GB2416408B - Balance wheel, balance spring and other components and assemblies for a mechanical oscillator system and method of manufacture - Google Patents

Balance wheel, balance spring and other components and assemblies for a mechanical oscillator system and method of manufacture

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GB2416408B
GB2416408B GB0520481A GB0520481A GB2416408B GB 2416408 B GB2416408 B GB 2416408B GB 0520481 A GB0520481 A GB 0520481A GB 0520481 A GB0520481 A GB 0520481A GB 2416408 B GB2416408 B GB 2416408B
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balance
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mechanical oscillator
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Gideon Levingston
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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
    • G04B17/00—Mechanisms for stabilising frequency
    • G04B17/04—Oscillators acting by spring tension
    • G04B17/06—Oscillators with hairsprings, e.g. balance
    • G04B17/066—Manufacture of the spiral spring
    • 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
    • G04B17/00—Mechanisms for stabilising frequency
    • G04B17/04—Oscillators acting by spring tension
    • G04B17/06—Oscillators with hairsprings, e.g. balance
    • G04B17/063—Balance construction
    • 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
    • G04B17/00—Mechanisms for stabilising frequency
    • G04B17/20—Compensation of mechanisms for stabilising frequency
    • G04B17/22—Compensation of mechanisms for stabilising frequency for the effect of variations of temperature
    • G04B17/222—Compensation of mechanisms for stabilising frequency for the effect of variations of temperature with balances
    • 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
    • G04B18/00—Mechanisms for setting frequency
    • G04B18/006—Mechanisms for setting frequency by adjusting the devices fixed on the balance

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  • Testing Of Balance (AREA)
GB0520481A 2003-10-20 2004-09-17 Balance wheel, balance spring and other components and assemblies for a mechanical oscillator system and method of manufacture Expired - Fee Related GB2416408B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB0324439.9A GB0324439D0 (en) 2003-10-20 2003-10-20 Minimal thermal variation and temperature compensating non-magnetic balance wheels and methods of production of these and their associated balance springs
GB0420764A GB2407402B (en) 2003-10-20 2004-09-17 Blance wheel,balance spring and other components and assemblies for a mechanical oscillator system and method of manufacture

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GB0520481D0 GB0520481D0 (en) 2005-11-16
GB2416408A GB2416408A (en) 2006-01-25
GB2416408B true GB2416408B (en) 2006-06-07

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GB0324439D0 (en) 2003-10-20 2003-11-19 Levingston Gideon R Minimal thermal variation and temperature compensating non-magnetic balance wheels and methods of production of these and their associated balance springs
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US455787A (en) * 1890-05-24 1891-07-14 Balance-wheel for time-pieces
CH34141A (en) * 1905-06-28 1906-03-15 Favre Dubuisson Edouard Advanced compensated balance

Patent Citations (2)

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US455787A (en) * 1890-05-24 1891-07-14 Balance-wheel for time-pieces
CH34141A (en) * 1905-06-28 1906-03-15 Favre Dubuisson Edouard Advanced compensated balance

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP3258325B1 (en) 2016-06-13 2019-10-30 Rolex Sa Timepiece arbor
EP3584640B1 (en) 2016-06-13 2023-01-11 Rolex Sa Timepiece oscillator
EP4177677A1 (en) * 2016-06-13 2023-05-10 Rolex Sa Clock axis

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