EP4189489B1 - Zeitstellungverfahren einer uhr von einer uhreinheit "sympathique" - Google Patents

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EP4189489B1
EP4189489B1 EP20749872.6A EP20749872A EP4189489B1 EP 4189489 B1 EP4189489 B1 EP 4189489B1 EP 20749872 A EP20749872 A EP 20749872A EP 4189489 B1 EP4189489 B1 EP 4189489B1
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  • the invention relates to a sympathetic clock assembly, which comprises a clock and at least one watch arranged to be deposited in a receptacle which the clock comprises, in a single transfer position, said sympathetic assembly comprising a connection mechanism between said pendulum and each watch when said watch is placed in said receptacle in said transfer position.
  • the invention relates to the very particular field of sympathetic clocks and watches, where these timepieces paired in pairs each comprise a time base for counting time, and display means for displaying horological quantities; in particular these display means are arranged to allow the user to simultaneously view the display on the clock and the display on the watch.
  • the watches do not have an hour correction in addition to the minute as mentioned in George Daniels' analysis, which requires the user to make a preliminary adjustment with a first rough setting of the time, of the order of plus or minus fifteen minutes, the clock setting the fine time in the process.
  • Some nice clocks permanently arm the barrel of the watch, of the automatic barrel type, and set the time to the minute once or twice a day, at a fixed time.
  • the winding of the barrel must be rapid to ensure the winding of the uncocked watch within a reasonable time.
  • Some nice clocks provide rate adjustment which is derived from setting the time of the watch.
  • the invention aims to improve the functionality of sympathetic clocks and watches, by overcoming the disadvantages of the known technique.
  • the clock is a true autonomous timepiece, comprising its own time base, and its own display of time and quantities linked to the complications it contains.
  • the invention relates to a sympathetic assembly according to claim 1.
  • the invention relates to a sympathetic clock assembly 1000, which comprises a sympathetic clock 100, which comprises a clock hour display 104, and a clock minute display 105, and at least one sympathetic watch 200, which comprises a display watch hours 4, and a watch minute display 5, and which is arranged to be deposited in a receptacle 150 which the clock comprises, in particular at the level of a stretcher 670, in a single transfer position, this nice assembly 1000 includes at least one connection mechanism between this clock 100 and each watch 200 when this watch 200 is placed in the receptacle 150 in the transfer position.
  • this at least one link mechanism comprises at least two distinct transmission lines, one to select a function to perform or a display quantity to adjust, and the other to transfer energy or a movement, and/or transmit an impulse.
  • At least one transmission line and more particularly each transmission line, comprises a shaft. More particularly this shaft is at least rotatable.
  • At least one of these trees, or each of these trees is similar to that of the Breguet clock No. 128 (G. Daniels: Art of Breguet: page 277).
  • At least one such shaft, and more particularly each shaft, is shared into two half-shafts between the clock 100 and the watch 200 concerned, these two half-shafts being arranged to cooperate in driving with one another when the watch 200 is placed on the pendulum 100 in the receptacle 150 in the transfer position, either in direct drive, and more particularly in coaxial drive, or through a return or a gear train.
  • the transmission between these half-shafts is not described in detail here, it is possible to use any suitable drive mechanism, toothing, spline, clutch, friction, or other.
  • the half-shafts can cooperate end to end, or internally to each other, or tangentially to each other, or through a gear or cog, or other.
  • the invention is more particularly described with two transmission lines, in the form of at least two shafts: a first selection shaft 1 and at least a second drive shaft 2.
  • a first selection shaft 1 and at least a second drive shaft 2.
  • the first selection tree 1 ensures the transmission of a function selection, one of the functions being a neutral/winding function for recharging a watch 200 with energy. This transmission is in particular of the function alternation type: neutral- winding, date, hours, minutes, or others, distributed over 360°.
  • the first selection shaft 1 is comparable to a selector, a machine controller, or to a chronograph or complication watch column wheel.
  • the second drive shaft 2 ensures the transmission of force, in particular torque, for recharging with energy, in particular the winding of a barrel, of a watch 200 from the clock 100, and/or to ensure transmission to a shows 200 an adjustment or adjustment value, in the form of an angle of rotation on the basis of a value given by the pendulum 100, and/or to impart an impulse to an organ of the watch.
  • the adjustment or adjustment value may correspond to one of the quantities displayed by the watch; it can also be an adjustment value of the watch resonator, by action on a racket, a hairspring pin, support on a flexible blade, an inertia adjustment, or other.
  • the first shaft 1 and the second shaft 2 are distinct from each other, they can, in a variant, extend along parallel or even merging axes.
  • their axes are coplanar.
  • the invention allows the adjustment adjustment, in particular the setting of the time, of a watch 200 by at least two separate shafts 1 and 2, the first of which indicates the type of correction desired, and the others the correction values, at least one tree among the latter being devoted to the energy recharging function of the watch, in particular a barrel reset.
  • the first shaft 1 and/or the second shaft 2 can be movable in different ways, in translation and/or in rotation.
  • first shaft 1 and the second shaft 2 are movable in rotation.
  • first shaft 1 and the second shaft 2 are movable in translation.
  • one of the first shaft 1 and the second shaft 2 is movable in rotation, and the other is movable in translation.
  • one of the first shaft 1 and the second shaft 2 is movable in rotation and translation, and the other is movable in translation.
  • one of the first shaft 1 and the second shaft 2 is movable in rotation and translation, and the other is movable in rotation.
  • first shaft 1 and the second shaft 2 are movable in rotation and translation.
  • the adjustment is sequential, and starts with a neutral position in which the energy recharge takes place, this neutral position is followed, preferably after a certain pre-defined duration, or else upon user action, by at least one elementary sequence of adjustment of one of the quantities displayed by the watch, or by triggering a particular function.
  • the adjustment settings of the watch are made sequentially, each size being adjusted independently of the others.
  • this sequential time setting is carried out by a dedicated mechanism, in parallel with the traditional time setting mechanism of the watch.
  • the sequential time setting is controlled by the clock.
  • the duration between two elementary sequences is adjustable. Even more particularly, each duration between two elementary sequences is adjustable.
  • the timing defining the tempo of the elementary sequences, managed by the clock defines the triggering instant (or the peak) for the start of the watch previously kept stopped by a stopping mechanism 20 comprising in particular but not limited to a stop-seconds mechanism 25 with a stop lever or similar.
  • a stopping mechanism 20 comprising in particular but not limited to a stop-seconds mechanism 25 with a stop lever or similar.
  • the exemplary embodiments set out below include, in a non-limiting manner, a stop lever arranged to cooperate with an inertial mass 15, in particular a balance wheel, of a resonator 10, for its blocking or release.
  • the adjustment setting or sequential time setting corrects, in a non-limiting manner, all or part of the following indications: hour, minute, date, day, month, and/or any other indications.
  • the neutral position allows energy recharging or winding of the watch, and this winding is controlled by the watch.
  • This first shaft 1 and this second shaft 2 allow collaboration between the clock 100 and a watch 200 in the manner explained below.
  • the first shaft 1 comprises a first lower half-shaft 11 of the clock 100 and a first upper half-shaft 12 of the watch 200.
  • the second shaft 2 comprises a second lower half-shaft 21 of the clock 100 and a second upper half-shaft 22 of the watch 200.
  • the first lower half-shaft 11 and the first upper half-shaft 12 on the one hand, and the second lower half-shaft 21 and the second upper half-shaft 22 on the other hand, are matched.
  • the selected function is neutral/winding, setting up the watch is facilitated by the indexing of each half-shaft in the neutral position independently, which half-trees are naturally indexed.
  • the pendulum 100 is arranged to deliver a torque on the first shaft 1 in the presence of the watch 200.
  • the rotation of this first shaft 1 is regulated by a regulating mechanism, for example of the minute repeater regulator type.
  • Each watch 200 is arranged to release or block the rotation of the second shaft 2 as a function of the level of energy that it has stored, in particular as a function of the winding of the barrel in a particular case, according to a defined hysteresis, for example by a power reserve mechanism.
  • This rotation of the second shaft 2 is, in this particular case, transmitted to the winding of the barrel and ensures its cocking. In this neutral position, the watch 200 therefore ensures that it is armed at all times within a defined range.
  • the pendulum 100 comprises at least one control means 300, which is arranged to be operated by the user, or to be controlled by the time base of the pendulum, to rotate the first lower half-shaft 11, to select the function of the first tree 1.
  • the adjustment of The adjustment or setting of the time of the watch 200 is done by a sequence of functions which are controlled by the clock 100. For example for an adjustment to the instantaneous value of the date, hour, minute and second values. Following the user's request, the sequence of adjustment to the current value begins, for example for a time setting sequence. Each sequence starts at a specific tempo, which is defined by the clock time base 100.
  • control means 300 on the watch 200, instead of installing it on the clock 100, or to equip both the clock 100 and the watch 200, each, with a control means 300. If the control means 300 is only on the watch, this makes it possible to lock the function, as long as the watch 200 is not in the transfer position in the receptacle 150.
  • the pendulum 100 turns the first shaft 1 to the date position, and turns the second shaft 2 by an angle corresponding to the instantaneous value of the date.
  • the watch 200 recognizes the rotation of the first shaft 1 in the date position, activates the stop lever, which stops the resonator and the watch, positions the date, hour, minute and second displays in the zero position, and applies the value transmitted by the second tree 2 to the date display.
  • display any mobile display element known in watchmaking: hand, ring, disc, cursor, flag, city or time zone display, moon phase display, leap year display, AM/PM display , day/night display, power reserve indicator, ringtone selector, alarm clock indicator, calendar display, or other.
  • the clock 100 triggers the second elementary sequence.
  • the pendulum 100 turns the first shaft 1 to the hour position, and turns the second shaft 2 by an angle corresponding to the instantaneous value of the time.
  • the watch 200 recognizes the rotation of the first shaft 1 in the hour position, and applies the value transmitted by the second shaft 2 to the time display 4 of the watch 200.
  • the clock 100 triggers the third elementary sequence.
  • the pendulum 100 turns the first shaft 1 to the minute position, and turns the second shaft 2 by an angle corresponding to the instantaneous value of the minutes, added to the value of a third pre-determined duration D3 , which separates the third elementary sequence from the next change of elementary sequence, which will be the last adjustment before releasing the running of the watch 200.
  • the watch 200 recognizes the rotation of the first shaft 1 in minute position, and applies the value transmitted by the second tree 2 to the minutes display of the watch 5.
  • the clock 100 After the third predetermined duration D3, for example two minutes, the clock 100 returns the first shaft 1 to the neutral/winding position.
  • the watch 200 recognizes the rotation of the first shaft 1 in the neutral/winding position, and releases the stop lever, the watch 200 is then adjusted and set the time completely, and starts exactly on the second.
  • the clock 100 is a clock with mechanical movement.
  • the clock 100 receives a signal from a time base, for example a radio controlled signal, GPS, a signal from an electronic clock, or other, and includes means for transforming the signal indicating the instantaneous time in movements of mechanical components, for the transmission of information to a watch 200.
  • a time base for example a radio controlled signal, GPS, a signal from an electronic clock, or other.
  • all transfers of energy and movement between the pendulum 100 and the watch 200 are mechanical and/or magnetic.
  • all transfers of energy and movement between the pendulum 100 and the watch 200 are magnetic.
  • no transfer of energy and/or movement is carried out through the winding and time setting stem of the watch.
  • each half-shaft 12, 22, which the watch 200 comprises is distinct from the winding and time setting rod of the watch 200 when it includes one.
  • the winding system does not require a barrel with a sliding flange and avoids wear thereof. Winding is done in a few minutes and at any time when the watch 200 is placed on the clock 100 and as needed.
  • a time setting can be triggered at regular intervals, for example once a week, by a command printed by the time base of the clock 100.
  • This invention makes it possible to produce a sympathetic clock adapted to the needs of current users, for useful and fun use as described above. This allows a real evolution of a product known for two hundred years.
  • the running of the clock 100 more stable and more precise than that of the watch 200, keeps it on time when it is not worn, and corrects it on demand.
  • the great autonomy of the clock 100 is provided to the watch 200: when it is not worn, and allows for example to be worn on weekends and maintained during the week at an ideal operating range.
  • Such a sympathetic assembly 1000 comprises a sympathetic pendulum 100 and at least one sympathetic watch 200, which is arranged to be deposited in a receptacle 150 of the pendulum 100, in a single transfer position.
  • the sympathetic assembly 1000 includes a connection mechanism comprising at least two distinct transmission lines between the clock 100 and each watch 200 when the watch 200 is placed in the receptacle 150 in the transfer position.
  • the sympathetic clock 100 which is arranged for recharging with energy and adjusting the display and/or operation of at least one sympathetic watch 200, comprises at least one actuator for carrying out the recharging with energy and/or the adjustment of display and/or operation of at least one sympathetic watch 200 deposited in the receptacle 150 in the transfer position.
  • the clock 100 comprises at least a first actuator of the all-or-nothing clock 501, movable between a rest position and an activated position, to control the activation or deactivation of a mechanism included in the watch 200.
  • the clock 100 includes at least one other actuator of the pendulum 502; 503, which is arranged to print a series of pulses or to transmit a mechanical torque to a receiver included in a watch 200.
  • At least one first actuator of the pendulum 501 is also arranged to print a series of pulses, between its rest position and its activated position, to a receiver included in a watch 200.
  • At least one other actuator of the pendulum 502; 503 is an all-or-nothing actuator, which is movable between the rest position and an activated position, to control the activation or deactivation of a mechanism included in the watch 200.
  • At least one other actuator of the pendulum 502; 503, is a second actuator 502, which is arranged to print a series of pulses to a receiver included in a watch 200.
  • At least one other actuator of the pendulum 502; 50.3 is a third actuator 503 arranged to transmit a mechanical torque to a receiver included in a watch 200.
  • At least one such third actuator 503 is disengageable in a disengaged position at a distance from a watch 200 deposited in the receptacle 150 in the single transfer position, and is engageable in a coupling position with an operating means 270 or with a control rod that the watch 200 includes.
  • At least one such third actuator 503 comprises a sleeve 678, which is arranged to cooperate, in the coupling position, with an operating means 270 or a control rod that a watch 200 comprises.
  • the pendulum 100 comprises first energy storage means 691, 693, in particular weights, which are arranged to supply energy to at least one movement 180 or 900 that the pendulum 100 comprises and/or any mechanism specific to the pendulum 100.
  • the clock 100 comprises second energy storage means, which are dedicated to the transfer of energy to at least one watch 200 deposited in the receptacle 150. More particularly, these second energy storage means are arranged to drive in rotation a transfer shaft 683 carrying an endless screw 684, or a pinion, to drive a pinion 677, or respectively an endless screw, for driving the third actuator 503 in rotation.
  • the clock 100 is arranged to transfer energy continuously to a watch 200.
  • the clock 100 is arranged to transfer energy step by step to a watch 200.
  • the pendulum 100 comprises at least one movement 180, which drives at least one snail cam 601, 610, 620, the angular position of which characterizes the instantaneous value of a horological quantity.
  • the pendulum 100 comprises at least one feeler 602, 630, 640, which is arranged to cooperate in support with the periphery of a snail cam 601, 610, 620, to read the instantaneous value.
  • Each feeler 602, 630, 640 comprises a rake 603, 633, 643, which is arranged to cooperate with a cog arranged to drive a second actuator; more particularly, this cog is an input cog of a differential mechanism 680, an output of which is arranged to drive a second actuator 502.
  • the pendulum 100 comprises at least one electromechanical or electronic movement arranged to control the movement of an output mobile which is arranged to drive a second actuator 502.
  • the second actuator 502 comprises a cam 684 having a plurality of ramps arranged to push and pull a second control rod 512 which this second actuator 502 comprises, which second control rod 512 is returned towards the second cam 684 by second elastic return means 513, so as to impart to the second control rod 512 a back and forth movement for setting the time of a watch 200.
  • the second actuator 502 comprises a crank and a connecting rod, which are arranged to push and pull a second control rod 512 which this second actuator 502 comprises, so as to impart to the second control rod 512 a reciprocating movement. back and forth for setting the time of a watch 200.
  • this second control rod 512 is returned by second elastic return means 513.
  • the pendulum 100 comprises a first transfer shaft 682 for driving a first actuator of the pendulum 501, arranged to push or pull a first rod 511 of this first actuator of the pendulum 501, to control the stopping or the release of the resonator 10 of a watch 200, or of a tourbillon or carousel carrying this resonator. More particularly, this first transfer shaft 682 is arranged to drive a first control cam 686 which this first actuator of the pendulum 501 comprises. This first control cam 686 comprises, more particularly, a plurality of ramps.
  • the clock 100 comprises means for setting at a reference time, and means for triggering when the time displayed by the clock 100 becomes equal to this reference time, to trigger a sequence of movements of the actuators 501, 502 , 503, when the receptacle 150 is occupied by a watch 200 during the transfer position.
  • the clock 100 comprises means for controlling the recoil of the actuators 501, 502, 503, when the user removes a watch 200 from the receptacle 150 during the execution of an energy recharging and/or adjustment cycle. display and/or operation.
  • the clock 100 comprises means for periodically triggering energy recharging cycles of a watch 200 deposited in the receptacle 150 according to a predetermined period, and comprises means for limiting an energy recharging cycle for a reserve power of a predetermined value, the power reserve being greater than the predetermined period.
  • the clock 100 comprises manual control means, which are arranged to be manipulated by a user to control the execution of an energy recharging and/or display adjustment and/or operation cycle.
  • a watch 200 placed in the receptacle 150 in the transfer position.
  • the clock 100 comprises a stop control mechanism 120, which is arranged to transform a step-by-step time setting command carried out by a user or by the clock 100, into a sequence, the first step of which is a control action of a mechanism for stopping 20 and/or disengaging the displays included in a friendly watch 200.
  • this stop control mechanism 120 is arranged to control a movement of a transmission line to identify a time setting action, and to control the transfer of a pulse or a torque to a stopping mechanism 20 that the watch 200 includes.
  • sympathetic watches 200 advantageous, non-limiting types are described below: a version with hearts and hammer, a version with ratchet and double cam, and a version with ratchet, rake and double cam.
  • the sympathetic watch 200 includes at least one energy storage barrel, for powering at least one resonator 10 that this watch 200 includes.
  • the watch 200 includes a gear train display and a finishing cog.
  • the watch 200 comprises either a stopping mechanism 20 which is arranged to stop the operation of the resonator 10, or else a mechanism clutch allowing separate the display from the finishing gear, or both such a stopping mechanism 20 and such a clutch mechanism
  • the clutch in fact allows, when it is open, the rotation of the displays, in particular the hands, independently of the finishing gear, whether for a movement of these displays towards a pre-determined reference time, or for a movement towards the exact instantaneous time (setting the time step by step, or setting the relative time, or setting the permanent time), or even for moving an offset (version with top seconds), and, when it is closed, to drive the displays or hands.
  • a stop mechanism 20 comprising a stop seconds mechanism 25, in particular with a stop lever, is necessary for certain time setting modes such as permanent time setting. And it constitutes an advantage for step-by-step time setting modes, where the stop mechanism 20 allows a top start at 0 seconds, or even for relative time setting modes where the user can then see the inertial mass 15 of the resonator 10, in particular a balance wheel, stopped during time setting. In these two time setting modes, the clutch alone can start the hands without the balance being stopped, the second display is then random: ⁇ 30 s.
  • the watch 200 conventionally includes at least one hour display 4 and one minute display 5, and/or at least any other display 3.
  • the watch 200 comprises at least one internal mechanism, which is capable of being activated or deactivated by an all-or-nothing actuator of the pendulum 100, and it comprises at least one receiver capable of receiving a series of pulses or a mechanical torque coming from of an actuator of the pendulum 100.
  • the watch 200 includes a reset mechanism 500, which is arranged to return at least one such display 3, 4, 5, to a predetermined reference position.
  • a reset mechanism 500 which is arranged to return at least one such display 3, 4, 5, to a predetermined reference position. This description essentially deals with the example of a reference position at twelve hours and zero minutes; any other reference position is possible, for example ten hours and ten minutes, or other.
  • the reset mechanism 500 is arranged to bring back at least one, and more particularly but not limited to each, display 3; 4; 5, from the watch 200 to its reference position.
  • the reset mechanism 500 comprises in particular, for at least one display 3, 4, 5, at least one core 401, 702, 703, which is integral in rotation with the display concerned 3, 4, 5, and the reset mechanism 500 comprises at least one hammer 402, 701, which is arranged to cooperate in support with a heart 401 , 702, 703, under the pressure of a spring when it is released by the activation of the reset mechanism 500.
  • This hammer 402, 701 is recalled by the reset mechanism 500 which tends to move away from the heart 401, 702, 703, in normal operation.
  • the watch 200 comprises a first actuator of the watch 901, which is arranged to be actuated by the pendulum 100, to control the movement of at least one hammer 402, 701, to cause the positioning of at least one display 3, 4, 5, in the pre-determined reference position, by bringing into cooperation, for each adjusted horological quantity, a hammer 402, 701, with a heart 401, 702, 703, carried by the corresponding display, and more particularly by a roadway.
  • the hammer 402 or 701 is unique, and common to all the hearts 401, 702, 703, which the watch 200 includes, for adjusting the display for the different corresponding horological quantities.
  • the watch 200 comprises such a stopping mechanism 20, and a first actuator of the watch 901, which is arranged to be actuated by the clock 100, to control this stopping mechanism 20 to block or release the operation of the clock. its resonator 10 and/or a mechanism for disengaging the displays of the watch 200.
  • the first actuator of the watch 901 is arranged to ensure the reset of the hammer 402, 701.
  • this stop mechanism 20 comprises a stop-seconds mechanism 25 comprising a stop lever arranged to cooperate in support with an inertial mass 15 of the resonator 10 in a blocking position, and to remain at a distance from the inertial mass 15 when of the normal operation of the resonator 10.
  • the watch 200 comprises at least one operating means 270 or a control rod, which is able to cooperate with an actuator of a pendulum 100 in a coupling position.
  • the watch 200 comprises manual control means, which are arranged to be manipulated by a user to control the execution of an energy recharging and/or display adjustment cycle. and/or speed adjustment of the watch 200 when it is placed in a receptacle 150 in the transfer position, and in particular the watch 200 comprises at least one control means 300 accessible to the user for execution control periodic type winding, and/or for commanding the execution of an automatic time setting.
  • the watch 200 comprises a second actuator of the watch 902, which is able to operate in a back and forth movement, for driving a minute display 5 of the watch 200, in steps of a given value, and to indirectly drive, through this minutes display 5, an hours display 4 of the watch 200.
  • the watch 200 is arranged for correction of the display in steps, with correction steps of a predetermined value, for example two minutes.
  • This correction step is an integer submultiple of the hour: one minute, two minutes, three minutes, four minutes, five minutes, six minutes, ten minutes, twelve minutes, fifteen minutes, twenty minutes, thirty minutes.
  • the watch 200 includes a roadway or a minute wheel, which is precisely positioned using a star with 30 teeth, with 15 teeth or comprising a number of teeth corresponding to the number of correction steps chosen per hour.
  • the watch 200 advantageously comprises at least a first upper half-shaft 11 for selection and at least a second upper half-shaft 12 for driving, and the watch 200 is arranged to recognize the movement of a selection transmission line or 'a drive transmission line in the end of time setting position, where the first upper half-shaft 12 is arranged to actuate the stop lever of the stop mechanism 20, to release the resonator 10, and/or a mechanism for disengaging the displays, and authorizing the watch 200 to run.
  • the watch 200 comprises at least one safety mechanism, to prevent the spring of a barrel from overloading, the safety mechanism comprising a sliding flange or a power reserve measuring mechanism to prevent unnecessary winding or detrimental to a barrel.
  • the watch 200 comprises displays 3, 4, 5, which are arranged to pivot clockwise or counterclockwise, each of the displays being associated with a pawl arranged to block the display considered when passing the reference position, or a preparation position close to the reference position.
  • the reference position and/or the preparation position is adjustable, as well as the locking position of the ratchet.
  • the watch 200 comprises an interface arranged to drive at least one such display 3, 4, 5, in a counterclockwise rotation, and to arm the barrel during such a rotation in the counterclockwise.
  • the interface is advantageously arranged to drive, in addition to the rotation of at least one display 3, 4, 5, counterclockwise, a manual winding train of at least one barrel, by a ratchet mechanism external to a finishing gear that includes the watch 200.
  • the finishing train of the watch 200 comprises a ratchet mobile, arranged for winding at least one barrel during rotation in the counterclockwise direction.
  • the watch 200 advantageously includes a time-setting friction capable of allowing the transfer of torque from the arming, or else comprises a clutch mechanism instead of a time-setting friction.
  • the watch 200 comprises at least one ground clutch mechanism, which is arranged for the engagement or disengagement of a display 3, 4, 5.
  • the watch 200 comprises a minute display 5, which is arranged to pivot clockwise or counterclockwise, and comprises a pawl, which is arranged to unlock when moving from the minute display 5 to the preparation position, and to block the minute display at the reference position.
  • the watch 200 advantageously includes a friction mechanism arranged to allow the continuation of the reset after this blocking during rotation in the counterclockwise direction.
  • the watch 200 comprises in particular a hammer 701, which is movable between an armed position where the hammer 701 is held by a pawl and tensioned by a spring, and an active position where the hammer 701 is arranged to rest on the periphery of a first hour cam 702 in the shape of a heart, carried by an hour wheel 708, so as to force it to rotate up to its smallest radius.
  • the watch 200 also includes a star carried by a minute display mobile, cooperating with a jumper 704, 7040, to maintain each display position at a regular pace.
  • the watch 200 includes a second minutes cam 703 in the shape of a truncated heart, carried by a minutes display 705 to guarantee the display position to the minute.
  • the sympathetic assembly 1000 advantageously includes a controller mechanism for controlling the placement of the displays in the reference position. More particularly, this controller mechanism comprises at least one column wheel 840.
  • the watch 200 comprises a function controller, capable of occupying at least two positions, the first corresponding to the start of the function where the controller is arranged to control the disengagement of the finishing train, and stop the inertial mass 15 of the resonator 10 , and the second corresponding to the end of the function where the controller is arranged to release the clutch and the balance wheel.
  • a function controller capable of occupying at least two positions, the first corresponding to the start of the function where the controller is arranged to control the disengagement of the finishing train, and stop the inertial mass 15 of the resonator 10 , and the second corresponding to the end of the function where the controller is arranged to release the clutch and the balance wheel.
  • the function controller is able to occupy, between the first position and the second position, an intermediate position in which the controller controls the cocking of the hammer.
  • the function controller is integrated into the watch 200, and comprises either a rotary controller, of the column wheel type, controlled by the interface, with two to five successive stable positions, or else a va-controller. back and forth, shuttle type, controlled by the interface, with two successive stable positions.
  • the function controller is external to the watch 200 and is housed in the clock 100, and the watch 200 only includes a back-and-forth cam controlled by the interface and returning to rest by default, and includes a stable rest position, and one to three piloted positions.
  • the function controller is of the three-position column wheel type, arranged to control three rockers arranged to control the clutch, the stop lever, and the hammer or hammers, or which are part of these mechanisms, the rockers being arranged to rest on the columns of the column wheel so as to be activated as needed, and whose different positions are an initial and final position with active clutch, inactive stop lever, and armed hammer, a return position to the reference time, for example 12:00 p.m. , with inactive clutch, active stop lever, and released hammer, and a time setting position with inactive clutch, active stop lever, and cocked hammer.
  • the function controller comprises a three-level spiral, which is located in the clock 100 and which is arranged to control, via a sympathetic interface, a back-and-forth cam in the watch 200 , to control the clutch, the stop lever, and the hammer or hammers, and whose different positions are an initial and final position with active clutch, inactive stop lever, and armed hammer, a return position at the time of reference, for example 12:00 min, with clutch inactive, stop lever active, and hammer released, and a time setting position with clutch inactive, stop lever active, and hammer cocked.
  • a variant of the watch can be used for winding by rotating the display towards a reference position, under the action of the pendulum.
  • This watch has a ratchet, and at least two cams.
  • the watch 200 comprises at least one energy storage barrel, for powering at least one resonator 10 that the watch 200 comprises, and a display train and a finishing train.
  • the watch 200 comprises either a stopping mechanism 20 arranged to stop the operation of the resonator 10, or else a clutch mechanism making it possible to separate the display from the finishing gear, or both such a mechanism of stop 20 and such a clutch mechanism.
  • the watch 200 includes at least one display 3; 4; 5, in particular at least one hour display 4 and one minute display 5.
  • the watch 200 comprises at least one receiver capable of receiving a series of pulses or a mechanical torque coming from an actuator of the clock 100.
  • the watch 200 comprises a transmission line capable of driving the display in a counterclockwise direction, a pawl 801, and at least one first hour cam 802 carried by the hour wheel 808, and comprising a wolf's tooth opening 8030 or a notch 831 corresponding to a reference position of the display.
  • the watch 200 comprises a first hour cam 802 carried by the hour wheel 808, and comprising an opening 8020, a second minute cam 803 carried by a minute display mobile 805, and comprising a toothed opening wolf 8030 or a notch 831, a jumper 804 arranged to cooperate with a star carried by a minute display mobile 805 for maintaining each display position according to a pre-determined regular step.
  • the watch 200 includes an interface arranged to drive at least one display 3; 4; 5 in a counterclockwise rotation, and to cock a barrel, during a counterclockwise rotation.
  • the watch 200 includes a finishing train which includes a ratchet mobile, arranged to allow the winding of at least one barrel during rotation in the counterclockwise direction.
  • the interface is arranged to drive, in addition to the rotation of at least one display 3, 4, 5, counterclockwise, a manual winding train of at least one barrel, for example a ratchet mechanism external to a finishing gear included in the watch 200.
  • the watch 200 includes a time-setting friction capable of allowing the transfer of torque from the arming, or else includes a clutch mechanism instead of a time-setting friction.
  • the watch 200 comprises a pawl 801, a rake 823 meshed with an hour wheel 808, and which is arranged to click off the hour wheel 808 in the direction of clockwise. watch, and which is driven by a return spring 825, an hour rake pinion 824.
  • the watch 200 comprises two cams: at least a first hour cam 802 carried by the hour wheel 808, and comprising an opening 8020, and a second minute cam 803 carried by a minute display mobile 805, and comprising a wolf tooth opening 8030 or a notch 831.
  • the watch 200 comprises a jumper 804, which is arranged to cooperate with a star carried by a minute display mobile 805 for maintaining each display position according to a predetermined regular step.
  • the rake pinion 824 is arranged to drive and arm the rake 823, which clicks at each tooth, during normal operation of the watch 200 when the watch 200 does not cooperate with the clock 100.
  • the watch 200 includes a clutch mechanism 806 between a display gear 805, 807, 808, and a finishing gear 810.
  • the sympathetic assembly 1000 includes an interface between the clock 100 and the watch 200, this interface being arranged to disengage the clutch mechanism 806 by operating it towards its disengaged position, which allows the rake 823 to drive in the opposite direction clockwise the hour display and minute display train of the watch 200, over as many revolutions as necessary, until the pawl 801 meets the opening 8020 of the first hour cam 802, corresponding to the minutes preceding a reference time corresponding to a predetermined reference position of the displays 3, 4, 5, of the watch 200, at an instant at which the pawl 801 can rest on the second minute cam 803 for a rotation corresponding to the last minutes before reaching this reference time, and until blocking in the wolf-tooth opening 8030 of the second minute cam 803, the blocking corresponding to the reference display position.
  • the time setting mechanism controlled by the clock 100 is arranged to set the time of the displays 4, 5 of the watch 200, in the direction of clockwise, towards the exact time in rearming the rake 801.
  • the interface between the clock 100 and the watch 200 is further arranged to reconnect the finishing gear with the display gear, by engaging the clutch mechanism 806 to reset the rake 801 or complete the reset of the rake 801.
  • the cooperation between the jumper 804 and the star allows the displays to be maintained in each step, and authorizes the rearming of the rake 801 without loss of the display.
  • the star carried by the minute display 5, is either a star of thirty teeth cooperating with a simple jumper 804 with one tooth, or else a minute pinion of fifteen teeth cooperating with a single tooth at the times of a double jumper 8040 comprising two teeth, or else comprises a number of teeth which corresponds to the entire number of predetermined steps contained in an hour.
  • the clutch mechanism 806 advantageously includes a friction spring 809.
  • this clutch mechanism 806 is a chronograph clutch mechanism, comprising a clamp 821 whose function is to ensure engagement and disengagement, under the control of a column wheel 840 which controls the angular distance of the arms of the pliers 821, 822, for opening or closing of the pliers, corresponding respectively to the disengagement or the clutch.
  • the sympathetic assembly 1000 includes a controller mechanism, internal or external to the watch 200, for controlling the placement of the displays in the reference position.
  • this function controller is able to occupy at least two positions, the first corresponding to the start of the function where the controller is arranged to control the disengagement of the finishing gear, and stop the balance of the resonator, and the second corresponding to the end of function where the controller is arranged to release the clutch and the balance wheel.
  • the function controller is integrated into the watch 200, and comprises either a rotary controller, of the column wheel type 840, controlled by the interface, with two to five successive stable positions, or else a back and forth controller. -comes, shuttle type, controlled by the interface, with two successive stable positions.
  • the function controller is external to the watch 200 and is housed in the clock 100, and the watch 200 only includes a back-and-forth cam controlled by the interface and returning to rest by default, and includes a stable rest position, and one to three piloted positions.
  • the function controller comprises a spiral and a two-position cam.
  • the time setting step by step can be done at the user's request at the level of the control means 300, and/or automatically, that is to say controlled by the clock 100 , in particular by a mechanism linked to the rotation of the displays of the clock 100, in particular and not limited to an hour display of the clock 104, and a minute display of the clock 105.
  • the control carried out by the clock 100 can be periodic, or linked to an additional mechanism set by the user, called an alarm type mechanism, similar to an alarm mechanism; this command carried out by the clock 100 is only executed if a watch 200 is present in the receptacle 150, in the transfer position.
  • Setting the time is of no interest to the user, except for demonstration purposes, if the watch 200 is not completely disarmed. Also, setting the time is generally following a reset, or more generally, a recharging of energy of the watch 200. This description is simplified by the use of the terms “setting” or “resetting” for any loading or recharging in energy.
  • the watch 200 conventionally comprises displays, 3, 4, 5, and in particular and not limited to an hours display of the watch 4, and a minutes display of the watch 5.
  • the figures illustrate non-limiting variants where these displays are needles.
  • control carried out by the clock 100, or the action of the user on the control means 300 has the first effect of positioning one of the transmission lines in a position corresponding to the time setting.
  • One of the transmission lines is then able to print to a time setting mechanism, which is internal to the watch 200, the movement(s) necessary to accurately achieve the display of the current time.
  • one of the transmission lines between the clock and the watch comprises a first actuator of the clock 501, which is arranged to cooperate with a first actuator of the watch 901 of start or stop control of the watch, and another of these transmission lines comprises a second actuator of the pendulum 502 which is arranged to cooperate with a second actuator of the watch 902, in particular a pusher or the like, which provides incrementally the positioning movement.
  • these pushers can be confused.
  • another transmission line comprises a third actuator of the pendulum 503, arranged to cooperate with one of the actuators of the watch.
  • the watch 200 includes a resonator 10, which includes at least one inertial mass 15; the present description concerns the most common case of a sprung balance type resonator, where the inertial mass 15 is a balance.
  • the watch 200 is equipped with a stopping mechanism 20, arranged to stop the operation of the resonator 10, in particular by pressing an arm, or a leaf spring, or another actuator, on the mass inertial 15 or on a suitable element of the resonator. More particularly, this stop mechanism 20 is a stop-seconds mechanism 25 comprising a stop lever.
  • the clock 100 comprises a stop control mechanism 120, which is arranged to transform the time setting command step by step carried out by the user or by the clock 100, into a sequence, the first step of which is a control action of the stopping mechanism 20 of the watch 200.
  • the stop control mechanism 120 of the clock 100 is arranged to control a movement of one of the transmission lines to identify the time setting action, and to control the transfer of a pulse or a couple to the stopping mechanism 20 of the watch 200.
  • the watch 200 recognizes the movement of the transmission line between the clock 100 and the watch 200 in the time set position, a first actuator of the watch 901 (in particular a pusher or the like) activates the stop lever of the stop-seconds mechanism 25, which stops the resonator 10 and the watch 200.
  • This first actuator of the watch 901 is advantageously also a control mechanism for at least one hammer or the like, and causes the positioning of the time displays 4 and of minute 5 of the watch 200 in the reference position, by putting in cooperation, for each adjusted horological quantity, a hammer with a heart carried by a roadway.
  • setting the time step by step comprises a sequence of steps, described here with numerical values of the step which are in no way limiting:
  • the resonator 10 is then stopped, in the particular case illustrated here the inertial mass 15 is stopped.
  • the watch 200 includes at least one display 3, 4, 5; more particularly and not exhaustively, the present description concerns the adjustment of an hours display of the watch 4, and of a minutes display of the watch 5
  • the watch 200 includes a reset mechanism 500, which is arranged to return at least one display 3, 4, 5 of the watch, in particular the hours display of the watch 4 and the minutes display of the watch 5, at a reference position, in particular for example the position at the reference position, in particular 12:00 p.m., that is to say twelve hours and zero minutes, or again, as visible on the figures 27 to 33 , the 10:10 position, that is to say ten hours and ten minutes, or even any other value.
  • the reference position is this reference position of 12:00, twelve hours and zero minutes.
  • this reset mechanism 500 is arranged to return each display 3, 4, 5 of the watch to its reference position.
  • this reset mechanism 500 comprises, for each display 3, 4, 5, a core 401, 702, 703, which is integral in rotation with this display 3, 4, 5, and the reset mechanism 500 comprises at least one hammer 402, 701, which is arranged to cooperate in support with this core 401, 702, 703, during activation of the reset mechanism 500; preferably this hammer 402, 701 is returned by a hammer spring 403 which tends to move it away from the heart 401, 702, 703, in normal operation.
  • the hammer 402, 701 is unique, and common to all the hearts 401, 702, 703, which the watch 200 includes for the different horological quantities to be adjusted.
  • the stopping mechanism 20 thus controls, simultaneously with the stopping of the watch 200, the resetting of its display to zero by activating its resetting mechanism 500 to return each display 3, 4, 5 to its reference position .
  • each display 3, 4, 5 of the watch 200 instantly takes the reference display position, for example the twelve o'clock and zero minute position.
  • This other transmission line includes a second actuator of the watch 902, which here operates in a back and forth movement; this execution is one of the non-limiting possibilities for controlling the time setting of the watch.
  • the clock 100 drives the minutes display of the watch 5, in steps of a given value, for example two minutes, and therefore indirectly drives, at through the minute display of the watch 5, the hour display of the watch 4, until the display on the watch corresponds to a restart display position which corresponds to the instantaneous exact time which is the value of the instantaneous display visible on the clock 100, increased by at least one additional step, therefore here by two minutes.
  • This mechanism works in a similar way to a date corrector: the watch 200 has a corrector linked to a minute wheel, and the clock 100 activates a second actuator of the watch 902 which presses on this corrector, the number of times necessary to reach the instantaneous time, increased by the step value, here two minutes.
  • This linear movement resembles the operation of a bicycle pump.
  • the reference on the clock is done in a manner similar to that carried out by a minute repeater mechanism on demand, with sensing of the hours and minutes snails that the clock conventionally includes.
  • Two-minute steps are a non-limiting example, and, in this example, the number of steps to be taken, for two-minute steps, is then variable between 0 and 359 steps (60/2 *12).
  • the roadway or the minute wheel of the watch is precisely positioned using a star, in particular but not limited to 30 teeth; we will see later the advantageous case of a star of 15 teeth. More generally, the roadway or minute wheel of the watch 200 is precisely positioned by the combination of a star secured to the roadway or minute wheel, and a jumper with one or more teeth, the number of teeth of this star and the number of teeth of this jumper together defining the value of the predetermined pitch.
  • the operation of the first actuator of the watch 901 can be used to ensure the reset of the hammer 402, 701.
  • the clock 100 waits for the next change to the next two minutes, in order, at this precise moment which corresponds to the restart display position which was previously set, to release the stop lever by means of the first pusher 901, and thus allow the watch to operate at the exact time. Thanks to the stop seconds, this time setting is very precise.
  • this same passage to the next two minutes has the effect of modifying the state of the stop control mechanism 120, and of controlling a movement of the start/stop control transmission line, to identify the action of end of time setting, and to control the transfer of a pulse or a torque to the stopping mechanism 20 of the watch 200.
  • the watch 200 recognizes the movement of one of the transmission lines in the end of time setting position, the first upper half-shaft 12 re-activates the stop lever of the stop mechanism 20, which releases the resonator 10 and the watch 200 , whose march resumes instantly.
  • the clock 100 stops the inertial mass 15, in particular the balance wheel, of the watch 200, in particular by a stop-second lever mechanism 25.
  • the clock 100 drives in steps, here in steps of two minutes, the minutes display of watch 5 of watch 200, and through it the hours display of watch 4 of the watch 200, until these displays reach and together indicate the instantaneous exact time plus two minutes.
  • the clock 100 waits for the next change to the next two minutes to release the stop lever, and thus allow the watch 200 to operate on the correct time.
  • the time setting of the watch is thus carried out very precisely.
  • a second variant called winding by periodic pulse and with the time setting function, concerns the periodic winding of the watch 200, when the watch is in the receptacle 150 of the clock 100, of a winding value which corresponds to the duration of a period, plus a security duration.
  • the general objectives are the same as for the first variation of setting the time step by step.
  • a winding identical to that which is carried out at each period is also triggered when the watch is set to the time, either at the request of the user, or at the request of the time base of the clock 100, to ensure the operation of the watch 200 after setting the time. This winding is then carried out prior to the time setting operation.
  • This principle requires the presence, at the watch 200, of a safety mechanism, such as a sliding flange type barrel, to prevent the barrel spring from breaking when overloaded.
  • a power reserve measurement mechanism can make it possible to prohibit unnecessary or harmful winding of the barrel.
  • the periodic winding is carried out with a period of twelve hours, therefore twice a day, for a winding value greater than the periodic winding period, for example a winding value of thirteen hours, so as to have thirteen hours of autonomy.
  • the execution of a periodic type of winding can be done at the user's request at the level of the control means 300, and/or automatically, that is to say controlled by the clock 100, in particular by a mechanism linked to the rotation of the displays 104, 105, of the clock 100.
  • the control carried out by the clock 100 can be periodic, or linked to an additional mechanism set by the user, an alarm mechanism, or a mechanism of the type awakening ; this command carried out by the clock 100 is only executed if a watch 200 is present in the receptacle 150, in the transfer position.
  • the execution of a periodic type winding can be triggered by an action of the user during a request to set the time, or by a command from the clock 100 itself for the same object.
  • the pendulum 100 drives the winding train of the watch 200 by an equivalent number of revolutions. at thirteen hours of autonomy, in this example.
  • This autonomy allows the watch 200 to operate if the user immediately wears his watch, provided that it is equipped with an automatic winding mechanism ensuring additional winding, even if this watch 200 was disarmed beforehand, before the time setting request.
  • the watch 200 remains in its receptacle 150 on the clock 100, it continues to operate until the next periodic winding, in our advantageous example, after twelve hours.
  • the winding can go down so that the chronometry is deteriorated, but if the winding period is coupled with a time setting period, this loss is not harmful for the user.
  • the watch will therefore operate continuously between 48 and 60 hours of winding and the barrel flange is then requested to a slippage of two hours per day, which is much lower than for normal wearing of an automatic watch, and does not generate indiscriminate wear of the mechanism.
  • This periodic winding is very simple, and preserves the energy storage mechanism of the watch, while ensuring availability for the benefit of the user.
  • the connecting mechanism is produced comprising at least two distinct transmission lines between the clock 100 and the watch 200.
  • this sympathetic assembly 1000 is produced with a watch 200 comprising at least one resonator 10, and a display gear and a finishing gear, and, or a stopping mechanism 20 arranged to stop the movement of the resonator 10 , or else a clutch mechanism making it possible to separate the display from the finishing gear, or else both such a stopping mechanism 20 and such a clutch mechanism, and the watch 200 comprising at least one display of 4 hours and a 5 minute display.
  • a third variant, called relative time setting, concerns the execution of the time setting on demand, and automatically periodically, for example twice a day, controlled by the clock 100.
  • the general objectives are the same as for the first variation of setting the time step by step.
  • the clock 100 drives the displays 4, 5 of the watch 200 backwards by a value guaranteeing the passage of the displays to a position twelve hours and zero minutes, for example a value of thirteen hours for a time setting of a twelve-hour time display.
  • Each of these displays 4, 5, is blocked when passing the reference position twelve hours and zero minutes by a pawl. More particularly, this reference position is adjustable, as well as the locking position of the pawl specific to at least one display 4, 5, more particularly to each display 4, 5.
  • the clock 100 drives the watch displays 4, 5, to the correct time, with a precision of around ⁇ 20 seconds.
  • the execution of this time setting on demand, and automatically periodically, can be done at the request of the user at the level of the control means 300, and/or automatically, that is to say that is, controlled by the clock 100, in particular by a mechanism linked to the rotation of the displays 104, 105, of the clock 100.
  • the control carried out by the clock 100 can be periodic, or linked to an additional mechanism set by the user , a wake-up mechanism or an alarm-like mechanism; this command carried out by the clock 100 is only executed if a watch 200 is present in the receptacle 150, in the transfer position.
  • the clock 100 drives the minutes display of the watch 5, and by this drives the hours display of the watch 4, in the counterclockwise direction, abbreviated SIAM, the equivalent of thirteen hours so as to guarantee the passage of hours through the reference position, in particular at twelve hours and zero minutes.
  • SIAM the equivalent of thirteen hours so as to guarantee the passage of hours through the reference position, in particular at twelve hours and zero minutes.
  • a pawl unlocks and blocks the display from the minute to the reference position, notably 12:00.
  • This principle is the opposite principle of the principle which makes it possible to set exactly, to the minute, the striking time of an alarm clock, by combining two cams, one which is an hour cam and which has an opening corresponding to an period of time of approximately a quarter of an hour before the moment planned for the execution of the strike, this opening being arranged to cooperate with a pin for the continuation of the drive by the movement of the minute cam alone which triggers the alarm at the exact minute previously set, as readable in the document EP2073076B1 in the name of MONTRES BREGUET.
  • the clock 100 drives the minutes display of the watch 5 in the normal clockwise direction, abbreviated SAM, and through it the hours display of the watch 4, until they reach the exact time.
  • SAM normal clockwise direction
  • the time setting precision strongly depends on the clearances and mis-rounds of the time setting gear, it is estimated at approximately +/- 15 to 20 seconds on the minute.
  • the reference position and/or the preparation position is adjustable, as well as the blocking position of at least one pawl, in particular of each pawl.
  • winding by setting the relative time
  • the winding is carried out during the duration of thirteen hours of rotation in the counterclockwise direction of the relative time setting of the watch, exposed above. It is done the same, on demand and automatically twice a day.
  • the thirteen hours of counterclockwise rotation of the displays 4, 5 of the watch ensure the winding of the watch for a duration of thirteen hours.
  • This fourth variant makes it possible to set the time and wind with a single rotating interface.
  • the time setting function is triggered by user action on the clock (on demand), or by a mechanism linked to the rotation of the clock displays (periodic).
  • the clock 100 drives the minutes display of the watch 5 and the hours display of the watch 4 counterclockwise by the equivalent of thirteen hours for the relative time setting. This rotation can be used to cock the barrel, advantageously by thirteen hours.
  • the first option is simple to implement. It includes a ratchet system so that the clockwise rotation of the relative time setting displays can be done, but the ratchet system is not found in the finishing gear.
  • the second option is interesting, because it only requires a ratchet wheel in the finishing gear.
  • the time setting friction must allow the transfer of torque from the arming; the typical pavement torque is about 1N.mm, and the typical pavement torque for winding maximum 3N.mm.
  • a clutch system can replace the classic time-setting friction.
  • This invention ensures winding for a period of thirteen hours when setting the time on demand, and for a period of thirteen hours when setting the time periodically.
  • the time setting like the winding, only takes place on demand.
  • the watch 200 is necessarily equipped with a stopping mechanism 20, arranged to stop the operation of the resonator 10, in particular by supporting an arm, or a leaf spring, or another actuator, on the inertial mass 15 or on a suitable element of the resonator. More particularly, this stop mechanism 20 is a stop-seconds mechanism 25 comprising a stop lever.
  • the stop lever is activated.
  • the clock moves the displays backwards by thirteen o'clock, they are blocked when passing the reference position, in particular 12:00, by pawls.
  • the clock then moves the displays to the time, with an accuracy of around ⁇ 20 seconds.
  • the clock continues to drive the displays until the watch is unlocked on the clock.
  • This fifth variant avoids constant operation of the watch (excluding display), daily winding and setting the time, the functions being carried out only once, from the request until the watch is picked up.
  • the time setting function is triggered by user action on the clock (on demand) only.
  • the clock stops the watch and disengages the display (road clutch).
  • the clock drives the minutes display and through it that of the hours counterclockwise by the equivalent of thirteen hours, so as to guarantee the passage of the hours to the reference position, in particular 12:00, and to guarantee a minimum winding greater than twelve hours of power reserve, in particular with a value of thirteen hours of power reserve, in a manner similar to the fourth variant.
  • a pawl unlocks and locks the minute at the reference position, in particular 12:00; the drive by the thirteen hour clock in a counterclockwise direction continues on a friction system.
  • the clock drives the minutes display, and through it that of the hours until they reach the exact time.
  • the time setting precision strongly depends on the clearances and mis-rounds of the time setting gear, it is estimated at ⁇ 20 seconds on the minute.
  • the clock drives the displays at real speed as long as the watch is not unlocked from the clock for wearing.
  • This invention has the advantage of saving the operating wear of the watch when it is on the clock.
  • a sixth variant called data collection for setting the time on demand, aims to make it possible to read the time displayed by the clock and to transmit the information to the watch within the framework of the operating modes of the clock. sympathetic pendulums described in the first, third, and fifth variants above. THE figures 8 to 12 illustrate this data collection on the clock for setting the time on demand.
  • This sixth variant uses a mechanism which allows the reading of the difference of the current time compared to the reference time, chosen arbitrarily and not limited to 12:00 p.m. for all the variants exposed, and which also makes it possible to transmit the information of the value of this difference to the watch, so as to index it after a return to the reference position, in particular 12:00, of its displays.
  • this transmission can give either the exact difference, or the total of the difference and an offset necessary for setting the time at the top second.
  • This sixth variant is presented here in an analogous manner to the first variant known as step-by-step time setting; we will see that it is also valid for the third and fifth variants.
  • the time setting function is triggered by an action by the user on the clock (on demand at the level of the control means 300) or by a mechanism linked to the rotation of the displays of the pendulum (periodic).
  • the pendulum stops the resonator 10, in particular the balance 15 of the watch (balance stop lever mechanism), and activates a hammer mechanism bringing the hour display of the watch from 4 to 12 o'clock, and through it the watch minute display 5 to 00 minutes.
  • the clock drives in two-minute steps the minutes display of watch 5, and through it the hours display of watch 4, until these displays 4 and 5 reach and indicate the exact time plus a non-limiting step of two minutes.
  • This function can ensure the reset of the hammer.
  • the minute wheel is precisely positioned using a star, in particular a star of 30 teeth or 15 teeth.
  • the clock waits for the next change to the next two minutes to release the stop lever and allow the watch to run on time.
  • a first embodiment of this sixth variant includes a single cam 601 at the level of the pendulum 100, and sets the time step by step.
  • the clock 100 includes a snail cam 601 making one revolution in twelve hours, and having 360 bearings 6010 on its circumference, i.e. one bearing per two minutes. This cam is attached to the clock display (one revolution in twelve hours).
  • the pendulum 100 comprises a feeler 602, in particular a rocker, which comprises at a first end a rake 603, and at a second opposite end a feeler finger 604 with a nose 605.
  • the latter is maintained by default in a rest position, which corresponds to the reference time, plus an offset corresponding to possible gear sets and a possible additional jump to allow the time setting function with stop seconds according to the first variant. Maintaining this feeler 602 is advantageously done with an adjustment eccentric (not shown) allowing the watchmaker to easily compensate for these games.
  • the adjustment can also advantageously be carried out with a fine-adjusting rake according to the teachings of the application EP20158326.7 in the name of MONTRES BREGUET.
  • the proposed time setting cycle includes a phase of setting the watch to the reference position reference, 12:00 for example.
  • the feeler 602 carrying the feeler finger 604 is subjected to the action of return means, and in particular an elastic return means such as a spring.
  • the pendulum 100 releases the probe 602, which is rotated by this return means, not shown in the figures.
  • the probe 602 rotates until it comes into contact with one of the 360 bearings 6010 of the cam 601. This rotation corresponds exactly to the number of two-minute steps separating the reference time from the time displayed on the clock.
  • This rotation is transmitted in a non-limiting manner by an interface, in particular of the back-and-forth type, to the watch and its display or its minute display.
  • the interface may also be rotatable instead of reciprocating.
  • the clock 100 resets and returns the feeler 602 to its rest position by a mechanism similar to the known grand sonnerie mechanisms, and is ready for a new function.
  • a second embodiment of this sixth variant comprises two cams 610 and 620 in the clock 100, and sets the time step by step.
  • a 360-position cam as used in the first embodiment, remains in fact a difficult element to manufacture, and necessarily bulky, even in the context of a clock.
  • the clock 100 comprises two cams: a first hour cam 610 making one revolution in twelve hours and comprising on its circumference 12 bearings 6100 of one hour each, and a second minute cam 620 making one revolution in one hour and comprising 30 bearings 6200 of two minutes each.
  • These cams are integral with the clock display, respectively the hours display 104 (one revolution in twelve hours) and the minutes display 105 (one revolution in one hour).
  • the clock 100 also includes two feelers: a first feeler 630 arranged to cooperate with the first hour cam 610, and a second feeler 640 arranged to cooperate with the second minute cam 620. These two feelers are maintained by default in a position of rest which corresponds, for the first probe 630 of the hours to the reference time added with an offset corresponding to possible gear sets, and for the second probe 640 of the minutes to a possible additional jump to allow the updating function time with a stop seconds mechanism 25 according to the first variant.
  • the clock 100 releases the feelers 630 and 640 until they come to rest on their respective cams 610,620.
  • This rotation is transmitted to an interface and to the watch 200, in particular via a differential gear train 680, one of the reasons of which has a ratio of 1/12 compared to the other, in order to accumulate the values of the two cams.
  • An output of this differential mechanism 680 is arranged to drive a second actuator 502, in particular but not limited to via a second control cam 684.
  • this second actuator 502 comprises a crank and a connecting rod arranged to push and pull a second control rod 512 that this second actuator 502 comprises, so as to impart to the second control rod 512 a back and forth movement for setting the time of such a watch 200.
  • the second control rod 512 is returned towards the second cam 684 by second elastic return means 513.
  • the pendulum 100 comprises at least one electromechanical or electronic movement, which is arranged to control the movement of an output mobile which is arranged to drive such a second actuator 502, in particular but not limited to via a second control cam 684.
  • This rotation is transmitted by this interface to the watch 200 and to its minute display 5.
  • the clock 100 resets and returns the two feelers 630 and 640 to their rest positions, by a mechanism similar to the known grand sonnerie mechanisms, and is ready for a new function.
  • a seventh variant called setting the reference time of the displays, and illustrated by the figures 13 to 18 , proposes a solution for the function of returning to the reference position, in particular 12:00, of the displays of the watch 200, a function which is necessary for the implementation of the first, third, and fifth variants above.
  • the interface activates the clutch 706 towards its disengaged position, as visible on the Figure 16 .
  • the interface then releases the hammer 701, which takes the hours display through the first heart cam 702, and, through the timer, the minutes display to the reference position, in particular 12:00.
  • the typical timer set allows an error of the order of 3 minutes on the position of the minute display in relation to that of the hours: ⁇ 1.5 minutes, depending on the direction of zeroing transmitted by the hammer on the heart, as visible on the figures 13 and 14 .
  • an additional minute cam 703 works at the end of the hammer 701's function, and guarantees the position to the minute.
  • the jumper 704 and the star 30 maintain the position of the display at the reference position, in particular 12:00, and at all subsequent positions in two-minute correction steps.
  • the 15-tooth road advantageously replaces the 30-tooth star, working with a double jumper according to the representation visible in Figure 17 .
  • the mechanism can reset the hammer without loss of the display, the time can be set in two-minute increments.
  • the interface can release the clutch, and reconnect the finishing cog with the display cog.
  • FIG. 18 illustrates a BREGUET 1050 chronograph clutch mechanism, comprising a clamp 721 whose function is to ensure engagement and disengagement, under the control of a column wheel 740 which controls the angular separation of the clamp arms 721 and 722, for opening or closing the clamp, and therefore disengagement or clutching.
  • This seventh variant makes it possible to use a time-setting mechanism, and makes it possible to disengage the display gear from the finishing gear, and to re-engage them with each other.
  • an eighth variant called reference time setting, illustrated by the figures 19 to 21 , proposes another solution for the function of returning to the reference position, in particular 12:00, of the displays of the watch 200, a function which is necessary for the implementation of the first, third, and fifth variants above.
  • the watch 200 also includes a rake pinion 824 or hour pinion, which rake pinion 824 is arranged to drive and arm the rake 823, which clicks at each tooth, during normal operation of the watch 200 when the watch 200 does not cooperate with clock 100.
  • the watch 200 further comprising a clutch mechanism 806 between a display gear 805; 807; 808 and a finishing gear 810.
  • a watch 200 comprising a time display of the watch 4 carrying an hour cam 802 comprising an opening 8020, a second minute cam 803 carried by the minute display of the watch 805, and comprising an opening 8020.
  • the clutch mechanism 806 is disengaged in its disengaged position, which allows the rake 823 to drive the hour display and minute display train of the watch 200 counterclockwise, over as many revolutions as necessary, until the pawl 801 meets the opening 8020 of the first hour cam 802, corresponding to the minutes preceding the reference time, at an instant at which the pawl 801 can rely on the second minute cam 803 for the rotation corresponding to the last minutes before the reaching the reference time, and until blocking in the wolf-tooth opening 8030 of the second minute cam 803, the blocking corresponding to the reference display position.
  • the watch 200 also includes a jumper 804 arranged to cooperate with a star, in particular a star of 30 teeth secured to the minute display mobile 805, in a manner similar to the seventh variant, and includes a mechanism controlling the three phases of the function
  • the hour pinion 824 drives and arms the rake 823, which clicks at each tooth, as visible on the figures 19 And 20 .
  • the interface activates the clutch 806 towards its disengaged position, as visible on the Figure 21 .
  • the clutch releases the hour display train and the minute display, which is driven counterclockwise by the rake 823.
  • the display gear driven counterclockwise by the rake 823, can potentially make more than one revolution of the hour wheel (display of hours), and more than twelve revolutions of the road (display of minutes) linked by the timer.
  • the time setting mechanism can perform its function in a clockwise direction towards the exact time by rearming the rake 801. If the rearming is not complete by updating time it is completed by the normal rotation of the watch display clockwise.
  • the interface can release the clutch, and reconnect the finishing cog with the display cog.
  • the watch 200 also includes a rake pinion 824 or hour pinion, which rake pinion 824 is arranged to drive and arm the rake 823, which clicks at each tooth, during normal operation of the watch 200 when the watch 200 does not cooperate with clock 100.
  • the watch 200 further comprising a clutch mechanism 806 between a display gear 805; 807; 808 and a finishing gear 810.
  • a ninth variant concerns a method and a mechanism for setting the time step by step on the hour and minute displays.
  • the invention proposes a solution for the function of setting the time of the displays of the watch in steps of two minutes following a reset to the reference position, in particular 12:00, as described in the seventh and eighth variants. It is controlled by the interface of a sympathetic clock, whose data collection mechanism for setting the time is as described in the sixth variant above.
  • the present description concerns a non-limiting construction of a mechanism setting the time in steps of two minutes. Steps of 1 minute, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10 minutes are also possible.
  • a roadway 905 of 15 teeth is advantageously used, which is also necessary to replace the star of 30 teeth.
  • the first stable position therefore corresponds to the display obtained following the return to the reference position, i.e. 12:00 in this example.
  • the clutch is in the open position relative to the finishing gear 910 as visible in Figure 24 .
  • the display is therefore independent of the watch's gear train. This cog is also stopped by the stop lever during the function.
  • the clock transmits through its interface a defined number of movements necessary to reach the current time, in steps of two minutes. It also transmits one or two additional steps to allow waiting time until the top second.
  • the interface of the pendulum collaborates with the corrector 932 of the watch which drives the rocker 931.
  • This rocker 931 is constructed so as to drive the star of 30 by one step, or, in the alternative embodiment, the pinion of 15 half a step.
  • the rocker 931 drives the 15-tooth pinion over 80% of the pitch, and returns to its rest position, the jumper then ensures the remaining travel, with the remaining 20% of the current pitch, and positions the pinion for the next half-step. not, as visible on the figure 25 .
  • This execution meets the desired time setting functions, it allows the clock to move the displays in two-minute increments to the current time, and to add an offset.
  • the invention proposes, without limitation, different embodiments, with either a specific controller integrated into the watch, similar to those used in chronographs, or a controller external to the watch, integrated into the clock.
  • the watch When the controller is in the clock, the watch only has a back-and-forth cam controlled by the interface and returning to rest by default (a stable rest position, and one to three controlled positions: 1-2- 3-2-1-2-3 etc).
  • the execution with a column wheel is well suited to the seventh variant.
  • a column wheel with three positions, which are chosen successively by the pendulum via the sympathetic interface.
  • This column wheel controls three rockers in the manner of chronographs, these rockers control the clutch, the stop lever, and the hammer or hammers, or are part of these mechanisms.
  • These rockers are constructed to rest on the columns of the column wheel so as to be activated as needed.
  • This execution can be applied to the eighth variant with a two-position column wheel.
  • the second execution with a simple shuttle is sufficient for the eighth variant where two positions are sufficient, and can replace the column wheel.
  • the controller is in the clock is well suited to the seventh variant: the three-position column wheel, described previously, is functionally replaced by a three-level spiral, which is located in the clock. This spiral spiral is controlled via a friendly interface. cam back and forth in the watch. This cam controls the clutch, the stop lever, and the hammer or hammers, as needed.
  • the construction is adapted to prevent the hammer from falling when moving to position 1 when returning to position 0.
  • This execution in which the controller is in the pendulum can be applied to the eighth variant, with a spiral and a two-position cam.
  • such a controller responds to the desired time setting functions, allows the disengagement of the display of the finishing gear, and their clutch, allows the hammer to be controlled if necessary, and allows the stop lever to be controlled.
  • the first interface comprises a first external actuator in the clock, and a first internal actuator in the watch.
  • the second interface includes a second external actuator in the clock, and a second internal actuator in the watch.
  • the third interface includes a third external actuator in the clock, and a third internal actuator in the watch.
  • the nth interface includes an nth external actuator in the clock, and an nth internal actuator in the watch.
  • Chiming mechanisms have the advantage of providing precise references for time settings, which one can imagine using for setting the time of nice watches.
  • the striking snails can be used for the time setting mechanism, in an example of a time setting carried out in five minute steps, the corresponding snail must have 144 steps of five minutes, and will not be used for The ring.
  • the hour snail In a strike, the hour snail is in principle jumping with the surprise mechanism, so a priori even the training is particular.
  • the watch can be chiming, but this makes the system a little more complex because it is necessary to isolate the chimes during sympathetic operation where the sympathetic clock 100 and the sympathetic watch 200 cooperate, because the chimes would ring continuously during activation. hour and could cause the mechanism to block.

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  1. Verfahren zum Stellen einer Referenzzeit der Anzeigeeinheiten einer sympathischen Uhr (200) durch ein sympathisches Pendel (100), mit dem die Uhr (200) eine sympathische Einheit (1000) bildet, die einen Verbindungsmechanismus beinhaltet, der mindestens zwei getrennte Übertragungslinien zwischen dem Pendel (100) und der Uhr (200) beinhaltet, wenn die Uhr (200) in einem Behälter (150), den das Pendel (100) beinhaltet, in einer Übertragungsposition abgelegt ist, wobei die Uhr (200) mindestens einen Resonator (10) und ein Anzeige-Räderwerk und ein Finissage-Räderwerk beinhaltet, und, oder aber einen Anschlagmechanismus (20), der ausgeführt ist, um den Gang des Resonators (10) zu stoppen, oder aber einen Kupplungsmechanismus, der es ermöglicht, die Anzeige vom Finissage-Räderwerk zu trennen, oder aber sowohl einen solchen Anschlagmechanismus (20), als auch einen solchen Kupplungsmechanismus, und wobei die Uhr (200) mindestens eine Stundenanzeigeeinheit (4) und eine Minutenanzeigeeinheit (5) beinhaltet, deren Referenzposition definiert wird, wobei die Uhr (200) mindestens ein Energiespeicher-Federhaus zur Speisung des mindestens einen Resonators (10) beinhaltet, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine Uhr (200) verwendet wird, die einen Kupplungsmechanismus (706) zwischen einem Anzeige-Räderwerk (705; 707; 708) und einem Finissage-Räderwerk (710) beinhaltet, und einen Hammer (701) beinhaltet, der zwischen einer gespannten Position, in der er von einem Sperrkegel zurückgehalten, und von einer Feder gespannt wird, und einer aktiven Position, in der der Hammer (701) angeordnet ist, um sich an den Umfang einer ersten Herzkurvenscheibe der Stunden (702) anzulegen, die von einem Stundenrad (708) getragen wird, das die Uhr (200) beinhaltet, beweglich ist, um die Herzkurvenscheibe der Stunden (702) bis zu ihrem kleinsten Radius zum Drehen zu zwingen, und dadurch, dass ein Zyklus ausgeführt wird, der drei Phasen beinhaltet, eine erste Phase im Laufe derer durch eine erste Verschiebung einer Schnittstelle zwischen dem Pendel (100) und der Uhr (200) der Kupplungsmechanismus (706) durch die Schnittstelle ausgekuppelt wird, die ihn zu seiner ausgekuppelten Position betätigt, und dadurch, dass nach dem Auskuppeln der Kupplung (706) die Schnittstelle den Hammer (701) freigibt, der die Stundenanzeigeeinheit (4) durch die Herzkurvenscheibe der Stunden (702) und durch das Zeigerwerk die Minutenanzeigeeinheit (5) in die Referenzposition mitnimmt, und eine zweite Phase, bei der die Position der Anzeigeeinheiten (4; 5) zum Stellen der Zeit, Isolieren, oder erneuten Spannen des Hammers (701) gehalten wird, und eine dritte Phase, bei der durch eine zweite Verschiebung der Schnittstelle zwischen dem Pendel (100) und der Uhr (200), zum erneuten Verbinden des Finissage-Räderwerks mit dem Anzeige-Räderwerk der Kupplungsmechanismus (706) durch die Schnittstelle gekuppelt wird, die ihn zu seiner gekuppelten Position betätigt, und wobei es während der dritten Phase möglich ist, den Hammer (701) durch die Schnittstelle erneut zu spannen.
  2. Verfahren zum Stellen einer Referenzzeit der Anzeigeeinheiten nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass am Ende des Wegs des Hammers (701) letzterer mit einer zweiten Herzkurvenscheibe der Minuten (703) in Form eines abgestumpften Herzens und fest mit der Minutenanzeige (5) verbunden, zusammenwirkt, um die Position auf die Minute genau zu gewährleisten.
  3. Verfahren zum Stellen einer Referenzzeit der Anzeigeeinheiten nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein vorbestimmter Schrittwert zum Stellen der Zeit bestimmt wird, und dadurch, dass bei der zweiten Phase die Position der Anzeige in der Referenzposition durch das Zusammenwirken zwischen einer Raste (704) und einem Stern, den die Uhr (200) beinhaltet, dann in jeder nachfolgenden Position Schritt für Schritt beibehalten wird, um das erneute Spannen des Hammers (701) ohne Verlust der Anzeige zu erlauben.
  4. Verfahren zum Stellen einer Referenzzeit der Anzeigeeinheiten nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass als Stern, der von der Anzeigeeinheit für Minuten (5) getragen wird, entweder ein Stern mit dreißig Zähnen gewählt wird, der mit einer einfachen Raste (704) mit einem Zahn zusammenwirkt, oder aber einen Minutenrohrtrieb mit fünfzehn Zähnen, der gleichzeitig mit einem einzigen Zahn einer Doppelraste (7040), die zwei Zähne beinhaltet, zusammenwirkt.
  5. Verfahren zum Stellen einer Referenzzeit der Anzeigeeinheiten nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Minutenrohr oder das Minutenrad der Uhr (200) durch die Kombination eines Sterns, der fest mit dem Minutenrohr oder dem Minutenrad verbunden ist, und einer Raste mit einem oder mehreren Zähnen genau positioniert wird, wobei die Anzahl an Zähnen des Sterns und die Anzahl an Zähnen der Raste zusammen den Wert des vorbestimmten Schritts definieren.
  6. Verfahren zum Stellen einer Referenzzeit der Anzeigeeinheiten nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Kupplungsmechanismus (706) mit einer Reibungsfeder (709) ausgestattet ist.
  7. Verfahren zum Stellen einer Referenzzeit der Anzeigeeinheiten nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass als Kupplungsmechanismus (706) ein Chronographen-Kupplungsmechanismus verwendet wird, der eine Zange (721) beinhaltet, deren Funktion darin besteht, das Kuppeln und das Auskuppeln unter der Steuerung eines Säulenrads (740) zu gewährleisten, das die Winkelabweichung der Arme der Zange (721; 722) zum Öffnen oder Schließen der Zange steuert, was jeweils dem Auskuppeln oder Kuppeln entspricht.
  8. Verfahren zum Stellen einer Referenzzeit der Anzeigeeinheiten nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ein Kontrollmechanismus der drei Phasen verwendet wird.
  9. Verfahren zum Stellen einer Referenzzeit der Anzeigeeinheiten nach den Ansprüchen 7 und 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Kontrollmechanismus mindestens ein Säulenrad (740) beinhaltet.
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