JPH11160456A - Timepiece with plural display sections - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a timepiece structure which can make accessory display, such as calendar display, etc., of a timepiece provided with a plurality of display sections, easily visible. SOLUTION: A day-of-the-week indicating area 25 is provided at a position in the three-o'clock direction in a time display section 21 and a data display area 26 is provided at a position in the three-o'clock direction in another time display section 22. The display area 25 is composed of a display window which is formed through a dial provided in the time display section 21 and a day or data indicator positioned so that it indicating part may be positioned below the display window, and the data display area 26 is composed of a display window which is formed through a dial provided in the time display section 22 and a dial or date indicator which is positioned so that its indicating section may be positioned below the display window.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a timepiece having a plurality of display portions, and more particularly to a display structure suitable for a timepiece having two time display portions arranged in parallel, such as a twin clock.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, twin clocks having two time display units have been commercially available. The twin timepiece includes, for example, two time display units 11 and 12 arranged in tandem on the surface of a timepiece case 10 of a wristwatch as shown in FIG.
The time display unit 11 has a three-hand configuration of hour, minute and second.
1 is provided with a crown 13 for time adjustment. The time display unit 12 has a two-hand configuration of hour and minute, and has a crown 14 for the time display unit 12 at the right end.

In such a twin clock, for example, the time display section 11 displays the current time of the home country, and the time display section 12 displays the time of the foreign country. There is an advantage that a person who goes abroad can easily know the time without having to adjust the time each time.

[0004]

However, in the twin watch described above, since two time display units are provided in the watch case 10, the individual time display units 11 and 12 become small. Calendar display area 1 as shown
Even if 5 and 16 are provided, there is a problem that the display becomes difficult to see. For this reason, in most cases, there is no calendar display itself in a conventional twin timepiece, and even if there is a calendar display, only one of the day and the day of the week is displayed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a timepiece having a plurality of display portions, which is capable of making an auxiliary display such as a calendar display easily visible. To provide.

[0006]

Means taken by the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems are as follows: a plurality of display units are provided in parallel, and among the first display contents and the second display contents which are different from each other, The first display content is additionally displayed in at least a first display portion of the display portion, and the second display content is displayed in a second display portion of the time display portion that does not display the first display content. Is a timepiece provided with a plurality of display units, which are additionally displayed on the timepiece.

According to this means, the two first display contents and the second display contents are separately displayed in the first display portion and the second display portion, so that the respective display contents are easily visible. Can be displayed on the screen.

Here, it is preferable that the first display content and the second display content are two types of display content that change with mutual relevance.

According to this means, the date and the day of the week, the month and the day,
Alternatively, display contents that change with each other, such as morning / afternoon and day, can be arranged on separate display units.

[0010] In this case, the first display content displayed in the first display unit and the second display content displayed in the second display unit correspond to mutually corresponding positions in each time display unit. It is desirable to be arranged in each.

According to this means, since the first display content and the second display content are respectively arranged at the corresponding positions in each display section, it is possible to easily confirm the display content related to each other.

The first display section and the second display section are adjacent to each other, and the first display content is arranged at a position near the second display section in the first display section, and It is desirable that the display content is arranged in a position near the first display portion in the second display portion.

According to this means, since the first display content and the second display content are arranged at positions close to each other, it is possible to visually recognize the display content related to each other at a time, and further easily. The displayed contents can be confirmed.

[0014]

Next, an embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Each embodiment described below relates to a wristwatch, but the present invention is not limited to a wristwatch, and can be applied to various watches such as a portable clock such as a wristwatch and a pocket watch, a table clock, and a wall clock. . In addition, the plurality of display units provided on the watch are not limited to the time display unit, and various main displays such as those for displaying time such as elapsed time and lap time, those for displaying atmospheric pressure, water depth, temperature, etc. The present invention can be applied to the various display units shown.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment according to the present invention.
It is a top view showing the structure of an embodiment. On the surface of the watch case 20, two time display portions 21 and 22 are provided vertically, and inside the time display portions 21 and 22, hour hands 21a and 22a and minute hands 21b and 22b are arranged. . Each time display section 2 is provided on the right end of the watch case 20.
Crowns 23 and 24 are provided corresponding to 1 and 22, respectively.

A day display area 25 is provided at a position at 3 o'clock in the time display section 21, and a date display area 26 is provided at a 3 o'clock position inside the time display section 22. These day display area 25 and date display area 26
Is composed of a display window formed in a dial provided inside the time display units 21 and 22, and a day indicator or date indicator arranged such that a display portion is located below the display window. I have.

The crowns 23 and 24 are pulled out by one step, so that the hour hands 21a and 21a of the time display sections 21 and 22 are pulled out.
22a and minute hands 21b, 22b can be adjusted,
Also, the day indicator or the date indicator can be rotated and adjusted by pulling it out in two stages.

In the present embodiment, of the two time display sections, the time display section 21 is provided with the day display area 25 and the time display section 22 is provided with the date display area 26.
Both the date and the day of the week can be displayed, and each display section can be formed in a size that is easy to visually recognize.

The day display area 25 and the date display area 2
6 is formed at a corresponding position (both to the right or at 3 o'clock) on each of the time display sections 21 and 22, so that the day of the week and the date can be easily confirmed.

Further, in this embodiment, since the date display area and the day display area are arranged at the corresponding positions in the two time display sections, the structure sections corresponding to the two time display sections are mutually associated with the date indicator. Since the movement and the dial can be shared simply by replacing the day wheel, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, the time display units 31 and 32 and the crowns 33 and 34 are formed in the timepiece body 30 in the same manner as in the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the day display area 35 is formed in the 12 o'clock direction inside the time display unit 31, that is, in the upper part of the outer periphery of the time display unit 31, and the 6 o'clock direction inside the time display unit 32, that is, the time display unit A date display area 36 is formed at the lower part of the outer periphery of the reference numeral 32. The day display area 35 and the date display area 36 are constituted by display windows 35a and 36a formed on the dial, and a day indicator and a date indicator housed below the dial.

In this embodiment, two line patterns 3 represented by printing or uneven steps between the time display unit 31 and the time display unit 32 on the surface of the watch case 30.
0a are formed, and these line patterns 30a represent the day display area 35 and the date display area 36 connected vertically.

In the present embodiment, the day display area 35 and the date display area 36 are arranged at positions closest to each other, so that both display areas can be viewed at once in relation to each other, And the day of the week can be checked very easily. Also in this case, the movements corresponding to the two time display units can be shared simply by changing the position of the display window.

Here, the day display area 35 'is arranged above the parting line of the time display part 31 as shown by the dotted line in the figure, and the date display area 36' is arranged below the parting line of the time display part 32. By arranging, both display areas can be adjacent to each other, and the display of the day of the week and the date can be more easily recognized. In this case, it is necessary to make the day indicator 35'b and the date indicator 36'b larger than the parting lines of the time display units 31 and 32 so as to extend outside as shown by dotted lines in the drawing.

In the modification shown by the dotted line in the figure, the time display section 31 is divided into an area inside a circular parting line and a day display area 3
5 ', and the time display section 32 is constituted by the area inside the circular parting line and the date display area 36'. In any case, the day display area 35 'and the date display area 36' are arranged in the respective time display sections 31, 32.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, two time display units 41 and 4 are provided in a watch case 40.
Two are side by side. A crown 43 for the time display section 41 is provided at the left end of the watch case 40, and a crown 44 for the time display section 42 is provided at the right end of the watch case 40.

A date display area 45 is provided at the right end of the time display section 41 so as to partially protrude outward (at 3 o'clock) from the parting line, and is provided on the left side of the time display section 42. At the end, there is provided a day display area 46 which is provided so as to partially protrude to the left (at 9 o'clock) from the parting line. Since the time display units 41 and 42 are provided to be somewhat close to each other, the date display area 45 and the day display area 46 are adjacent to each other, and the watch case 40
Are both arranged in one horizontally long display window 40a formed at the center of the display.

In this embodiment, since the date display area 45 and the day of the week display area 46 are arranged adjacent to each other on the left and right sides, both displays are more easily recognized.

In each of the embodiments described above, a date display area and a day display area are separately arranged in each display unit. In addition to the date and the day of the week, two display contents that are displayed in these display areas and that are related to each other include month and day, am / pm and sun, Roku and 24 seasonal,
Various display contents such as the zodiac and the zodiac, the zodiac and the constellation can be displayed.

On the other hand, a plurality of types of display, such as water pressure, air pressure, and temperature, may be applied to the above-mentioned area, instead of the display contents changing in relation to each other. Further, the number of display contents that are additionally displayed in the display unit need not be two, and may be three or more sets such as year, month, and day. Furthermore, the display mode of the display content that is additionally displayed in the display unit may be a symbol or a graphic other than characters, and for example, morning and afternoon may be indicated by sun and moon marks.

In each of the above embodiments, a main display system of analog display ((time display)) and an auxiliary display system composed of a display window and a display car (date wheel, day wheel, etc.) are provided in the display section. However, in the present invention, other display methods such as a liquid crystal display may be used for both the main display system and the auxiliary display system.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, 2
Since the first display content and the second display content are separately displayed in the first display portion and the second display portion, each display content can be displayed in a size that is easily visible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing an appearance of a first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view showing an appearance of a second embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view showing an appearance of a third embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view showing the appearance of a conventional twin timepiece.

[Explanation of symbols]

10, 20, 30, 40 watch case 11, 21, 31, 41 time display section (first display section) 12, 22, 32, 42 time display section (second display section) 25, 35, 46 day display area ( 26, 36, 45 Date display area (area for displaying first display content)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A display device comprising a plurality of display units arranged in parallel, wherein the first display contents of the mutually different first display contents and second display contents are added to at least a first display unit of the display units. Wherein the second display content is additionally displayed in a second display portion of the time display portion which does not display the first display content. . 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first display content and the second display content change with relevance to each other.
A timepiece having a plurality of display portions, characterized in that the timepiece has different kinds of display contents. 3. The display device according to claim 2, wherein the first display content displayed in the first display unit and the second display content displayed in the second display unit are mutually reciprocal in each time display unit. A timepiece having a plurality of display portions, each of which is arranged at a corresponding position. 4. The display device according to claim 2, wherein the first display portion and the second display portion are adjacent to each other, and the first display content is arranged at a position closer to the second display portion in the first display portion. A timepiece comprising a plurality of display units, wherein the second display content is arranged in a position near the first display unit in the second display unit.