EP3861407A1 - Uhrwerk zur gleichzeitigen anzeige der zeit in mehreren zeitzonen - Google Patents

Uhrwerk zur gleichzeitigen anzeige der zeit in mehreren zeitzonen

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EP3861407A1
EP3861407A1 EP19786398.8A EP19786398A EP3861407A1 EP 3861407 A1 EP3861407 A1 EP 3861407A1 EP 19786398 A EP19786398 A EP 19786398A EP 3861407 A1 EP3861407 A1 EP 3861407A1
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time
indications
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time zone
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Eric DOLE
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Louis Vuitton Malletier SA
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Louis Vuitton Malletier SA
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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
    • G04B19/22—Arrangements for indicating different local apparent times; Universal time pieces
    • G04B19/223—Arrangements for indicating different local apparent times; Universal time pieces with rotary disc, rotary bezel, or rotary dial

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  • Timepiece intended for the simultaneous display of the time in several time zones
  • the present invention relates to a timepiece
  • CH710890 describes a watch in which the time zone indications are distributed over two concentric rings at the outer periphery of the hours ring. This arrangement makes it possible to enlarge the city names, but the large distance between the time indications and the indications on the outermost ring complicates the reading of the time in the time zones indicated on this external ring.
  • CH677056 describes a watch with an hour disc
  • Each segment has two city or place names, one on the inside edge and the other on the outside edge. This provision therefore does not immediately tell which of the two time zones on each segment is before respectively after noon.
  • An object of the present invention is to improve the readability of timepieces displaying the simultaneous time in several time zones.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a timepiece comprising an hour marking and a time zone marking simple to adapt to the user's preferred time zone. According to the invention, these aims are achieved in particular by means of a timepiece comprising:
  • the said rings being able to be rotated relative to each other, so as to indicate at all times the time in each said time zone; a third ring displaying a plurality of time zone indications and which can be set in relative motion relative to the second ring, the time zone indications being thus distributed over two rings,
  • first, second and third rings are arranged concentrically, the second ring being interposed between the first ring and the third ring, so that the time zones are indicated alternately on the first outer ring and on the third ring internal.
  • this solution Compared with the solutions of the prior art comprising a single ring of time zones, this solution has the particular advantage of distributing the indications of time zones over two rings, which offers more space available for each indication.
  • This solution also has the advantage of bringing the time zone indications (the city names) closer to the time indications, which makes it easier to determine the time in correspondence of each time zone.
  • the second ring is in a first plane while the first and third rings are in a second plane, the first and second planes being superimposed.
  • the second plane can be above the first plane when the watch is placed on its bottom.
  • the first and the third ring may be constituted by concentric portions of a single transparent ring superimposed above the second ring.
  • This solution facilitates the driving of the first and third rings which can be driven by a single mechanism for rotating said transparent ring.
  • This transparent ring can be provided with time zone indications arranged on its underside. This reduces the vertical distance between the time indications and the time zone indications, which reduces parallax problems.
  • the second ring bearing the time indications is transparent and superimposed above the first and third rings.
  • the time zone indications may consist of city names or city name abbreviations.
  • the time zone indications on the first ring can all be carried on a first diameter, and the time zone indications on the third ring all carried on a third diameter. This reduces the distance between each time zone indication and the corresponding time.
  • the first and third rings bearing the time zone indications can be rotated simultaneously relative to the second ring bearing the time indications, which remains fixed relative to the watch case.
  • ring includes both a ring with a central opening and a disc without such a central opening, or a disc with only a hole axis.
  • Figure 1 illustrates a front view of a watch movement provided with its hands and intended to be mounted in a watch according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 illustrates a perspective view in section of a watch movement provided with its hands and intended to be mounted in a watch according to the invention.
  • Figure 3 illustrates a section of the watch movement according to the invention.
  • FIG. 1 An example of a watch movement 1 provided with its hands 5 and intended to be integrated into a timepiece, for example a wristwatch, is illustrated in FIG. 1. It comprises
  • the movement 1 includes a first ring 2 displaying a plurality of time zone indications 20, a second ring 3 displaying 24 time indications 30, and a third ring 4 displaying a plurality of time zone indications 40.
  • the time zone indications 20, respectively 40 correspond for example to names or abbreviations of names of cities in each of these zones, or to any other identification of time zone.
  • the 24 time indications 30 from 1 to 24 correspond to the hours of the day.
  • the time zone rings 2 and 4 can be rotated relative to the hour ring 3, so as to indicate at all times the time in each said time zone.
  • the time zone indications are distributed over the two rings 2, 4, so that that the time zones are indicated alternately on the first outer ring 2 and on the third inner ring 4.
  • the second ring 3 carrying the hours 30 is fixed relative to the watch case, and the time zone rings 2, 4 rotate relative to this ring 3, making a revolution of 360 ° in 24 hours.
  • the time zone rings 2, 4 are fixed relative to the watch case, while the hour ring 3 rotates between these two rings by making a 360 ° turn in 24 hours.
  • the rotation of the movable ring (s) is preferably incremental, with an almost instantaneous angular jump every hour.
  • the time zone rings are actually constituted by two annular portions of the same annular piece 7 transparent and monolithic which is superimposed above the hour ring 3.
  • the width of the ring 7 is greater than the portion of the hour ring 3 bearing the hour indications 30, so that the first ring 2 is formed by the portion of the ring 7 which exceeds the outside of the ring 3, while the third ring 4 is formed by a portion of the ring 7 which protrudes inside the ring 3.
  • the transparent annular part 7 can be made of sapphire, or of another transparent material. Time zone indications 20,
  • the time zone ring or rings are arranged in a lower plane above which a transparent hour ring is arranged.
  • the second ring 3 is in the same plane as the first and third rings 2, 4. This arrangement, however, requires a more complex mechanism for driving the movable ring (s), by example by dissociating the two rings 2 and 4.

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EP19786398.8A 2018-10-01 2019-09-30 Uhr für die gleichzeitige anzeige der stunde in mehreren zeitzonen Active EP3861407B1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CH01191/18A CH715420A1 (fr) 2018-10-01 2018-10-01 Pièce d'horlogerie destinée à l'affichage simultané de l'heure dans plusieurs fuseaux horaires.
PCT/IB2019/058296 WO2020070621A1 (fr) 2018-10-01 2019-09-30 Pièce d'horlogerie destinée à l'affichage simultané de l'heure dans plusieurs fuseaux horaires

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EP3861407A1 true EP3861407A1 (de) 2021-08-11
EP3861407B1 EP3861407B1 (de) 2024-01-03

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WO (1) WO2020070621A1 (de)

Family Cites Families (7)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2312236A (en) * 1941-01-14 1943-02-23 Thomas P Conlon Universal time clock
CH677056GA3 (en) 1988-07-14 1991-04-15 Timing device usable as clock or watch
ES2164616B1 (es) * 2000-09-06 2003-04-01 Carregui Francisco Alagarda Reloj que visualiza distintas franjas horarias.
CH703258B1 (fr) 2010-06-28 2015-03-13 Richemont Int Sa Montre à heures universelles.
DE102014011430A1 (de) * 2014-08-01 2016-02-04 Matthias Fechner Analoge Uhr
CH710881B1 (fr) * 2015-03-17 2020-02-28 Louis Vuitton Malletier Sa Pièce d'horlogerie avec un indicateur de fuseau horaire et un indicateur d'heure.
CH710890B1 (fr) 2015-03-18 2020-08-14 Louis Vuitton Malletier Sa Procédé d'assemblage d'une pièce d'horlogerie avec un indicateur de fuseau horaire.

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EP3861407B1 (de) 2024-01-03
CH715420A1 (fr) 2020-04-15

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