US1740426A - Novelty watch - Google Patents

Description

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Patented Dec. 17, 1929 UNITED s A Es PATENTTIOFFJFCE' NEW YORK, Y.

NOVELTY w n mil Application filed June 23,

This invention relates to pendants, and more particularly to pendants adapted to 5 constitute time pieces;

An object of thisinvention is to provide a device of the character described which will be ornamental and useful and which may be carried; about the neck in a position con venient'of access, butwhich will be so constructed that the mechanism will be protected from'damage due to dust and shock. A further object is to provide a device of the character described in which ,thecasing may be constructed ofglass or other similarmaterial, but so designed that full protection will be, given to the watch movement.

Other objects of the invention will inpart beobvious and will in part appear hereinafter.'- g H The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction; combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts, which 'will be exemplified in the constructions hereinafter set'forth and thescopeof the applicaa tion of which will be indicated in the claims.

Fora fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention, reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, inflwhich; Figs. 1, 2; and 3 are respectivelya front, side and rear elevation of a. watch embodying this invention; y Y I I Fig. 4 is a section on the line H of Fig. 1 slightly enlarged; i

V Fig.15is afrfagmentalsection on the line 5 5'0Fig.2;' H Fig. ,6 is a section along the line 66 of Fig' 7 is a diiferent embodiment of thein Vention.

The numeral designates a'member which may be flatpear shaped and is of'materlal to form a transparent frontface 2, which may serve as a lens of the watch. In the embodiment. of. Fig. 1, the periphery of the member 1 is provided with an edge 3 which may be engagedrby a band/1v which completely encircles it, This hand e is attached at its upper. end to a sleeve 5;- Attached to the sleeve 5 is a. [suitable b61316, for the reception of a 1924;" swam. 721,721;

ribbon or chain for supporting the watch around the neck.

JosEPH B. KIsLIN ER o NEW Yonx n. ,Y., ASSIGNOB TO MARIE B. KISLINGER, or

Inthe rear of the member 1 there is provided a recess 7 capable of receiving a watch movement 8. A convenient and eflicient manner of retaining the movement within the'recess is illustrated, in which there is cemented or otherwise mounted within the recess, a

sleeve 9, carrying means for retaining the movement within the recess, as for example,

mating threads upon the exterior of the watch movement, The recess 7 is formed as shown at 11 to provide ample space'for the face and handsandthe watch-movement itself is comhin'gedasfat 15 to one side of the sleeve 9;

The winding mechanism may be carried through an opening lethrough the bottom of the'memberl and in this opening may be cement ed or otherwise :mounted a sleeve 17 adapted toserveas a journal for a stem'18 provided at its outer end with a knurled knob 19' which have an" ornamental gem as the passage or opening 16 and secured to the watch. movement in any well known manner,

for instance by ordinary screw threads. 7

By reason of the fact. that the movement is .completely enclosed in a dust-proof case, in-

side of' a case comprising the member 1, the

sleeve 9 and the cap 14, it will be seen that it Y is fully'protected against both dust and shock,

The construction of Figs." 5 and 6 afiords a very desirable and convenient methodfof' at-- taching the band 4 to the sleeve 5. This band,

which may conveniently be of general V shape in cross section to encircle the edge of the member l ,has its free ends projecting upwardly as shown at 21-22, and these may readily-be formedinto semi-circular shape as shown. To the interior of'one of these extentube.'21,hav ing a threaded interior as shown sions as 22, there may be sweated as at 23, a

60 the sleeve may carry upon its inner face screw threads 10 adapted tojco-operate with v so; at 20,. The stem 18 may be. lnserted through I at 25. The two extended ends 2l22 when brought together around the tube 24 form a cylindrical surface which may be turned down to form a ournal surface 26 for the reception of the sleeve 5 in which are pivoted as at 28 thefends of the bow 6. A suitable screw 29 screws within the interior of the tube 24 in order to retain the sleeve 5 in place, but the under surface of theheadof this screw is preferably arranged to provide as little contact" surface with the sleeve 5 as possible in order to reduce the tendency which the rotation of the sleeve 5 might have toward the loosening of the screw 29.

This formof construction permits the ready assembling and disassembling of the watch. ,By removing screw 29, the sleeve 5 may be immediately slipped from the joura. naled surface 26 to free the extension 21 from the inner tube 24, whereupon if the stem 18 I has been-removed, the band 4 may be readily removed.- v This {feature of, construction is claimed in my, Patent 1,600,889.

As illustrated in F ig. 1, the member 1 is Tliis member 30 carries at its-upper end a staff 32 onwhich may be supporteda sleeve 33 carrying a bow 34, and this sleeve 33 may be retained upon the staff 32 by means of a screw35; t-r r In this embodiment of the invention, the

canopy 30 is preferably made of-ornamental filigree. In this modification the sleeve 17 forithe stem .18may be utilizedas before.

Since certain changes maybe made in the above article and different, embodiments of the invention could be made without depart-- ing from the scope thereof, itis intended that all matter contained in the above description; orshownin the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. a v It is also tobe understood that the following claims are intended/to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention, which, as;a matter of language, might besaidto fall therebetween, The method of securing, the'band and bow in place as shown in Figs. fiand'fiand described herein, is broadly claimed with improvements in my application #73,?343, filed Dec .5tli,1925. a a H y 7 Having described my nvent on, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is;

1; A pendant construction comprising a watch movement having a. face plate,: a metal-f lic case enclosing,the edge' and back of: said movemenha non-metallic body materially larger than and enclosing said metallic case, a metallic band embracing the edge of said body, a supporting pendant attached to said band and a win-ding stem extending outwardly through said band and preventin relative rotation of the movementin the bOC y. a

2. A watch construction comprising a watch movement having a face plate, a metallic inner caseen'closing all of said movement except the face plate, anon-metallic body embracing tlieedge of said case and having a transparent portion extending over the face plate through which said face plate is visible, the upper end of said body being tapered and the lower end being substantially semicircular. in outline, a split metallic band embracing the outer edges of said body, means forclam'ping the ends of said bandtogether to draw said band tightly onto said body, said inner case andsaid outer band serwing to reinforce said bodyinside and outside respectively.

3 A watch construction comprising an or namental body' of substantial thickness and strengthhiiving areceiving recess, a lens at one face of ,the body, and a bevelled outer edge, a watch case in said recess-a watch movement enclosed in said case with its face visible through saidlen's, a split metallic band of V-shaped cross sect-ion fitting the bevelled edge of said body, a winding stem extending from said watch movement outwardly through said case and through" one edgeof said body and said band and pendant means independentof said'stem for ,detac'hably vsecuring the ends of said band together to hold said body, said body extending outwardly beyond the edge of said watch case and provid-, ing extended ornamental surfaces'on both sides of said body around said watch case;

t. As an article of manufacture, a transparent flattened pear-shaped watch support ing body having a recess forreceivingand supporting a watch casein its-larger end, a convex magnifying lens portion opposite said recess, and ornamental refracting facets on both sides around said recess, said lens portion .proj ecting outwardly beyond the contour ofthe faceted portion, said bodyfliavinga passage in one edge for thewinding and setting stem of a watch extending outwardly from said recess, W v,

5. A watch construction comprising a rigid transparent bodyhaving lens-and a. recess beliindthe lens, a' watch case secured in said recess reinforcing and reinforced by saidbody a watch movement in said case with its'hands visible through said lens, a winding stem exQ .;ending through one edge of said body and to said watch movement, a closurefor the back? of said recess anda bow atthe upper end for supporting sfi l' Ody a j a A.

lpee nt i atc mp sing bi gatedbody pointed at the u perend, the on p line heing convexat its sidesand the ed es j ,ti ,2 4 w being beveled, a band gripping the "beveled said body and band and preventing said movement from rotating in said body.

T A Watch construction comprising a body, a watch movement mounted therein, a band embracing the edge of said body and terminating in two ends side by side, a sleeve surrounding said ends and holding them together, a screw having a threaded engagement between said ends and having a. head for holding said sleeve in place, and a winding stem extending from said movement out wardly through said body and said band.

8. *A watch comprising a metallic casing, a

movement within the casing, a face external to the casing, a body entirely enclosmg and reinforcing said casing and consisting of a noni metallic member larger than said casing and having a lens at the front of said move ment, and a back member for said body, means for clamping at least one of said members including a circumferential metal band" embracing and reinforcing said nonmetallic member, means for winding said movement extending through said band to theexterior and a supporting ring attached to said band.

7 9. A watch comprising a watch case and movement having a face and hands, a body embracing said movement and consisting ofa non-metallic member in front of said movement reinforcing the movement and having a transparent portion oppositesaid movement, and a second member back of said movement, a metal band having substantially straight endportions making an acute angle with each other and a central portion tangent to both of said portions, said body member having a periphery conforming to the shape of the said band, and means for clamping said end portions together to draw said band around said' body member whereby strain is imposed upon .said band in the direction of its length to hold said band. and body members tightly together and reinforce said body member.

10. A watch case comprising, in combination, two body members adapted to be placed inuxtaposition, and A having a cavity be--. tween the juxtaposed faces, a metallic watch case and a movement within said cavity reinforcing said body member, one of said body members having a channel adapted to afford communication between said chamber and theexterior, and astem within said channel having a recess and having a channel affording communication between said recess and the periphery, a metal case within said recess, and a watch movement enclosed therein having a winding stem extending through said case and said channel, one'of said members having a projecting periphery, a metallic band surrounding said periphery adapted to engage said projection to reinforce said member, and means for clamping said band about said member.

12. A watch construction comprising a metallic watch case having a face plate, a rim and a back plate, a nonmetallic body having a recess for said watch case, said case fitting and supporting the walls of said recess at the back and around the edge of the face plate, a metallic band embracing and reinforcing the body, and a winding stem extending from the watch case outwardly through said body.

13. A watch case body formed of glass having a bearing rim and a recess adapted to receive a metallic watch case and having a shoulder for supporting the front edge of the metallic case with a side wall to fit and reinforce the periphery of the metallic case and having a magnifying lens portion oppo-- site the recess, the rim of the body having a bevelled edge for providing a seat fora clamping and reinforcing band.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOSEPH B. KISLINGER.

connected to said movement, and detachable 11. A watch case comprising, in combina-

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