driven on its axis.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome this problem by providing a mechanism for precisely adjusting the instant of the jump of a display device of a time value in a timepiece.
  • the present invention relates to a timepiece according to claim 1 attached to this patent.
  • a timepiece in which the jumps of information provided by the first and second display devices can be synchronized very precisely to occur almost simultaneously.
  • the first display device of a quantity related to the time is synchronized with the display of the current time so that the displayed quantity is incremented by one. not at the passage of a certain time, typically midnight.
  • the second display device one can adjust the position of the finger relative to the position of the driving wheel which is determined by the position of the kinematic chain which connects the driving wheel movement by moving the finger relative to the board of the driving wheel, which is made possible by their friction coupling. In doing so, the position of the finger is also modified relative to the display device that it drives, which makes it possible to precisely adjust the moment when the displayed quantity will increment.
  • the finger is secured to a spring by a first pin around which it can pivot, the pivoting angle of said finger being limited by a second pin which it is integral and which is engaged in a light made in the board of the driving wheel, the spring holding the finger in a position in which it is engaged with the teeth of a driven wheel of the display device for driving the wheel clockwise or counterclockwise, the spring being mounted frictionally on the drive wheel to be able to catch any play, an opening being made for this purpose in the board of the drive wheel to be able to engage a tool for moving said spring relative to the board of the drive wheel.
  • a first display device may be a date display device
  • a second display device may be a day display device
  • a third display device may be a display device. 24-hour display, the timepiece comprising any combination of at least two of these display devices.
  • the display devices each comprise a pointer indicator.
  • a timepiece capable of displaying at least two temporal quantities in addition to the current time, the display of these temporal quantities being linked to that of the current time and to be modified simultaneously at the same time. passage of a specific time, typically midnight.
  • the display devices of a time scale may be a date display device, a day display device, a 24-hour display device or the like.
  • the accuracy with which the time value, for example the date, displayed by the first display device is incremented by one step at midnight is only a function of the precision with which the date indicator hand is driven on its axis.
  • the instant when the time value, for example the day, displayed by the second display device is incremented by one step at midnight is determined by the position of the driving wheel of the display device of the day.
  • the drive mechanism described herein comprises a driving wheel which is driven by the work train of the timepiece and which itself drives a display device of a time magnitude via a finger mounted to friction on the driving wheel. Due to the fact that the finger is frictionally mounted on the driving wheel, its position relative to the latter can be modified, and therefore the moment when this finger will actuate the display device of the time size can be adjusted. It is therefore possible, by precise driving of the indicator pointer of the first display device and adjustment of the relative position of the driving wheel and the finger driving the second display device, to ensure that the indications provided by the two display devices will be incremented at the desired time simultaneously or almost simultaneously.
  • this mechanism comprises a date driving wheel 2 which is driven by the hour wheel 1a of the movement of the timepiece via the reference 1 and which in turn drives via the finger 4 the date wheel 6 of the date display device.
  • the finger 4 is carried by the driving wheel 2.
  • the finger 4 has an oblong opening 38 through which it is engaged on a hub 40 of said driving wheel 2.
  • a spring 42 holds the finger 4 in a position in which this finger 4 is engaged with the toothing of the date wheel 6 to drive it in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction.
  • the spring 42 is disposed between the board 5 of the driving wheel 2 and the finger 4.
  • the spring 42 has a circular opening 44 having two diametrically opposite lugs 46a and 46b by which it is engaged to friction on the hub 40 of said driving wheel 2. Note that in normal operating mode, the spring 42 is stationary relative to the driving wheel 2.
  • the friction fitting of said spring 42 on said driving wheel 2, enabled by the presence of two ears 46a and 46b, is provided to allow fine adjustment of the drive mechanism 36 according to the invention as described below.
  • the finger 4 is coupled with the spring 42 by means of a pin 48.
  • This pin 48 is driven into the finger 4 but is free to pivot in an opening in the spring 42 in which it is engaged.
  • This pin 48 is the pivot point of the finger 4.
  • a second pin 50 also driven into the finger 4 and which is engaged in an oblong opening 52 formed in the driving wheel 2 in which the pin 50 is free to move .
  • the pin 50 is positioned in a recess 54 provided towards the free end 56a of a substantially circular elastic arm 56 of the spring 4.
  • the finger 4 must be rigid. By this is meant that the finger 4 must be able to drive the date wheel 6 clockwise as counterclockwise without arming itself in the manner of an instantaneous or semi-instantaneous spring mechanism.
  • the normal operating conditions are the periods in which the return 1 drives the driving wheel 2 either because 1 is driven by the movement of the timepiece clockwise, either because this reference 1 is driven clockwise or counterclockwise by actuating a winding stem for a time setting for example. In other words, in normal operating mode, the reference 1 rotates and drives the driving wheel 2 which itself drives the date wheel 6.
  • the spring 42 is mounted almost permanently on the hub 40 of the driving wheel 2 so that only a tool 58 engaged in an opening 60 formed in said driving wheel 2 at a notch 62 of the spring 42, allows to slightly move said spring 42 relative to said hub 40 by a few degrees in the clockwise or counterclockwise to catch any games and synchronize the date jump with the day jump.
  • the mechanism is then advanced until the rake of the display device, which, if any, is not equipped with the device according to the invention, is ready to fall along the steep side of the cam, then we adjust the position of the finger of the other display device so that the corresponding rake is also ready to fall along the steep profile of the cam against which it is supported.
  • both display devices of a temporal size are both equipped with a finger mounted friction, just observe which of the two rakes falls first and then adjust the position of the finger of the other display device so that the corresponding rake falls at the same time or almost as the other rake. Finally, it is sufficient to drive the indicator hands on their respective axes.
  • the finger 64 is mounted directly to friction on the hub 40 of the driving wheel 2 via an opening 66. It is thus possible to dispense with the spring 42, which substantially simplifies the construction of the mechanism and therefore allows to save money in terms of cost.
  • the finger 64 must, however, be slightly modified in order to have a recess 68 in which the tool 58 can be engaged in order to allow the fitter to slightly rotate the finger 64 by a few degrees in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction and thus to ensure a almost perfect synchronism of jumps of indicators of a temporal magnitude.

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The watch has a drive mechanism (50) with a finger (54) to driving a calendar date display device forward and backward when the drive mechanism is driven by a correction element. The finger is moved aside when the device is acted via another correction element and fixed to a spring (60) by a pin. The spring holds the finger in a position that is engaged in a toothing of a driven wheel of the device to drive the wheel in a clockwise or anti-clockwise direction. The spring allows the finger to free the spring from the toothing when the device is corrected by one of elements.

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La présente invention concerne un mécanisme de réglage d'un dispositif d'une grandeur temporelle. Plus précisément, la présente invention concerne un mécanisme de réglage permettant de s'assurer qu'un dispositif d'affichage d'une grandeur temporelle tel qu'un dispositif d'affichage de quantième va s'incrémenter aussi près que possible au voisinage de minuit.The present invention relates to a mechanism for adjusting a device of a time magnitude. More specifically, the present invention relates to an adjustment mechanism for ensuring that a display device of a time value such as a date display device will increment as close as possible to the midnight neighborhood. .

Des pièces d'horlogeries qui, outre l'heure courante, sont capables de fournir au moins deux indications liées au temps telles que le quantième et le jour sont déjà connues dans l'état de la technique. Un exemple d'un tel type de pièce d'horlogerie est représenté en liaison avec les figures 1 et 2 annexées à la présente demande de brevet et qui correspondent respectivement à une vue en plan du cadran de la pièce d'horlogerie et à une vue en plan du mécanisme d'affichage des grandeurs temporelles.Timepieces which, in addition to the current time, are capable of providing at least two time-related indications such as the date and the day are already known in the state of the art. An example of such a type of timepiece is shown in connection with the figures 1 and 2 appended to the present patent application and which respectively correspond to a plan view of the dial of the timepiece and a plan view of the display mechanism of the temporal quantities.

Désignée dans son ensemble par la référence numérique générale 3, la pièce d'horlogerie comprend en son centre un aiguillage de fuseau formé par une aiguille des heures 5a, une aiguille des minutes 5b et une aiguilles des secondes 5c qui se déplacent au-dessus d'un cadran circulaire 7. Le mécanisme de fuseau a déjà été décrit dans la demande de brevet européen EP 1544691 au nom de la requérante et ne sera donc pas décrit davantage ici.Designated as a whole by the general reference numeral 3, the timepiece comprises in its center a spindle switch formed by an hour hand 5a, a minute hand 5b and a second hand 5c which move over a circular dial 7. The spindle mechanism has already been described in the European patent application EP 1544691 on behalf of the applicant and will not be described further here.

La pièce d'horlogerie dont le mécanisme d'affichage de grandeurs temporelles est représenté en plan à la figure 2 est une montre à fuseau comprenant un affichage rétrograde 24 heures correspondant à l'heure locale du lieu où le porteur de la montre réside habituellement et un affichage 12 heures correspondant à l'heure du fuseau du lieu où le porteur de la montre séjourne temporairement.The timepiece whose mechanism for displaying temporal quantities is represented in plan at the figure 2 is a spindle watch comprising a 24-hour retrograde display corresponding to the local time of the place where the wearer of the watch usually resides and a 12-hour display corresponding to the time of the spindle of the place where the wearer of the watch is temporarily staying.

La montre 3 est complétée par :

  • un affichage rétrograde de quantième formé par une aiguille 9a qui se déplace devant une graduation 9b en arc de cercle qui s'étend entre le "1" et le "31" ;
  • un affichage rétrograde du jour formé par une aiguille qui se déplace le long d'une graduation 11 b repérée du "lundi" au "dimanche" ;
  • un affichage rétrograde 24 heures formé par une aiguille 13a qui se déplace le long d'une graduation 13b en arc de cercle qui s'étend entre "0" et "24".
Watch 3 is completed by:
  • a retrograde date display formed by a needle 9a which moves in front of a graduation 9b in an arc extending between the "1" and the "31";
  • a retrograde display of the day formed by a needle which moves along a graduation 11b marked "Monday" to "Sunday";
  • a 24-hour retrograde display formed by a needle 13a which moves along a graduation 13b in an arc extending between "0" and "24".

L'affichage de la montre est complété par une indication de petite seconde 15.The display of the watch is completed by a small seconds indication 15.

Comme on le voit à la figure 2, le mécanisme d'affichage de grandeurs temporelles comprend notamment en son centre un renvoi 1 qui est solidaire d'une roue des heures 1 a. Autrement dit, le renvoi 1 tourne dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre et effectue un tour complet en douze heures. Ce renvoi 1 engrène avec une roue entraîneuse de quantième 2 qui tourne dans le sens antihoraire à raison d'un tour en vingt-quatre heures. Cette roue entraîneuse de quantième 2 porte un doigt 4 par lequel elle entraîne à raison d'un pas par jour une roue de quantième 6 qui est indexée par un sautoir 8 et qui porte une came 10. En un endroit de son profil, la came 10 présente un flanc abrupt 12 qui marque le passage entre le quantième du dernier jour d'un mois donné et le quantième du premier jour du mois suivant, autrement dit entre le quantième "31 " et le quantième "1".As we see in figure 2 , the mechanism for displaying temporal quantities comprises in particular at its center a reference 1 which is integral with a wheel hours 1 a. In other words, the reference 1 rotates in a clockwise direction and performs a complete revolution in twelve hours. This reference 1 meshes with a date drive wheel 2 which rotates counterclockwise at the rate of one turn in twenty-four hours. This driving wheel of date 2 carries a finger 4 by which it drives at a rate of one step per day a date wheel 6 which is indexed by a jumper 8 and which carries a cam 10. At one point of its profile, the cam 10 has an abrupt flank 12 which marks the passage between the date of the last day of a given month and the date of the first day of the following month, in other words between the date "31" and the date "1".

Le mécanisme d'affichage de grandeurs temporelles est complété par une bascule de commande 14 pourvue à l'une de ses extrémités d'un bras 16 par lequel elle est en appui contre la came 10 en période de fonctionnement normal, et comprenant à son autre extrémité un râteau 18 par lequel elle engrène avec une roue d'affichage de quantième 20 qui porte l'indicateur de quantième 9a (non visible sur la figure 2). La bascule de commande 14 est pivotée en 22 tandis qu'une seconde bascule dite bascule de rappel 24 est pivotée en 26. Cette bascule de rappel 24 présente une structure similaire à celle de la bascule de commande 14 en comprenant notamment un râteau 28 par lequel elle engrène avec la roue d'affichage de quantième 20. Comme on peut le voir à l'examen de la figure 2, la bascule de rappel 24 est contrainte par un élément ressort 30 qui tend à la faire tourner dans le sens horaire. A son tour, la bascule de rappel 24 tend donc à faire tourner la bascule de commande de 14 dans le sens horaire et à maintenir son bras 16 en appui contre le profil de la came 10.The mechanism for displaying temporal quantities is completed by a control lever 14 provided at one of its ends with an arm 16 by which it bears against the cam 10 during normal operation, and comprising at its other end a rake 18 by which it meshes with a date display wheel 20 which carries the date indicator 9a (not visible on the figure 2 ). The control rocker 14 is pivoted at 22 while a second rocker said return rocker 24 is rotated at 26. This rocker 24 has a structure similar to that of the control lever 14 including including a rake 28 by which it meshes with the date display wheel 20. As can be seen in the examination of the figure 2 , the return lever 24 is constrained by a spring element 30 which tends to rotate it clockwise. In turn, the return lever 24 thus tends to turn the control lever 14 clockwise and to hold its arm 16 against the profile of the cam 10.

Comme on peut le voir à l'examen du dessin, dans l'exemple représenté l'élément ressort 30 vient de matière avec la bascule de rappel 24 et est en appui contre une butée 32 pour son pré-armage. Pour atteindre ce résultat, on peut réaliser cette bascule par exemple par une technique de photogravure LIGA. Il va néanmoins de soi que l'élément ressort 30 pourrait être réalisé sous la forme d'une pièce séparée de la bascule de rappel 24.As can be seen from the drawing, in the example shown the spring element 30 comes from material with the return lever 24 and bears against a stop 32 for its pre-arming. To achieve this result, one can achieve this latch for example by a photoengraving technique LIGA. However, it goes without saying that the spring element 30 could be made in the form of a separate part of the return lever 24.

En plus du dispositif d'affichage de quantième, le mécanisme d'affichage de grandeurs temporelles représenté à la figure 2 comprend un dispositif d'affichage des jours qui, pour l'essentiel, présente la même structure que le dispositif d'affichage de quantième. Plus précisément, ce mécanisme d'affichage des jours comprend une roue entraîneuse de jours 2a qui tourne dans le sens antihoraire en étant entraînée par le renvoi 1. Cette roue entraîneuse de jours 2a porte un doigt 4a par lequel elle entraîne à raison d'un pas par jour une roue des jours 6a qui comporte quatorze dents et qui effectue donc un tour complet en quatorze jours. A cet effet, la roue des jours 6a porte une came 10a qui présente un profil de came double avec deux flancs abrupts 12a1 et 12a2 qui sont symétriques par rapport au centre géométrique de ladite came 10a. Chacun des deux flancs abrupts 12a1 et 12a2 de la came 10a marque le passage de l'indicateur des jours du dernier jour d'une semaine au premier jour de la semaine suivante, à savoir du dimanche au lundi. On notera que la roue des jours 6a est indexée par un sautoir 8a.In addition to the date display device, the time display mechanism shown in FIG. figure 2 comprises a day display device which, for the most part, has the same structure as the date display device. More specifically, this day display mechanism comprises a driving wheel of days 2a which rotates counterclockwise by being driven by the return 1. This drive wheel 2a days carries a finger 4a by which it drives at a rate of not by day a wheel of days 6a which has fourteen teeth and thus performs a full turn in fourteen days. For this purpose, the day wheel 6a carries a cam 10a which has a double cam profile with two steep sides 12a 1 and 12a 2 which are symmetrical with respect to the geometric center of said cam 10a. Each of the two steep sides 12a 1 and 12a 2 of the cam 10a marks the passage of the indicator of the days of the last day of a week to the first day of the following week, namely from Sunday to Monday. It will be noted that the wheel of the days 6a is indexed by a jumper 8a.

Le dispositif d'affichage des jours est complété par une bascule de commande 14a qui par son bras 16a est en appui contre le profil de la came 10a et qui engrène par son râteau 18a avec une roue d'affichage des jours 20a. Il est également prévu une bascule de rappel 24a contrainte par un ressort 30a et qui, à l'une de ses extrémités, comprend un râteau 28a par lequel elle engrène avec la roue d'affichage des jours 20a.The day display device is completed by a control lever 14a which by its arm 16a bears against the profile of the cam 10a and which meshes with its rake 18a with a display wheel 20a days. There is also provided a biasing latch 24a constrained by a spring 30a and which, at one of its ends, comprises a rake 28a by which it meshes with the display wheel 20a days.

On a déjà précisé ci-dessus que la montre comprenait également un affichage 24 heures de l'heure locale. Par conséquent, lorsqu'on corrige la position des aiguilles des heures et des minutes, il faut également pouvoir corriger l'indication 24 heures. A cet effet, le dispositif d'affichage 24 heures comprend un renvoi 34 entraîné par le mouvement de la montre et qui engrène avec une roue 24 heures 6b qui porte une came 10b. En un endroit de son profil, cette came 10b présente un flanc abrupt 12b qui marque le passage entre la vingt-quatrième heure d'une journée et la première heure de la journée suivante. Une bascule de commande 14b est en appui pas son bras 16b contre le profil de la came 10b et engrène avec une roue d'affichage 24 heures 20b via son râteau 18b. De même, une bascule de rappel 24b contrainte par un élément ressort 30b engrène par son râteau 28b avec la roue d'affichage 24 heures 20b.It has already been stated above that the watch also includes a 24 hour local time display. Therefore, when correcting the position of the hour and minute hands, you must also be able to correct the 24 hour indication. For this purpose, the 24-hour display device comprises a gear 34 driven by the movement of the watch and which meshes with a 24 hour wheel 6b which carries a cam 10b. In one place of its profile, this cam 10b has an abrupt flank 12b which marks the passage between the twenty-fourth hour of a day and the first hour of the following day. A control lever 14b is not resting its arm 16b against the profile of the cam 10b and meshes with a display wheel 24 hours 20b via its rake 18b. Similarly, a return latch 24b constrained by a spring member 30b meshes with its rake 28b with the display wheel 24 hours 20b.

Une montre munie d'un seul dispositif d'indication d'une grandeur temporelle telle qu'une montre qui possède uniquement un aiguillage d'affichage de l'heure courante et une aiguille indicatrice de quantième ne pose pas de problème particulier. En effet, la précision du saut de l'indication de quantième d'un quantième au quantième suivant aux alentours de minuit est assurée par la précision avec laquelle l'aiguille indicatrice de quantième est chassée sur son axe.A watch provided with a single device for indicating a temporal magnitude such as a watch which only has a switch for displaying the current time and a date indicator hand does not pose any particular problem. Indeed, the precision of the jump from the date indication of a date to the next day around midnight is ensured by the precision with which the date indicator needle is driven on its axis.

Il n'en est pas de même avec une montre qui comprend, par exemple, un affichage 24 heures et un dispositif d'affichage du quantième à aiguille. En effet, dans ce cas, au moment du montage, il faut s'assurer que le bras 16b de la bascule de commande 14b est bien tombé le long du flanc abrupt 12b de la came 10b. Cette position du bras 16b de la bascule de commande 14b correspond précisément à minuit. S'étant assuré que le bras 16b est bien tombé le long du flanc 12b de la came 10b, on peut alors chasser l'aiguille indicatrice de l'affichage 24 heures avec précision. Ensuite, la roue entraîneuse de quantième 2 étant déjà montée, on monte la roue de centre 1 a et son renvoi 1. Comme la liaison cinématique entre la roue de centre 1 a et le renvoi 34 d'une part, et entre la roue de centre 1 a et la roue entraîneuse de quantième 2 n'est pas la même, il peut y avoir un décalage d'une ou plusieurs dents entre le renvoi 1 et la roue entraîneuse de quantième 2. Un tel décalage entre les dentures du renvoi 1 et de la planche 5 de la roue entraîneuse de quantième 2 a pour conséquence que l'on peut observer un écart temporel pouvant atteindre 15 à 20 minutes entre le saut à minuit de l'affichage 24 heures et celui du dispositif d'affichage de quantième.This is not the case with a watch which includes, for example, a 24-hour display and a date display device with a needle. Indeed, in this case, at the time of assembly, it must be ensured that the arm 16b of the control lever 14b has fallen well along the steep side 12b of the cam 10b. This position of the arm 16b of the control lever 14b corresponds precisely to midnight. Having ensured that the arm 16b has fallen well along the side 12b of the cam 10b, it is then possible to drive the indicator hand from the display 24 hours accurately. Then, the driving wheel of date 2 being already assembled, we go up the center wheel 1a and its return 1. As the kinematic connection between the center wheel 1a and the reference 34 on the one hand, and between the center wheel 1a and the date drive wheel 2 is not the same, there may be a shift of one or more teeth between the reference 1 and the drive wheel of date 2. Such an offset between the teeth of the reference 1 and the board 5 of the drive wheel of date 2 has for As a result, a time difference of up to 15 to 20 minutes can be observed between the jump at midnight of the 24-hour display and that of the date display device.

Le même problème se pose avec une montre comprenant deux dispositifs d'affichage d'une grandeur temporelle tels que l'indication du quantième et l'indication du jour. Lorsque le bras 16 de la bascule de commande 14 est tombé le long du flanc abrupt 12 de la came 10, on sait qu'il est minuit. On peut alors chasser avec précision l'aiguillage d'affichage de l'heure courante et l'aiguille indicatrice de quantième. Mais comme les liaisons cinématiques entre le renvoi 1 et la roue entraîneuse de quantième 2 d'une part, et entre le renvoi 1 et la roue entraîneuse de jour 2a d'autre part ne sont pas les mêmes, il peut y avoir un décalage de plusieurs minutes entre les sauts de l'aiguille indicatrice de quantième et de l'aiguille indicatrice des jours.The same problem arises with a watch comprising two display devices of a temporal magnitude such as the indication of the date and the indication of the day. When the arm 16 of the control lever 14 has fallen along the steep side 12 of the cam 10, it is known that it is midnight. We can then accurately chase the display switch of the current time and the date indicator hand. But as the kinematic links between the reference 1 and the date drive wheel 2 on the one hand, and between the reference 1 and the driving wheel 2a day on the other hand are not the same, there may be a shift of several minutes between the jumps of the date indicator hand and the indicator hand of the days.

On comprendra que de tels décalages entre les sauts des aiguilles indicatrices des différentes grandeurs temporelles ne sont pas appréciés par le porteur de la montre.It will be understood that such shifts between the jumps of the indicator hands of the different temporal quantities are not appreciated by the wearer of the watch.

Le document CH 524 853 et le document US 4,050,233 décrivent tous deux une pièce d'horlogerie selon le préambule de la revendication 1 annexée au présent brevet.The document CH 524 853 and the document US 4,050,233 both describe a timepiece according to the preamble of claim 1 attached to this patent.

La présente invention a pour but de remédier à ce problème en procurant un mécanisme permettant de régler avec précision l'instant du saut d'un dispositif d'affichage d'une grandeur temporelle dans une pièce d'horlogerie.The object of the present invention is to overcome this problem by providing a mechanism for precisely adjusting the instant of the jump of a display device of a time value in a timepiece.

A cet effet, la présente invention concerne une pièce d'horlogerie selon la revendication 1 annexée au présent brevet.For this purpose, the present invention relates to a timepiece according to claim 1 attached to this patent.

On décrit ici une pièce d'horlogerie dans laquelle les sauts des informations fournies par les premier et deuxième dispositifs d'affichage peuvent être synchronisés de manière très précise pour survenir de manière quasi-simultanée. En effet, lors du montage de la pièce d'horlogerie, le premier dispositif d'affichage d'une grandeur liée au temps est synchronisé avec l'affichage de l'heure courante de façon à ce que la grandeur affichée soit incrémentée d'un pas au passage d'une heure déterminée, typiquement minuit. Quand au second dispositif d'affichage, on peut régler la position du doigt relativement à la position de la roue entraîneuse qui est déterminée par la position de la chaîne cinématique qui relie cette roue entraîneuse au mouvement en déplaçant le doigt par rapport à la planche de la roue entraîneuse, ce qui est rendu possible grâce à leur accouplement par friction. Ce faisant, on modifie également la position du doigt relativement au dispositif d'affichage qu'il entraîne, ce qui permet d'ajuster de manière précise l'instant où la grandeur affichée va s'incrémenter.Here, a timepiece is described in which the jumps of information provided by the first and second display devices can be synchronized very precisely to occur almost simultaneously. Indeed, during the assembly of the timepiece, the first display device of a quantity related to the time is synchronized with the display of the current time so that the displayed quantity is incremented by one. not at the passage of a certain time, typically midnight. When the second display device, one can adjust the position of the finger relative to the position of the driving wheel which is determined by the position of the kinematic chain which connects the driving wheel movement by moving the finger relative to the board of the driving wheel, which is made possible by their friction coupling. In doing so, the position of the finger is also modified relative to the display device that it drives, which makes it possible to precisely adjust the moment when the displayed quantity will increment.

Selon l'invention, le doigt est rendu solidaire d'un ressort par une première goupille autour de laquelle il peut pivoter, l'angle de pivotement dudit doigt étant limité par une seconde goupille dont il est solidaire et qui est engagée dans une lumière pratiquée dans la planche de la roue entraîneuse, le ressort maintenant le doigt dans une position dans laquelle celui-ci est en prise avec la denture d'une roue menée du dispositif d'affichage pour entraîner cette roue dans le sens horaire ou antihoraire, le ressort étant monté à friction sur la roue entraîneuse pour pouvoir rattraper d'éventuels jeux, une ouverture étant pratiquée à cet effet dans la planche de la roue entraîneuse pour pouvoir engager un outil permettant de déplacer ledit ressort par rapport à la planche de la roue entraîneuse.According to the invention, the finger is secured to a spring by a first pin around which it can pivot, the pivoting angle of said finger being limited by a second pin which it is integral and which is engaged in a light made in the board of the driving wheel, the spring holding the finger in a position in which it is engaged with the teeth of a driven wheel of the display device for driving the wheel clockwise or counterclockwise, the spring being mounted frictionally on the drive wheel to be able to catch any play, an opening being made for this purpose in the board of the drive wheel to be able to engage a tool for moving said spring relative to the board of the drive wheel.

Selon une caractéristique complémentaire de l'invention, un premier dispositif d'affichage peut être un dispositif d'affichage de quantième, un deuxième dispositif d'affichage peut être un dispositif d'affichage du jour et un troisième dispositif d'affichage peut être un affichage 24 heures, la pièce d'horlogerie comprenant l'une quelconque des combinaisons d'au moins deux de ces dispositifs d'affichage.According to an additional characteristic of the invention, a first display device may be a date display device, a second display device may be a day display device and a third display device may be a display device. 24-hour display, the timepiece comprising any combination of at least two of these display devices.

Selon une autre caractéristique de l'invention, les dispositifs d'affichage comprennent chacun un indicateur à aiguille.According to another characteristic of the invention, the display devices each comprise a pointer indicator.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de la présente invention ressortiront plus clairement de la description détaillée qui suit d'un exemple de réalisation de la pièce d'horlogerie selon l'invention, cet exemple étant donné à titre purement illustratif et non limitatif seulement en liaison avec le dessin annexé sur lequel :

  • la figure 1, déjà citée, est une vue en plan du cadran de la pièce d'horlogerie selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 2, déjà citée, est une vue en plan du mécanisme d'affichage des grandeurs temporelles ;
  • la figure 3 est une vue en plan d'un mécanisme d'entraînement d'un dispositif d'affichage d'une grandeur liée au temps selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 4 est une vue en coupe du mécanisme de la figure 3, et
  • la figure 5 est une vue en plan d'un mode de réalisation simplifié de l'invention.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will emerge more clearly from the detailed description which follows of an exemplary embodiment of the timepiece according to the invention, this example being given for purely illustrative and nonlimiting purposes only in connection with the attached drawing in which:
  • the figure 1 , already mentioned, is a plan view of the dial of the timepiece according to the invention;
  • the figure 2 , already mentioned, is a plan view of the display mechanism of temporal magnitudes;
  • the figure 3 is a plan view of a drive mechanism of a display device of a time-related magnitude according to the invention;
  • the figure 4 is a sectional view of the mechanism of the figure 3 , and
  • the figure 5 is a plan view of a simplified embodiment of the invention.

Il est décrit ici une pièce d'horlogerie capable d'afficher au moins deux grandeurs temporelles en plus de l'heure courante, l'affichage de ces grandeurs temporelles étant lié à celui de l'heure courante et devant être modifié de manière simultanée au passage d'une heure déterminée, typiquement minuit. Les dispositifs d'affichage d'une grandeur temporelle peuvent être un dispositif d'affichage de quantième, un dispositif d'affichage du jour, un dispositif d'affichage 24 heures ou autre. La précision avec laquelle la grandeur temporelle, par exemple le quantième, affichée par le premier dispositif d'affichage est incrémentée d'un pas au passage par minuit, est seulement fonction de la précision avec laquelle l'aiguille indicatrice de quantième est chassée sur son axe. Par contre, l'instant où la grandeur temporelle, par exemple le jour, affichée par le second dispositif d'affichage est incrémentée d'un pas au passage à minuit est déterminé par la position de la roue entraîneuse du dispositif d'affichage du jour et donc par la position de la roue de centre. Jusqu'à présent, on ne disposait pas de moyen permettant de régler de manière fine le saut de l'aiguille indicatrice de jour, de sorte que l'on pouvait observer un décalage pouvant atteindre 15 à 20 minutes entre le moment où se produisait le saut de l'aiguille indicatrice de quantième et le moment où se produisait le saut de l'aiguille indicatrice de jour, ce qui n'était pas très satisfaisant pour le porteur de la montre. Le mécanisme d'entraînement que l'on décrit ici comprend une roue entraîneuse qui est entraînée par le rouage du mouvement de la pièce d'horlogerie et qui entraîne elle-même un dispositif d'affichage d'une grandeur temporelle via un doigt monté à friction sur la roue entraîneuse. Grâce au fait que le doigt est monté à friction sur la roue entraîneuse, sa position relativement à cette dernière peut être modifiée, et donc le moment où ce doigt va actionner le dispositif d'affichage de la grandeur temporelle peut être ajusté. On peut donc, moyennant un chassage précis de l'aiguille indicatrice du premier dispositif d'affichage et l'ajustement de la position relative de la roue entraîneuse et du doigt entraînant le second dispositif d'affichage, s'assurer que les indications fournies par les deux dispositifs d'affichage vont être incrémentées au moment désiré de manière simultanée ou quasi-simultanée.There is described here a timepiece capable of displaying at least two temporal quantities in addition to the current time, the display of these temporal quantities being linked to that of the current time and to be modified simultaneously at the same time. passage of a specific time, typically midnight. The display devices of a time scale may be a date display device, a day display device, a 24-hour display device or the like. The accuracy with which the time value, for example the date, displayed by the first display device is incremented by one step at midnight, is only a function of the precision with which the date indicator hand is driven on its axis. On the other hand, the instant when the time value, for example the day, displayed by the second display device is incremented by one step at midnight is determined by the position of the driving wheel of the display device of the day. and therefore by the position of the center wheel. Until now, there was no way to fine tune the pointer pointer by day, so that an offset of up to 15-20 minutes could be observed between the moment when the date indicator pointer jump occurred and the moment when the day indicator pointer jump occurred, which was not very satisfactory for the wearer of the watch. The drive mechanism described herein comprises a driving wheel which is driven by the work train of the timepiece and which itself drives a display device of a time magnitude via a finger mounted to friction on the driving wheel. Due to the fact that the finger is frictionally mounted on the driving wheel, its position relative to the latter can be modified, and therefore the moment when this finger will actuate the display device of the time size can be adjusted. It is therefore possible, by precise driving of the indicator pointer of the first display device and adjustment of the relative position of the driving wheel and the finger driving the second display device, to ensure that the indications provided by the two display devices will be incremented at the desired time simultaneously or almost simultaneously.

La présente invention va être décrite en liaison avec le dispositif d'affichage de quantième représenté en liaison avec les figures 1 et 2 décrites ci-dessus. Il va de soi que cet exemple est donné à titre purement illustratif seulement, et que la présente invention peut s'appliquer de manière identique au dispositif d'affichage du jour également représenté sur les figures 1 et 2 annexées à la présente demande de brevet. Plus généralement, la présente invention s'applique à tout type d'affichage d'une grandeur liée au temps comme encore l'indication du mois de l'année ou les phases de lune.The present invention will be described in connection with the date display device shown in connection with the figures 1 and 2 described above. It goes without saying that this example is given purely by way of illustration only, and that the present invention can be applied identically to the day display device also represented on the figures 1 and 2 annexed to this patent application. More generally, the present invention applies to any type of display of a quantity related to time as well as the indication of the month of the year or the moon phases.

Le mécanisme d'entraînement selon l'invention est représenté en plan et en coupe respectivement sur les figures 2 et 3 annexées à la présente demande de brevet. Désigné dans son ensemble par la référence numérique générale 36, ce mécanisme comprend une roue entraîneuse de quantième 2 qui est entraînée par la roue des heures 1 a du mouvement de la pièce d'horlogerie via le renvoi 1 et qui entraîne à son tour via le doigt 4 la roue de quantième 6 du dispositif d'affichage de quantième.The drive mechanism according to the invention is shown in plan and in section respectively on the figures 2 and 3 annexed to this patent application. Designated as a whole by the general reference numeral 36, this mechanism comprises a date driving wheel 2 which is driven by the hour wheel 1a of the movement of the timepiece via the reference 1 and which in turn drives via the finger 4 the date wheel 6 of the date display device.

Le doigt 4 est porté par la roue entraîneuse 2. A cet effet, le doigt 4 présente une ouverture oblongue 38 par laquelle il est engagé sur un moyeu 40 de ladite roue entraîneuse 2. Un ressort 42 maintient le doigt 4 dans une position dans laquelle ce doigt 4 est en prise avec la denture de la roue de quantième 6 pour entraîner celle-ci dans le sens horaire ou antihoraire.The finger 4 is carried by the driving wheel 2. For this purpose, the finger 4 has an oblong opening 38 through which it is engaged on a hub 40 of said driving wheel 2. A spring 42 holds the finger 4 in a position in which this finger 4 is engaged with the toothing of the date wheel 6 to drive it in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction.

Comme on peut le constater à l'examen des figures 3 et 4, le ressort 42 est disposé entre la planche 5 de la roue entraîneuse 2 et le doigt 4. A cet effet, le ressort 42 présente une ouverture circulaire 44 présentant deux oreilles 46a et 46b diamétralement opposées par laquelle il est engagé à friction sur le moyeu 40 de ladite roue entraîneuse 2. On notera qu'en régime de fonctionnement normal, le ressort 42 est immobile relativement à la roue entraîneuse 2. Le montage à friction dudit ressort 42 sur ladite roue entraîneuse 2, permis par la présence des deux oreilles 46a et 46b, est prévu pour permettre un réglage fin du mécanisme d'entraînement 36 selon l'invention comme décrit ci-dessous.As can be seen from the examination of Figures 3 and 4 , the spring 42 is disposed between the board 5 of the driving wheel 2 and the finger 4. For this purpose, the spring 42 has a circular opening 44 having two diametrically opposite lugs 46a and 46b by which it is engaged to friction on the hub 40 of said driving wheel 2. Note that in normal operating mode, the spring 42 is stationary relative to the driving wheel 2. The friction fitting of said spring 42 on said driving wheel 2, enabled by the presence of two ears 46a and 46b, is provided to allow fine adjustment of the drive mechanism 36 according to the invention as described below.

Le doigt 4 est couplé avec le ressort 42 au moyen d'une goupille 48. Cette goupille 48 est chassée dans le doigt 4 mais est libre de pivoter dans une ouverture pratiquée dans le ressort 42 dans laquelle elle est engagée. Cette goupille 48 constitue le point de pivotement du doigt 4. Il est prévu une seconde goupille 50 également chassée dans le doigt 4 et qui est engagée dans une ouverture oblongue 52 ménagée dans la roue entraîneuse 2 dans laquelle cette goupille 50 est libre de se déplacer. Comme on peut l'observer à l'examen de la figure 3, la goupille 50 est positionnée dans une échancrure 54 prévue vers l'extrémité libre 56a d'un bras élastique 56 de forme sensiblement circulaire du ressort 4.The finger 4 is coupled with the spring 42 by means of a pin 48. This pin 48 is driven into the finger 4 but is free to pivot in an opening in the spring 42 in which it is engaged. This pin 48 is the pivot point of the finger 4. There is provided a second pin 50 also driven into the finger 4 and which is engaged in an oblong opening 52 formed in the driving wheel 2 in which the pin 50 is free to move . As can be seen from the examination of figure 3 , the pin 50 is positioned in a recess 54 provided towards the free end 56a of a substantially circular elastic arm 56 of the spring 4.

En régime de fonctionnement normal tel qu'illustré à la figure 3 du mécanisme d'entraînement 36 selon la présente invention, le doigt 4 doit être rigide. On entend par là que le doigt 4 doit pouvoir entraîner la roue de quantième 6 en sens horaire comme antihoraire sans s'armer à la façon d'un mécanisme à ressort de type instantané ou semi-instantané. On rappelle également que par régime de fonctionnement normal, on entend les périodes où le renvoi 1 entraîne la roue entraîneuse 2 soit parce que ce renvoi 1 est entraîné par le mouvement de la pièce d'horlogerie en sens horaire, soit parce que ce renvoi 1 est entraîné en sens horaire ou antihoraire par actionnement d'une tige de remontoir pour une mise à l'heure par exemple. En d'autres termes, en régime de fonctionnement normal, le renvoi 1 tourne et entraîne la roue entraîneuse 2 qui elle-même entraîne la roue de quantième 6. Ceci est rendu possible par le fait que le ressort 42 exerce sur le doigt 4 un couple de retenue suffisant pour permettre audit doigt 4 de vaincre le léger couple exercé par la roue de quantième 6. De même, le doigt 4 est en butée par la partie semi-circulaire 38a de son ouverture oblongue 38 contre le moyeu 40 de la roue entraîneuse 2.Under normal operating conditions as illustrated in figure 3 of the drive mechanism 36 according to the present invention, the finger 4 must be rigid. By this is meant that the finger 4 must be able to drive the date wheel 6 clockwise as counterclockwise without arming itself in the manner of an instantaneous or semi-instantaneous spring mechanism. It should also be remembered that the normal operating conditions are the periods in which the return 1 drives the driving wheel 2 either because 1 is driven by the movement of the timepiece clockwise, either because this reference 1 is driven clockwise or counterclockwise by actuating a winding stem for a time setting for example. In other words, in normal operating mode, the reference 1 rotates and drives the driving wheel 2 which itself drives the date wheel 6. This is made possible by the fact that the spring 42 exerts on the finger 4 a sufficient retaining torque to allow said finger 4 to overcome the slight torque exerted by the date wheel 6. Similarly, the finger 4 is abutted by the semicircular portion 38a of its oblong opening 38 against the hub 40 of the wheel coach 2.

Comme déjà mentionné ci-dessus, le ressort 42 est monté de façon quasi-permanente sur le moyeu 40 de la roue entraîneuse 2 de sorte que, seul un outil 58 engagé dans une ouverture 60 pratiquée dans ladite roue entraîneuse 2 au niveau d'une échancrure 62 du ressort 42, permet de déplacer légèrement ledit ressort 42 par rapport audit moyeu 40 de quelques degrés dans le sens horaire ou antihoraire pour rattraper d'éventuels jeux et synchroniser le saut de quantième avec le saut de jour.As already mentioned above, the spring 42 is mounted almost permanently on the hub 40 of the driving wheel 2 so that only a tool 58 engaged in an opening 60 formed in said driving wheel 2 at a notch 62 of the spring 42, allows to slightly move said spring 42 relative to said hub 40 by a few degrees in the clockwise or counterclockwise to catch any games and synchronize the date jump with the day jump.

Il va de soi que la présente invention n'est pas limitée au mode de réalisation qui vient d'être décrit et que diverses modifications et variantes simples peuvent être envisagées par l'homme du métier sans sortir du cadre de l'invention tel que défini par les revendications annexées. On comprendra en particulier que, dans le cas d'une montre équipée d'un dispositif d'affichage de quantième du type décrit ci-dessus et d'un dispositif d'affichage supplémentaire par exemple du jour, si le mécanisme d'entraînement du dispositif d'affichage de quantième est réalisé conformément à l'invention, il n'est pas nécessaire de prévoir un mécanisme analogue pour l'entraînement du dispositif d'affichage du jour. En effet, on monte tout d'abord les roues entraîneuses, puis les roues qui portent les cames et enfin le renvoi au centre. On fait ensuite avancer le mécanisme jusqu'à temps que le râteau du dispositif d'affichage qui, le cas échéant, n'est pas équipé du dispositif selon l'invention, soit prêt à tomber le long du flanc abrupt de la came, puis on ajuste la position du doigt de l'autre dispositif d'affichage de façon que le râteau correspondant soit également prêt à tomber le long du profil abrupt de la came contre laquelle il est en appui. Dans le cas où les deux dispositifs d'affichage d'une grandeur temporelle sont tous deux équipés d'un doigt monté à friction, il suffit d'observer lequel des deux râteaux tombe en premier puis d'ajuster la position du doigt de l'autre dispositif d'affichage de façon que le râteau correspondant tombe en même temps ou presque que l'autre râteau. Pour finir, il suffit de chasser les aiguilles indicatrices sur leurs axes respectifs.It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment which has just been described and that various modifications and simple variants can be envisaged by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It will be understood in particular that, in the case of a watch equipped with a date display device of the type described above and an additional display device for example of the day, if the drive mechanism of the date display device is made according to the invention, it is not necessary to provide a similar mechanism for driving the display device of the day. In fact, the driving wheels are mounted first, then the wheels that carry the cams and finally the return to the center. The mechanism is then advanced until the rake of the display device, which, if any, is not equipped with the device according to the invention, is ready to fall along the steep side of the cam, then we adjust the position of the finger of the other display device so that the corresponding rake is also ready to fall along the steep profile of the cam against which it is supported. In the case where both display devices of a temporal size are both equipped with a finger mounted friction, just observe which of the two rakes falls first and then adjust the position of the finger of the other display device so that the corresponding rake falls at the same time or almost as the other rake. Finally, it is sufficient to drive the indicator hands on their respective axes.

Un mode de réalisation simplifié ne faisant pas partie de l'invention revendiquée est représenté en liaison avec la figure 5 annexée à la présente demande de brevet. Conformément à ce mode de réalisation, le doigt 64 est monté directement à friction sur le moyeu 40 de la roue entraîneuse 2 via une ouverture 66. On peut ainsi s'affranchir du ressort 42, ce qui simplifie sensiblement la construction du mécanisme et permet donc de réaliser des économies en termes de coût. Le doigt 64 doit cependant être légèrement modifié afin de présenter une échancrure 68 dans laquelle l'outil 58 pourra être engagé afin de permettre au monteur de faire pivoter légèrement le doigt 64 de quelques degrés dans le sens horaire ou antihoraire et d'assurer ainsi un synchronisme quasi parfait des sauts des indicateurs d'une grandeur temporelle.A simplified embodiment not forming part of the claimed invention is shown in connection with the figure 5 attached to this patent application. According to this embodiment, the finger 64 is mounted directly to friction on the hub 40 of the driving wheel 2 via an opening 66. It is thus possible to dispense with the spring 42, which substantially simplifies the construction of the mechanism and therefore allows to save money in terms of cost. The finger 64 must, however, be slightly modified in order to have a recess 68 in which the tool 58 can be engaged in order to allow the fitter to slightly rotate the finger 64 by a few degrees in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction and thus to ensure a almost perfect synchronism of jumps of indicators of a temporal magnitude.

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  1. Timepiece displaying the current time and including at least first and second display devices for a time-related quantity, said first and second display devices each being arranged to be driven by a drive mechanism included in the timepiece and including a drive wheel (2; 2a), itself driven by the movement of the timepiece (3), at least the drive wheel (2; 2a) of one of the drive mechanisms carrying a finger (4; 4a) via which said wheel drives the corresponding display device, this finger (4; 4a) being friction fitted onto the drive wheel (2; 2a), the timepiece being characterised in that the finger (4; 4a) is friction fitted onto the drive wheel (2; 2a) via a spring (42) arranged between the drive wheel (2; 2a) and the finger (4; 4a), the spring (42) having, for this purpose, a circular aperture (44) fitted with two, diametrically opposite lugs (46a, 46b) via which the finger is friction fitted onto a hub (40) of said drive wheel (2; 2a).
  2. Timepiece according to claim 1, characterized in that the finger (4; 4a) is secured to the spring (42) via a pin (48) about which it can pivot, the spring (42) holding the finger (4; 4a) in a position in which the finger is meshed with the toothing of a driven wheel (6; 6a) of the display device for driving said wheel (6; 6a) clockwise or anticlockwise, the spring (42) being friction fitted on the drive wheel (2; 2a) so as to be able to make up for any play, an aperture (60) being made for this purpose in said drive wheel (2; 2a) so that a tool (58) can be inserted to move said spring (42) relative to the drive wheel (2; 2a).
  3. Timepiece according to claim 2, characterized in that the spring (42) has a recess (62) in which the tool (58) can be inserted.
  4. Timepiece according to any of claims 2 or 3, characterized in that the pivoting angle of said finger (4; 4a) is limited by a second pin (50) to which said finger is secured and which is inserted in a hole (2) made in the plate (5) of the drive wheel (2; 2a).
  5. Timepiece according to any of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that it includes any combination of at least two of the following display devices: a date display device, a day of the week display device and a 24-hour display device.
  6. Timepiece according to claim 5, characterized in that the display devices each include an indicator hand (9a; 11a; 13a).
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