EP3640745B1 - Anzeigezeiger für uhr - Google Patents

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EP3640745B1
EP3640745B1 EP18201140.3A EP18201140A EP3640745B1 EP 3640745 B1 EP3640745 B1 EP 3640745B1 EP 18201140 A EP18201140 A EP 18201140A EP 3640745 B1 EP3640745 B1 EP 3640745B1
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Stéphane OES
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Patek Philippe SA Geneve
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Priority to EP19790085.5A priority patent/EP3867707B1/de
Priority to PCT/IB2019/058860 priority patent/WO2020079636A1/fr
Priority to PCT/IB2019/058857 priority patent/WO2020079633A1/fr
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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
    • G04B19/04—Hands; Discs with a single mark or the like
    • G04B19/042—Construction and manufacture of the hands; arrangements for increasing reading accuracy

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  • the present invention relates to an indicator hand for a timepiece and a timepiece provided with such a hand.
  • the hour and minute indicator hands rotate above a dial bearing indications.
  • the dial includes areas dedicated to displaying auxiliary information such as the date, the month, the day of the week, the moon phases, the hours and minutes of chronograph, etc.
  • the dial can thus comprise one or more apertures through each of which is visible an indication carried by a disc rotating under the dial.
  • the dial can also carry indications with which cooperate small hands located at a lower height than that of the hour and minute hands.
  • the document FR 2 867 285 A1 solves this problem by proposing a needle of which a section is transparent, but the transparent material is still likely to reflect light and interfere with reading.
  • the present invention aims to solve, in part at least, this problem and proposes for this purpose an indicator needle according to claim 1, particular embodiments being defined in the dependent claims.
  • THE figures 1 to 3 on the one hand and 4 to 6 on the other hand show two examples of an indicator hand for a timepiece, in particular for a wristwatch, pocket watch or clock, according to the invention.
  • Needle 1a illustrated in figures 1 to 3 is for example an hour or minute indicator hand or a chronograph hand.
  • Needle 1b illustrated in figures 4 to 6 is for example a hand indicating the number of the week in the year (weekly).
  • Each of these needles 1a, 1b comprises a fixing part 10a, 10b pierced with a hole 11a, 11b allowing the assembly of the needle by driving in, gluing, brazing or other on an axis. From the fixing part 10a, 10b extends radially a body 12a, 12b.
  • the body 12a, 12b consists of a first section 13a, 13b and a distal end section 14a, 14b, the latter constituting the indicator part of the needle intended to cooperate with the numbers and/or indexes of a graduation.
  • the body 12a of the needle 1a has a tapered shape from one end to the other and its distal end section 14a is therefore the thinnest part of the body 12a.
  • the body 12b of the needle 1b has a T-shape with a straight first section 13b terminated by the distal end section 14b having the shape of an arc of a circle transverse to the first section 13b.
  • the needle 1a further comprises a counterweight 15a extending from the fixing part 10a in the opposite direction to the body 12a.
  • the first section 13a, 13b is made entirely of a transparent material, preferably of glass, in particular of tempered glass, or of sapphire.
  • this first section 13a, 13b bears an antireflection coating 16a, 16b at least on its upper surface 17a, 17b and/or on its lower surface 18a, 18b, and preferably over its entire surface, the upper surface 17a, 17b being the surface seen by the user when looking at the dial of the timepiece from above (or from the front).
  • the anti-reflective coating 16a, 16b can be of the same type as those used for watch crystals. Thanks to its transparent material and the anti-reflective coating 16a, 16b, the first section 13a, 13b is almost invisible to the user and therefore does not hide the information carried by the dial.
  • the hand can therefore move above information areas of the dial, such as for example an aperture 2 ( figure 7 ) or a zone 3 dedicated to a chronograph counter ( figure 8 ) and cooperating with a small needle (not shown).
  • the hand according to the invention designated by 4
  • points towards a scale 6 which is associated with it to display information of a different nature from that of zones 2 and 3.
  • the transparency of hand 4 can also be useful to avoid masking other (large) hands pivoting in the center of dial 5.
  • At least the surface(s) of the first section 13a, 13b which carry the antireflection coating 16a, 16b are polished.
  • the entire surface of the first section 13a, 13b is polished before the application of the antireflection coating 16a, 16b.
  • its distal end section 14a, 14b is opaque or less transparent than the first section 13a, 13b, at least when the needle 1a, 1b, 4 and dial 5 are seen from above (or from the front), so as to be visible to the user.
  • the needle 1a, 1b is in one piece, made of glass or sapphire, and bears the antireflection coating 16a, 16b over its entire surface, and its distal end section 14a, 14b is made of further surface treated to be opaque or less transparent than the first section 13a, 13b.
  • the surface treatment of the distal end section 14a, 14b may consist in depositing on the latter an opaque layer 19a, 19b consisting of a layer of paint.
  • This opaque layer 19a, 19b can be deposited only on the upper surface and/or on the lower surface, or on the entire surface of the distal end section 14a, 14b. In the present invention, however, this opaque layer is deposited only on the lower surface of the distal end section 14a, 14b.
  • an intermediate part for example brass, can be brazed or fixed elastically in the hole 11a, 11b then driven on the axis.
  • the transparent material chosen in the present invention is a low density material which gives the needle 1a, 1b low inertia.
  • the needle 1a, 1b in particular when it is made of sapphire, can be obtained by an engraving technique.
  • the preferred manufacturing method in the present invention in particular when the needle 1a, 1b is made of glass, is 3D printing, more particularly the technique known under the name FEMTOPRINT (registered trademark) which makes it possible to obtain shapes complex and hollowed out to lighten the part and thus further reduce its inertia.
  • Needle 1a illustrated in figures 1 to 3 has its upper surface which is chamfered, giving the upper surface of the body 12a, in particular the upper surface 17a of the first section 13a, a faceted shape (cf. picture 3 ) which lightens the needle and improves its aesthetics.
  • the body 12a is further lightened by a groove 20a formed in its lower surface.
  • the first section 13b of the body 12b of the needle 1b illustrated in figures 4 to 6 is a half-cylinder (cf. figure 6 ).
  • the upper surface 17b of this first section 13b is thus curved, without edges. This shape also lightens the needle and improves its aesthetics.
  • the needle 1a can be hollowed out in different ways than that illustrated in figures 2 and 3 .
  • the recess could be made essentially inside the needle without, or almost, an outlet to the outside, as the FEMTOPRINT process allows.
  • the thickness e of the body 12a, 12b can be variable, as shown in figure 1 for the body 12a, in order to better distribute the stresses and in particular to increase its stiffness where the forces are highest, namely near the fixing part 10a, 10b.
  • the height h of the body 12a, 12b can be variable for a better distribution of the stresses.
  • the needle according to the invention can also have a non-rectilinear profile, of curved shape or with recesses, for example to follow a curvature of the dial or to pass over the barrel of another needle or of another three-dimensional organ. while keeping the indicator part of the hand close to the dial.
  • the body of the needle according to the invention could have several opaque parts serving as indicator parts and several first transparent sections bearing an anti-reflective coating.

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  1. Anzeigezeiger (1a; 1b) für Uhr, der einen Befestigungsteil (10a; 10b), der dazu bestimmt ist, an einer Achse montiert zu sein, und einen Körper (12a; 12b) umfasst, der sich von dem Befestigungsteil (10a; 10b) erstreckt, wobei der Körper (12a; 12b) einen ersten Abschnitt (13a; 13b), der vollständig aus einem durchsichtigen Material hergestellt ist, und einen zweiten Abschnitt (14a; 14b) umfasst, der aus dem durchsichtigen Material hergestellt ist, aber eine Schicht trägt, die ihn, zumindest wenn der Zeiger (1a; 1b) von oben betrachtet wird, undurchsichtig oder weniger durchsichtig als den ersten Abschnitt (13a; 13b) macht, wobei dieser zweite Abschnitt (14a; 14b) einen Anzeigeteil bildet, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste Abschnitt (13a; 13b) mindestens auf seiner oberen (17a; 17b) und/oder unteren (18a; 18b) Fläche einen Antireflexbelag (16a; 16b) trägt, und dadurch, dass die Schicht eine Farbschicht ist, die einzig auf der unteren Fläche des zweiten Abschnitts (14a; 14b) aufgebracht ist.
  2. Anzeigezeiger (1a; 1b) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der zweite Abschnitt (14a; 14b) ein distaler Endteil des Körpers (12a; 12b) ist.
  3. Anzeigezeiger (1a; 1b) nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste Abschnitt (13a; 13b) sich von dem Befestigungsteil (10a; 10b) bis zum zweiten Abschnitt (14a; 14b) erstreckt.
  4. Anzeigezeiger (1a; 1b) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste Abschnitt (13a; 13b) den Antireflexbelag (16a; 16b) auf seiner gesamten Fläche trägt.
  5. Anzeigezeiger (1a; 1b) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das durchsichtige Material Glas oder Saphir ist.
  6. Anzeigezeiger (1a; 1b) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er einteilig ist.
  7. Anzeigezeiger (1a) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die obere Fläche (17a) des ersten Abschnitts (13a) abgeschrägt ist.
  8. Anzeigezeiger (1a; 1b) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die obere Fläche (17b) des ersten Abschnitts (13b) ohne Kante gewölbt ist.
  9. Anzeigezeiger (1a; 1b) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass mindestens die eine oder die mehreren Flächen des ersten Abschnitts (13a; 13b), die den Antireflexbelag (16a; 16b) trägt bzw. tragen, poliert ist bzw. sind.
  10. Anzeigezeiger (1a; 1b) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Körper (12a) ausgehöhlt ist.
  11. Uhr, die einen Anzeigezeiger (1a; 1b) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10 umfasst.
  12. Uhr nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Anzeigezeiger (4) dazu gestaltet ist, sich über einem Zifferblatt (5) zu drehen, wobei der erste Abschnitt (13a; 13b) es dem Anzeigezeiger (4) ermöglicht, über mindestens einer Informationszone (2, 3) des Zifferblatts (5) zu passieren, ohne sie auch nur teilweise zu verdecken.
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EP22203199.9A EP4145229A1 (de) 2018-10-18 2018-10-18 Zeigeranzeige für uhr
EP18201140.3A EP3640745B1 (de) 2018-10-18 2018-10-18 Anzeigezeiger für uhr
EP19790085.5A EP3867707B1 (de) 2018-10-18 2019-10-17 Anzeigezeiger für uhr
PCT/IB2019/058860 WO2020079636A1 (fr) 2018-10-18 2019-10-17 Aiguille indicatrice pour piece d'horlogerie
PCT/IB2019/058857 WO2020079633A1 (fr) 2018-10-18 2019-10-17 Aiguille indicatrice de secondes ou de fractions de seconde pour piece d'horlogerie
EP19790083.0A EP3867706A1 (de) 2018-10-18 2019-10-17 Zeiger zur anzeige von sekunden oder bruchteilen einer sekunde für eine uhr

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EP19790085.5A Active EP3867707B1 (de) 2018-10-18 2019-10-17 Anzeigezeiger für uhr
EP19790083.0A Pending EP3867706A1 (de) 2018-10-18 2019-10-17 Zeiger zur anzeige von sekunden oder bruchteilen einer sekunde für eine uhr

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