EP2392977A1 - Uhr mit speziellen ästhetischen Effekten - Google Patents

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EP2392977A1
EP2392977A1 EP11175437A EP11175437A EP2392977A1 EP 2392977 A1 EP2392977 A1 EP 2392977A1 EP 11175437 A EP11175437 A EP 11175437A EP 11175437 A EP11175437 A EP 11175437A EP 2392977 A1 EP2392977 A1 EP 2392977A1
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Nicolas Blanckaert
André Kaltenrieder
François Klopfenstein
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/30—Illumination of dials or hands
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • G04B37/22—Materials or processes of manufacturing pocket watch or wrist watch cases
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B45/00—Time pieces of which the indicating means or cases provoke special effects, e.g. aesthetic effects
    • G04B45/0015—Light-, colour-, line- or spot-effects caused by or on stationary parts
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G9/00—Visual time or date indication means
    • G04G9/0023—Visual time or date indication means by light valves in general
    • G04G9/0029—Details
    • G04G9/0035—Details constructional
    • G04G9/0041—Illumination devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04G—ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES
    • G04G9/00—Visual time or date indication means
    • G04G9/0064—Visual time or date indication means in which functions not related to time can be displayed

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  • the present invention relates to a timepiece with special aesthetic effects. More specifically, the present invention relates to a timepiece with original play of light.
  • timepieces such as wristwatches with an improved aesthetic appearance is a constant concern for watchmakers and especially for those responsible for designing the various trim elements. It would be too long to list here all the solutions that have been envisaged to impart to a timepiece as neat and aesthetic as possible.
  • guilloche technique of the dials the shape and / or the color of the dial or needle appliques or even the addition of precious or semi-precious stones.
  • the present invention is part of the quest to provide customers watches whose appearance is both aesthetic and surprising.
  • the present invention relates to a timepiece comprising, in addition to an ice cream, the following trim elements: a bottom, a caseband, a dial, a bezel and two strands of bracelet, one at less than these elements of dressing being at least partially transparent or translucent, the bottom, middle and bezel defining an interior volume of the watch case in which is housed a watch movement, the timepiece comprising at least a light source housed in the interior volume of the watch case and producing a light that passes through the transparent or translucent part of the covering element concerned, the timepiece further comprising, on the side of an ice, a digital display under which is disposed a light guide in which is injected the light produced by the light source for the illumination from the rear of said digital display, the timepiece being characterized in that the light that escapes through the sides of the light guide which are opposite the middle and the bottom of the watch case passes through the transparent or translucent part of the dressing element concerned.
  • timepiece comprising, in addition to an ice cream, at least the following trim elements: a bottom, a caseband, a dial, a bezel and two bracelet strands, at least one of these trim elements being at least partially transparent or translucent, the bottom, the middle and the bezel defining an interior volume in which is housed a watch movement, the timepiece being characterized in that it comprises at least one light source housed in the interior volume and producing a light that passes through the transparent or translucent portion of the dressing element concerned.
  • the present invention provides a timepiece whose aesthetic appearance can be varied virtually to infinity.
  • the light source being housed in the interior volume of the watch case, it may for example be envisaged that the caseband is partially or totally transparent, so that the light produced by the light source diffuses through said middle part.
  • the dial can be provided completely opaque and let the light escape only at the appliques. It is also possible to cover a transparent dial with an opaque mask that also only lets out the light at the appliques.
  • the light produced by the light source directly illuminates the transparent or translucent areas or elements of clothing through which it is desired that the light out.
  • This embodiment is applicable when no obstacle is interposed between the light source and the dressing element to be illuminated.
  • the light source is a light-emitting diode or LED which emits ultraviolet, violet, blue, white or infrared light and the covering element is made of a plastic material loaded with fluorescent particles and or phosphorescent.
  • the fluorescent and / or phosphorescent particles absorb the emitted radiation and re-emit a homogeneous visible light.
  • the light effect ceases immediately after extinction of the light source or on the contrary continues with the effect of remanence.
  • the light produced by the light source is injected into a light guide which then brings the light to the level of the transparent or translucent zone or areas of the covering elements considered.
  • the light guide is an optical fiber that makes it possible to circumvent any obstacles that may arise between the light source and the transparent or translucent zone of the considered covering element through which the light will escape. the interior volume of the watch case.
  • the optical fiber may be an optical fiber that diffuses the injected light along its entire length.
  • the light source is a light-emitting diode or LED mounted on a support of the printed circuit board or PCB type together with its electronic control circuit.
  • the light source is powered for example by an interchangeable or rechargeable battery or by a solar cell.
  • the covering element concerned may be opaque in the mass or be coated with a layer of opaque paint.
  • the present invention proceeds from the general idea of housing at least one light source in the interior volume of a watch case, the light produced by the light source being able to escape towards the outside of the watch case by at least one dressing element of the watch intended to be at least partially transparent or at least translucent. This provides a timepiece with original aesthetic effects having an extremely attractive appearance in the dark or dark.
  • the figure 1 is a sectional view of a middle part 1 delimiting with a bottom 2 and a dial 3 an interior volume 4 of a watch case 6.
  • the watch is an electronic watch and that its movement M is arranged in the bottom of the watch case 6.
  • a support plate 8 of the printed circuit board or PCB type on which a light source 10 is mounted for example the light-emitting diode or LED type and its electronic control circuit 12.
  • the light source 10 is powered for example by a rechargeable or interchangeable battery 14 and conventionally arranged under the watch movement M on the bottom side 2 of the watch case 6
  • the watch can be electronic, electromechanical or even purely mechanical.
  • a crown of light is created around a control member of the watch such as a push-button 16.
  • a control member of the watch such as a push-button 16.
  • the middle part 1 is metallic, there is practiced in the latter a through hole 18 in which is engaged a transparent cylinder 20 or at least translucent which will serve as a light guide for the light that escapes from the watch case 6. It will be understood that to obtain the desired effect, namely to form a crown of light around the head of the button. pusher 16, it is necessary that the outer diameter of the transparent or translucent cylinder 20 is greater than the outer diameter of the head of the push button 16.
  • the cylinder 20 can also serve as a mechanical guide for the pushbutton 16.
  • the case 1 is made of a transparent or translucent material such as a plastic material, a ceramic material, sapphire or fused silica, it can be dyed in the mass except in a region surrounding the push button 16 where the material remains transparent or translucent. It is also possible, to simplify the injection method of the plastic case 1, to tint the latter in the mass in all its volume, then to machine a through hole in which is engaged a transparent or translucent cylinder as explained above in connection with a metal middle.
  • any type of light source such as incandescent lamp, light-emitting diode, organic electroluminescent diode or the like may be used.
  • a light-emitting diode emitting ultraviolet, violet, blue, white or infrared light is used in combination with a middle part made of plastic material loaded with fluorescent and / or phosphorescent particles.
  • the fluorescent and / or phosphorescent particles absorb the radiation emitted by the diode and reemit a homogeneous visible light.
  • fluorescent and / or phosphorescent the light effect ceases immediately after extinction of the light source or on the contrary continues with the effect of remanence.
  • the one or more elements of the watch that pass all or part of the light produced by the light source can be illuminated directly by this light source.
  • These elements of dressing can nevertheless be also illuminated indirectly by the light source.
  • the light guide 22 is an optical fiber that makes it possible to circumvent any obstacles that may occur. between the light source 10 and the transparent or translucent zone of the considered covering element through which the light will escape from the interior volume 4 of the watch case 6.
  • the optical fiber may be an optical fiber that diffuses the injected light over its entire length.
  • the middle part has been described as the only element of clothing. It should be understood that one is not limited to this single embodiment and that the other elements of dressing the watch that are the bottom, the dial, the bezel, the flange, the strands of the bracelet and others may be similarly considered.
  • the appliques 24 can be illuminated at the level of the telescope 26 and the dial 3.
  • the telescope 26 and the dial 3 can be provided totally opaque and only let out light at the level of the appliques 24.
  • the bezel 26 and the dial 3 of a material, for example plastic, transparent or translucent, then to cover them with a mask in an opaque color which, too, only lets out the light at the 24.
  • the dial 3 may be transparent or translucent and the opaque 24 sconces. It can also be envisaged that the bottom 2, the middle 1 and the dial 3 are opaque and that only a flange disposed between the bezel 26 and the dial 3 is transparent or translucent, thus creating a ring of light all around the ice 34.
  • FIG 5 another embodiment is shown which aims to inject the light produced by the light source 10 into the strands 30 of a transparent or translucent bracelet.
  • a case 1 which has two transparent areas 32a and 32b substantially at noon and at six o'clock, that is to say at the places where the strands 30 of the bracelet are attached to said caseband 1.
  • the figure 6 attached to the present patent application is a sectional view along the axis 3:00 to 9:00 of a watch case 6 with digital display.
  • the watch case 6 comprises, on the ice side 34, a digital display 36 of the liquid crystal cell type comprising a front substrate 38 extending parallel to and at a distance of a rear substrate 40.
  • the front 38 and rear 40 substrates are joined together by a sealing frame 42 which delimits a sealed volume for the confinement of the liquid crystal.
  • the liquid crystal cell 36 is a so-called backlit cell, that is to say it comprises a light guide 44 for example curved disposed on the side of the rear substrate 40 and which follows the outer contour of said cell. 36.
  • the light produced by a light source 10 is injected into the light guide 44 and diffuses therein so as to illuminate the display cell 36 and to allow its reading in darkness.
  • a light source 10 typically a light-emitting diode or LED
  • the originality of the invention lies in the fact that the light that escapes from the sides 46 of the light guide 44 is used to illuminate, for example, the transparent or translucent parts of the middle part 1 of the shows.
  • the injected light is used in a light guide 44 not only to illuminate a liquid crystal display cell 36 from behind but also to illuminate any or part of the cladding elements (middle 1, bezel 26) of a watch case 6.
  • the invention relates to a timepiece comprising, in addition to an ice cream, the following trim elements: a bottom 2, a middle part 1, a dial 3, a bezel 26 and two strands 30 of bracelet, at least one of these covering elements being at least partially transparent or translucent, the bottom 2, the middle part 1 and the bezel 26 defining an interior volume 4 of the watch case 6 in which is housed a clockwork movement M , the timepiece comprising at least one light source 10 housed in the interior volume 4 of the watch case 6 and producing a light that passes through the transparent or translucent portion the cladding element concerned, the timepiece further comprising, on the side of an ice 34, a digital display 36 under which is disposed a light guide 44 into which is injected the light produced by the light source 10 for lighting by the back of said digital display 36, the timepiece being
  • the covering element concerned is made of a transparent or translucent plastic material, it is tinted in the mass except where or where it is desired that the light escapes from the interior volume 4 of the box 6.
  • the covering element concerned made of transparent or translucent plastic material may be covered internally or externally with a layer of light-absorbing material except where or where it is desired that the light escapes from the interior volume 4 of the watch case 6.
  • the covering element is loaded with fluorescent particles and / or phosphorescent at the place or places where wish that the light escapes from the interior volume 4 of the watch case 6.
  • the middle part 1 may be transparent or at least translucent at least in its parts 32a, 32b opposite the zones where the strands 30 of the bracelet are connected, so that the light passing through the transparent parts 32a, 32b of the middle part 1 diffuses into the strands 30 of the bracelet which are also transparent or translucent.
  • the covering element is made of a metallic material.
  • a transparent or translucent element where or where it is desired that the light escapes from the interior volume 4 of the watch case 6.
  • a transparent or translucent cylinder 20 is engaged in the through passage 18 which can serve both as a mechanical guide for the winding crown or the push button 16 and light guide for the light escaping from the interior volume 4 of the watch case 6, the outer diameter of the transparent or translucent cylinder being greater than the outer diameter of the crown or the pushbutton 16
  • the ignition of the light source 10 can be controlled by the user, for example by pressing a pushbutton such as the pushbutton 16 or by applying the finger to a key Touch.
  • the extinction of the light source can also be caused by an additional pressure on the push button 16 or be controlled by the control circuit 12 after a predetermined time interval. It can also be provided that the switching on and off of the light source 10 are controlled by an automatic system such as a photosensitive sensor according to the degree of ambient brightness.
  • the photosensitive sensor will control the illumination of the light source when the degree of ambient brightness will fall below a predetermined threshold and will control the extinction of the light source when the degree of ambient brightness exceeds a predetermined threshold.
  • the ignition and extinction of the light source can be controlled by applying a shock on the watch case or by a sudden movement of the wrist, the shock or acceleration being detected by an accelerometer housed in the watch.
  • the light produced by the light source 10 is injected into a diffusing optical fiber 22 which diffuses the light over its entire length.
  • the dial 3 is opaque except at the level of the appliques 24 which are transparent or at least translucent and through which the light can escape from the interior volume. 4 of the watch case 6.
  • the dial 3 can be made of an opaque material or be transparent and be covered in this case with a layer of opaque material except at the appliques 24.
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