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US3533228A
US3533228A US822177A US3533228DA US3533228A US 3533228 A US3533228 A US 3533228A US 822177 A US822177 A US 822177A US 3533228D A US3533228D A US 3533228DA US 3533228 A US3533228 A US 3533228A
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    • 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
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  • the watch of the present invention has at least two co-axial discs carrying indications of the minutes and hours.
  • Numerous watches of this type are known and are generally provided with an hours disc jumping upon passage of the minutes disc by zero.
  • the watch of the invention aims to avoid these disadvantages. It is characterized by the fact that the indications carried by the hours disc are successively repeated and colored in two different colors and that the indications carried by the minutes disc are divided into two zones successively of different colors, the first going from zero to 29 minutes and second from 30 to 59 minutes, the said different colors being successively the same.
  • the coaxial discs of the watch shown in the figure of the drawing are the following: 1 designates the minutes discs, 2 the hours discs and 3 the optional day disc. The indications of these discs are visible through windows 1a, 2a, 3a of a dial not shown.
  • the minutes disc 1 has two zones differently colored; a first zone goes from 0 to 29 minutes and is for example colored blue; the second zone goes from 30 to 59 minutes and is colored red.
  • this dial In the hour dial there always appear two different numbers of different color. In the example shown in the drawing, the visible hour indication 2 is in blue and 1 is in red. To determine to which hour corresponds the minute marked by the index 4 (here the minute 0 is blue), this blue color is made to correspond with the figure having this color in the window 2a, thus the hour indicated is exactly 2 oclock.
  • this dial can be provided with a central needle indicating the seconds and, as indicated in the drawing, with a coaxial dial indicating the day.
  • a watch having a dial and at least two coaxial rotatable discs one carrying indications of 0 to minutes and the other carrying indications of 1 to 12 hours, characterized by the fact that each of the hour indications carried by the hours disc is repeated to provide two successive occurrences of each hour indication, said hour indications being colored in two different colors, the first occurrence of each hour indication being of a first color and the second occurrence being of a second color and that the indications carried by the minutes disc are divided into two successive zones of said different colors; the first zone going from 0-29 minutes being of said first color and the second zone going from 30 to 59 minutes being of said second color.
  • Watch according to claim 1 provided on its dial with a window for reading the indication on the minutes disc and a window for reading indications of the hours disc, said window for the hours disc showing two successive indications of different color.

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United States Patent 3,533,228 WATCH Zeno Hurt, Mohlin, Switzerland, assignor to Agon Uhrenfabrik Robert Triebold A.G., Mumpf, Switzerland, a company of Switzerland Filed May 6, 1969, Ser. No. 822,177 Claims priority, application Switzerland, Dec. 24, 1968, 19,267/68 Int. Cl. G04b 19/20 U.S. Cl. 58-125 2 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Watch with coaxial minutes and hours discs with colored indications arranged so that errors in reading can be avoided by correlating the colors of the indications.
The watch of the present invention has at least two co-axial discs carrying indications of the minutes and hours.
Numerous watches of this type are known and are generally provided with an hours disc jumping upon passage of the minutes disc by zero.
These watches have the disadvantage of being difficult to read especially during time where the minutes disc passes the zero because at this moment an error in reading the hour is possible.
The watch of the invention aims to avoid these disadvantages. It is characterized by the fact that the indications carried by the hours disc are successively repeated and colored in two different colors and that the indications carried by the minutes disc are divided into two zones successively of different colors, the first going from zero to 29 minutes and second from 30 to 59 minutes, the said different colors being successively the same.
The accompanying drawing represents by way of example an embodiment of the coaxial discs of a watch according to the invention.
The coaxial discs of the watch shown in the figure of the drawing are the following: 1 designates the minutes discs, 2 the hours discs and 3 the optional day disc. The indications of these discs are visible through windows 1a, 2a, 3a of a dial not shown.
The minutes disc 1 has two zones differently colored; a first zone goes from 0 to 29 minutes and is for example colored blue; the second zone goes from 30 to 59 minutes and is colored red.
The reading of this dial is extremely simple. In the hour dial there always appear two different numbers of different color. In the example shown in the drawing, the visible hour indication 2 is in blue and 1 is in red. To determine to which hour corresponds the minute marked by the index 4 (here the minute 0 is blue), this blue color is made to correspond with the figure having this color in the window 2a, thus the hour indicated is exactly 2 oclock.
As can be seen, the reading of this dial is extremely simple. This dial can be provided with a central needle indicating the seconds and, as indicated in the drawing, with a coaxial dial indicating the day.
What is claimed is:
1. A watch having a dial and at least two coaxial rotatable discs one carrying indications of 0 to minutes and the other carrying indications of 1 to 12 hours, characterized by the fact that each of the hour indications carried by the hours disc is repeated to provide two successive occurrences of each hour indication, said hour indications being colored in two different colors, the first occurrence of each hour indication being of a first color and the second occurrence being of a second color and that the indications carried by the minutes disc are divided into two successive zones of said different colors; the first zone going from 0-29 minutes being of said first color and the second zone going from 30 to 59 minutes being of said second color.
2. Watch according to claim 1, provided on its dial with a window for reading the indication on the minutes disc and a window for reading indications of the hours disc, said window for the hours disc showing two successive indications of different color.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,160,110 11/1915 Mays 58-126 1,513,526 10/1924 Allenbaugh 58-126 1,792,435 2/1931 McLeary et al. 58126 X FOREIGN PATENTS 461,768 11/1913 France. 168,290 11/1934 Switzerland.
RICHARD B. WILKINSON, Primary Examiner S. A. WAL, Assistant Examiner
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US3686884A (en) * 1968-12-24 1972-08-29 Agon Uhrenfabrik Robert Friebo Watch
US5134595A (en) * 1992-01-07 1992-07-28 Faber Ilene G Easily read rotary timepiece
WO1996007125A1 (en) * 1994-08-29 1996-03-07 Luiz Carlos Ramos Santos Analog watch with rotative dial
US5639836A (en) * 1993-07-30 1997-06-17 The University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill Heterogenous polymerization in carbon dioxide
USD413813S (en) * 1998-05-15 1999-09-14 Edward Butler Decorative clock
US20130128706A1 (en) * 2011-11-17 2013-05-23 Blancpain Sa Change of state indicator for a jump display mechanism

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FR2911193A1 (en) * 2007-01-05 2008-07-11 Frederic Jean Chalansonnet Time indicating device e.g. wall clock, has display including disk for displaying hour, another disk for displaying minutes and third disk for displaying seconds, and digits printed on disks, where disks are rotated around central axis

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FR461768A (en) * 1912-08-26 1914-01-10 Ambroise Delecot Improvement in watches, clocks and clocks
US1160110A (en) * 1915-05-12 1915-11-09 James C Peterson Elapsed-time indicator.
US1513526A (en) * 1921-06-16 1924-10-28 Thomas E Taylor Timepiece
US1792435A (en) * 1929-04-13 1931-02-10 Mcleary Eddie Clock
CH168290A (en) * 1933-09-29 1934-03-31 Briner Heinrich Call control clock.

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR461768A (en) * 1912-08-26 1914-01-10 Ambroise Delecot Improvement in watches, clocks and clocks
US1160110A (en) * 1915-05-12 1915-11-09 James C Peterson Elapsed-time indicator.
US1513526A (en) * 1921-06-16 1924-10-28 Thomas E Taylor Timepiece
US1792435A (en) * 1929-04-13 1931-02-10 Mcleary Eddie Clock
CH168290A (en) * 1933-09-29 1934-03-31 Briner Heinrich Call control clock.

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3686884A (en) * 1968-12-24 1972-08-29 Agon Uhrenfabrik Robert Friebo Watch
US5134595A (en) * 1992-01-07 1992-07-28 Faber Ilene G Easily read rotary timepiece
US5639836A (en) * 1993-07-30 1997-06-17 The University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill Heterogenous polymerization in carbon dioxide
WO1996007125A1 (en) * 1994-08-29 1996-03-07 Luiz Carlos Ramos Santos Analog watch with rotative dial
USD413813S (en) * 1998-05-15 1999-09-14 Edward Butler Decorative clock
US20130128706A1 (en) * 2011-11-17 2013-05-23 Blancpain Sa Change of state indicator for a jump display mechanism
US8982677B2 (en) * 2011-11-17 2015-03-17 Blancpain Sa Change of state indicator for a jump display mechanism

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