US3612365A

US3612365A - Simulated unitary bracelet and watch case

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Publication number: US3612365A
Application number: US34411A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hyman Dintsman
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1970-05-04
Filing date: 1970-05-04
Publication date: 1971-10-12
Anticipated expiration: 1988-10-12

Abstract

A boss having parallel short side edges and a substantially flat elongated end projects from opposite sides of a watch case. A bracelet watch strap is mounted on the boss. The bracelet includes U-shaped brackets having an elongated reach and short parallel legs. A bracket is affixed to the bracelet adjacent each end thereof with the bracket being open ended to coincide with the ends of the bracelet strap. The side edges of the boss are received between the legs of the bracket and a spring pin extends through a bore in the boss with the ends of the pin extending into registered openings in the bracket legs to retain the bracelet strap. The reach of the bracket is free of the bracelet strap intermediate its end and acts as a leaf spring, bearing against the flat end edge of the boss. Thus, the reach holds the bracelet strap rigid against the watch case simulating a unitary bracelet and case. In an alternate embodiment the reach is unitary with the bracelet along its entire length and spaced from the end of the boss. A separate leaf spring is inserted in the space between the reach and the end of the boss to hold the bracelet strap rigid.

Description

111 Hi t t llnite States i atent [72] Inventor Hyman Dintsrnan 115 Central Park West, New York, NY. 10023 [21] Appl. No. 34,411 [22] Filed May 4, 1970 [45] Patented Oct. 12, 1971 [54] SIMULATED UNITARY BRACELET AND WATCH CASE 12 Claims, 10 Drawing Figs.

[52] US. Cl 224/4 E, 24/265 WS [51] lint. Cl A44c 5/14 [50] Field of Search 224/4 D, 4 E, 4 F, 4 G, 4 H, 4 J, 4 K; 24/265 B, 265 WS [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,687,365 10/1928 Dike....: 224/4.9 1,818,637 8/1931 Mathez 24/2652 Primary Examiner-Gerald M. Forlenza Assistant Examiner-Lawrence J. Oresky Attorney-Polachek 8: Saulsbury ABSTRACT: A boss having parallel short side edges and a substantially flat elongated end projects from opposite sides of a watch case. A bracelet watch strap is mounted on the boss. The bracelet includes U-shaped brackets having an elongated reach and short parallel legs. A bracket is affixed to the bracelet adjacent each end thereof with the bracket being open ended to coincide with the ends of the bracelet strap. The side edges of the boss are received between the legs of the bracket and a spring pin extends through a bore in the boss with the ends of the pin extending into registered openings in the bracket legs to retain the bracelet strap. The reach of the bracket is free of the bracelet strap intermediate its end and acts as a leaf spring, bearing against the flat end edge of the boss. Thus, the reach holds the bracelet strap rigid against the watch case simulating a unitary bracelet and case. In an alternate embodiment the reach is unitary with the bracelet along its entire length and spaced from the end of the boss. A separate leaf spring is inserted in the space between the reach and the end of the boss to hold the bracelet strap rigid.

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SIMULATED UNITARY IIICI'ZILIE'I AMI) WATCII TIME Watch bracelets having means for simulating a unitary connection with a watch case.

A present style trend in the wrist watch industry is the provision of a unitary connection between the ends of a watch bracelet and the watch case. Thus, a watch case and bracelet are given asolid and substantial appearance which is indicative of a med watch structure. The use of integral watch bracelet and watch case structures has developed as an outgrowth of the use of metal watch bracelets. Such metal watch bracelets not only include the common expansion-type bracelet but additionally include wire or mesh bracelets which have increased in popularity in recent years. One of the reasons for the increase in the use of wire mesh bracelets is the fact that they have been used in conjunction with a unitary connection to the watch case.

Most of the unitary watch case and bracelet mounting arrangements are achieved by soldering the ends of the bracelet to opposed edges of the watch case. Although this technique produces a solid and substantial connection between the bracelet and the case, and provides the desired unitary appearance, many disadvantages accompany the use of this technique. Among disadvantages, besides the increased initial cost, is the fact that repair or replacement of the bracelet involves a complicated and expensive procedure entailing the opening of the soldered connection and subsequent resoldering of a new bracelet. Furthermore, such unitary construction complicated the repair of watch movements because the watch case could not be easily opened, due to the fact that the bracelet could not be easily removed from the watch case.

Thus, although a unitary connection between a watch bracelet and watch case is an attractive structure and promotes sales for this reason, subsequent disadvantages are incurred which increase not only the cost of the watch but replacement and repair. It is an object of the present invention to provide a watch bracelet of the general character described which is not subject to the foregoing disadvantages.

More specifically it is an object of the present invention to provide a watch bracelet of the general character described which may be easily mounted on or removed from a watch case, yet presents the appearance of being unitarily connected thereto.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a watch bracelet of the general character described which includes a mounting bracket and resilient biasing means which engage portions of the bracelet rigid with the watch case. p

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a bracelet and watch case of the general character described which includes a bracket which engages a boss projecting from a watch case and with a portion of the bracket snugly resiliently biasing against a portion of the boss to hold the corresponding portions adjacent the ends of the bracelet against the watch case.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a watch bracelet of the general character described which includes means to resiliently hold portions adjacent the ends of the bracelet rigid with the watch case yet permits limited flexing of said portions to facilitate donning of the watch.

Other objects of the invention in part will be obvious and in part will be pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangements of parts which will be exemplified in the watch bracelet hereinafter described and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings in which is shown some of the various possible embodiments of the invention,

FIG. I is an exploded perspective view of the undersurface of a watch case and a watch bracelet constructed in accordance with and embodying the invention showing a mounting bracket affixed to the watch bracelet adjacent the watch ends thereof and engaging a boss projecting from the watch case; additionally shown is a spring pin which is seated within a bore extending through the boss and engages the side legs of the bracket.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken substantially along the line 2-3 of FIG. I and showing a reach forming a part of the mounting bracket and acting as a leaf spring biasing against the boss; additionally shown in double dot-and-dash lines is a position which the reach assumes when the watch bracelet is pivoted about the spring pin.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line 3-3 of FIG. 2 and through the mounting bracket along with a portion of the watch bracelet.

FIG. I is a fragmentary sectional view taken substantially along the line d-d of FIG. 2 and illustrating the normal position of the reach and the watch bracelet with respect to the watch case.

FIG. h is a fragmentary sectional view similar to that of FIG. 4 but showing the watch bracelet in an alternate position after being flexed to pivot about the spring pin with the reach assuming the position shown in the double dot-and-dash lines of FIG. 2.

FIG. s is a fragmentary exploded perspective view of the undersurface of a watch bracelet embodying an alternate form of the invention wherein a biasing leaf spring is inserted between the end of a boss projecting from a watch case and a reach forming a part of a mounting bracket.

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view taken substantially along the line 77 of FIG. 6 and illustrating the relative position of the mounting bracket and the boss but omitting the leaf spring.

FIG. 7a is a fragmentary exploded perspective view of the undersurface of a watch bracelet and case embodying a further embodiment of the invention wherein a mounting bracket extends from the watch case and a boss projects from the watch bracelet adjacent the watch ends thereof with a spring pin seated within a bore extending through the boss and engages the side legs of the bracket.

FIG. II is a fragmentary top perspective view of an alternate embodiment of the invention wherein the entire reach including the ends thereof is spaced from the undersurface of the watch bracelet.

FIG. 9 is a fragmentary perspective view taken substantially along the line 9% of FIG. b and further illustrating the reach of this alternate embodiment.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the reference number I0 denotes a watch bracelet constructed in accordance with and embodying the invention. The bracelet III is constructed in the manner of a conventional watch bracelet and may be formed of any convenient stock material, e.g. metal mesh, rigid links hingedly connected, expansion links, etc. The present invention employs a novel structure interconnecting both watch ends I2 of the bracelet I0 and a watch case. The watch ends I2 are contoured to mate with the ad jacent surfaces of the watch case. As illustrated in FIG. I for a circular watch case, the ends 112 are contoured arcuately.

FIG. I also illustrates the rear surface of a watch case 14 including a winding crown I6. In accordance with the present invention there is formed on diagonally opposite surfaces of the watch case Id, bosses Id of generally rectangular trans verse cross section. The bosses I8 may be formed in one piece construction with the watch case or may be subsequently unitan'ly attached thereto as by soldering. Each boss IS includes parallel spaced sidewalls 20 and a fiat end wall 22. The end wall 22 runs parallel to the longitudinal axis of the boss and the sidewalls 2i) lie in planes perpendicular to said longitudinal axis. The bosses 18 further include parallel top and bottom walls 24, 2s respectively. The top and bottom walls lie in planes perpendicular to a plane passing through the end wall 30 is carried. The pin 30 includes opposed end tips 32 which are adapted to be engaged in apertures formed in a bracket mounted on the watch bracelet.

In order to provide a mounting arrangement whereby the ends of the bracelet 10 are held substantially rigid with the watch case to simulate a unitary connection therewith, a U- shaped mounting bracket 34 is secured to the watch bracelet 10 adjacent each watch end 12 thereof. As shown in FIG. 1 the mounting brackets 34 are open ended with the open ends thereof being in registry with the watch ends 12 of the bracelet. The bracket 34 includes spaced opposed parallel short legs 36 which are interconnected by a reach 38. The legs 36 are spaced apart a distance sufiicient to snugly accommodate the boss 18 therebetween with the sidewalls 20 of the boss 18 snugly abutting the opposed interior surfaces of the legs 36.

It should be noted at this point that registered apertures 40 are formed in the legs 36 and the apertures 40 accommodate the tips 32 of the pin 30 when the bracelet 10 is mounted to the watch case 14 (see FIG. 2).

The brackets 34 are unitarily joined to the bracket 10 thereof with the ends of the legs 36 in registry with the edges of the watch ends 12. The bracket may be secured in any conventional manner as by soldering or may even be formed in one piece construction with a tenninal end link of a watch bracelet formed of several interconnected links.

In accordance with the invention, portions of the watch bracelet 10 adjacent the watch ends 12 thereof and in the immediate vicinity of the watch case 14 are held flat and to some extent rigid thereby simulating a unitary connection between the bracelet and the watch case 14. For this purpose, the reach 38 of the mounting bracket 34 is bent in an arcuate configuration toward the watch case (see FIGS. 1 and 2). Thus, when the bosses 18 are received between the legs of the brackets 34 and the tips 32 of the spring pins 30 engage the openings 40, a central portion of each reach 38 bears against the flat end wall 22 of the respective boss. Because the central portion of the reach 38 which bears against the end wall 22 is not curved, i.e., flat, it lies substantially along a plane passing through the end wall 22, (see FIGS. 2 and 4), the brackets 34 will be held rigid against the boss 18. This is because the reach will exert a compressive force on the portion of the boss extending between the bore 28 and the end wall 22. The mating flat surfaces of the end wall 22 and the reach 38 will tend to prevent rocking or pivotal movement of a bracket 34 and hence portions of the bracelet adjacent a watch end 12 about a spring pin 30 which would at as a pivot.

In order to permit a reach 38 to act as a biasing leaf spring, exerting compressive forces on a boss 18, the reach 38 is not joined to the undersurface of the bracelet 10 except at the terminal ends thereof, i.e., the ends 39 of the reach 38 which are common with the ends of the legs 36. This may be readily observed in FIGS. 3 and 4 wherein a clear space 42 is shown between the longitudinal edge of the reach 38 which is adjacent the bracelet l and the undersurface of the bracelet 10.

The structure above described will hold the portions of the bracelet adjacent the watch case in a rigid manner, simulating the appearance of a unitary connection with the watch case.

This structure also permits limited movement of the watch.

ends 12 about the tips 32 of the spring pin 30. Such limited movement is often necessary when donning the watch and is additionally desirable to accommodate any undue stresses which may be occasionally applied to the watch bond, such as jarring or inadvertently snagging the band.

The limited rotational movement of the brackets 34 and hence the portions of the bracelet adjacent the watch ends 12 thereof is shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 5. In this view, it can be seen that the central portion of the reach 38 has been deflected away from the watch end 12. A corner of the boss 18 is shown engaging the reach 38 and forcing the same in the direction indicated by the heavy arrow of FIG. 5. A comparison of the normal position of the reach 38 and the deflected position (a result of limited pivoting of the bracket) is illustrated by comparing the solid lines (normal position) and the double dot-and-dash lines of the reach 38 in FIG. 2.

It will be appreciated that the embodiment of the invention above described is suitable not only for circular watch cases but watch cases of various other shapes, e.g. oval, rectangular, square, etc., and that the watch ends 12 of the bracelet 10 need only be shaped to conform with the general configuration of a selected watch case.

An alternate embodiment of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 6. In this embodiment, a U-shaped bracket 34a is positioned on a watch bracelet 10a adjacent each watch end 124. The bracket 34a is constructed similar to that of the bracket 34 in the previous embodiment and includes spaced parallel legs 36a and a reach 38a. The bracket 34a of this embodiment is distinguished from the previous embodiment, however, because the reach 38a does not act as a leaf spring and is secured to the undersurface of the watch bracelet 10a along its entire length. Furthermore, the legs 36a of the bracket are of a longer length than the legs 36 so that the reach 38a is spaced from an end wall 220 of a boss 18a which projects from a watch ease 14a. Within the clear space between the reach 38a and the end wall 220, a separate leaf spring 46 is positioned. The leaf spring 46 bears against the end wall 22 in a manner similar to that previously described with respect to the reach 38 in the previous embodiment.

A still further embodiment of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 8 and 9. In this embodiment, a mounting bracket 34b, is secured to a watch bracelet 10b adjacent each watch end 12b thereof. The bracket 34b is similar in construction to the bracket 34 and and includes spaced parallel legs 36b and reach 38b. The reach 381: acts as a leaf spring and the edge thereof which is adjacent the undersurface of the watch bracelet 10b is spaced from the watch bracelet. This bracket 34b is distinguished from the bracket 34, however, because not only are portions of the reach 38b intermediate the ends 39 thereof, spaced from the watch bracelet 10b, but, additionally,the ends 39b of the reach 386 are also spaced from the bracelet 10b by a clear space 43. Therefore, the common ends 39b of the legs 36b and the reach 38b are spaced from the bracelet 10b. This construction permits greater flexural movement of the leaf 38b and hence permits an increased pivotal movement of the portions of the bracelet 10!: adjacent the bracket 34!; about the tips of the spring 10.

It should be appreciated that the above drawing illustrations with the exceptions of FIGS. 8 and 9, are of the undersurface of both the watch case and the watch bracelet which are concealed from view when the watch is secured by the bracelet on the users wrist.

With a watch bracelet mounted on a watch case in accordance with the invention, the brackets 34 will be rigidand immobile under ordinary circumstances and will not pivot about the tips of the spring pins. Thus, although the portions of the bracelet 10 which are adjacent the watch ends 12 thereof and are not joined to the bracket in a unitary manner, they will appear rigid and unitary with the watch case, thus producing the desired effect of a unitary securement of the bracelet to the watch case.

If the bracelet 10 need be removed for repair of either the bracelet or the watch movement, a jeweler need only insert an instrument into the openings 40 in the leg 36 of the bracket 34 to force the spring pin tips inwardly and disengage the tips from the legs of the bracket. After the tips have been forced inwardly, the bracelet may be pulled from the watch case and the bracket 34 will disengage the boss 18. This can be accomplished in a matter of seconds, and the same, a new, or a repaired bracelet I0 may be mounted on the watch case 14 through the use of the spring pin 30 in the conventional manner.

A further embodiment of the invention is illustrated in FIG. 7a. In this embodiment the positions of the brackets 34c and bosses are inverted with respect to those of the previous embodiments. That is, a U-shaped bracket 34c substantially the same in construction as the bracket 34 and having parallel legs 346s and a reach Zllic extends from opposite side edges a watch case. The brackets Me are unitarily secured to the watch case at the tips of the legs 36c as by soldering. Altemately, the bracket 341: can be molded in one piece construction with the watch case.

A boss lids substantially identical to the boss lib is secured to the watch bracelet adjacent the watch ends thereof with the longitudinal axis of the boss we substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the watch bracelet. The boss the includes planer wall 22c which is also substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the watch bracelet.

A spring ping 3this carried in a bore extending through the boss we. To mount the watch bracelet on the watch case, the boss llbc is aligned between the legs 36c of the bracket Me and between the watch case and reach We. The tips 320 of the pin We are then compressed and the boss Title is slipped into the bracket. Then the boss is moved so that the wall 22 c abuts the reach me, deflecting the reach We at which point the tips 32c of the pin We will engage apertures We in the legs 360.

The engagement between the wall 22c and the reach Side is substantially identical to that in the embodiment first discussed and the bosses Mic are held rigid against the reach 3hr and will not easily pivot about the pin Elbe.

Optionally, the bracket 34c may be constructed similar to that of the bracket Fido and a separate leaf spring may be inserted in a clear space between the wall 220 and the reach 33c.

Thus it will be seen that there is provided a simulated unitary bracelet and watch case which achieves the various objects of the invention and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the present invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein described or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What is claimed is:

l. A device for securing a wrist watch about the wrist of a wearer, said device comprising a bracelet, said bracelet having watch ends, means on said bracelet adjacent said watch ends for securing the bracelet to a watch case and simulating a rigid unitary connection between the watch ends of the bracelet and portions adjacent thereto with the watch case, said securing means including a bracket, said bracket having a parallel spaced opposed surfaces, means forming registered openings in each of the parallel surfaces, said openings being adapted to receive the tips of a spring pin carried by the watch case to thereby secure the bracelet to the watch case, the bracket further including a relatively flat surface intermediate the opposed parallel surfaces and means biasing the flat surface toward the watch case to abut a mating flat surface of the watch case, the bracket flat surface exerting a compressive stress between the watch case flat surface and the spring pin and the mating flat surfaces seating against one another to maintain the bracket in a relatively rigid position by resisting pivotal movement of the bracket about the pin, the means biasing the bracket flat surface toward the watch case flat surface yieldingly permitting limited movement of the bracket about the pin whereby the portions of the bracelet adjacent the watch case thereby simulating a unitary connection with the watch case.

2. A device constructed in accordance with claim 1, wherein the bracket is substantially of U-shape, and includes parallel legs and a reach interconnecting the legs, the opposed parallel surfaces of the bracket being formed by the legs, a longitudinal edge of each leg being secured to the undersurface of the bracelet.

3. A device constructed in accordance with claim 2, wherein the bracket flat surface is a portion of the reach, the reach being generally curved so that portions of the reach spaced from the ends thereof abut the watch case flat surface while portions of the reach adjacent the ends thereof are spaced from the watch case flat surface, the reach thereby forming a leaf spring, the biasing means including the reach and the bracket flat surface including portions of the reach in abutting contact with the watch case flat surface of the watch case.

i. A device constructed in accordance with claim 2, wherein the reach is spaced from the watch case flat surface, the biasing means including a leaf spring, the leaf spring being carried in the space between the reach and the flat surface of the watch case, the bracket flat surface being formed by a portion of the leaf spring in abutting contact with the watch case flat surface.

5. A device constructed in accordance with claim 2, wherein an edge of the reach spaced from the ends thereof and adjacent the bracelet is spaced from. the bracelet.

ti. A device constructed in accordance with claim 2, wherein the reach is spaced from the bracelet along its entire length including the ends thereof.

7. A device constructed in accordance with claim 2, further including a watch case, the watch case having bosses projecting from opposite edges thereof, an end of each boss forming the watch case flat surface.

fl. A device constructed in accordance with claim 7, wherein each boss includes side edges, the side edges of the boss being in juxtaposition with the legs of the brackets.

9. A device constructed in accordance with claim 8, wherein means forming a longitudinal bore through each boss is provided, the bore extending between the side edges of the boss, the longitudinal axis of the bore lying in a plane parallel to the watch case flat surface, a spring pin, said spring pin being housed within the bore, the ends of the pin being received within the openings in the parallel surfaces of the bracket.

W. A device constructed in accordance with claim 2, wherein the bracket is secured to portions of the bracelet adjacent each watch end thereof on the undersurface of the bracelet to thereby conceal the connection between the bracelet and the watch case.

llll. A device for securing a wrist watch case having bracelet engaging portions about the wrist of a wearer, said device comprising a bracelet, said bracelet having watch end portions, means on one of said portions for securing the bracelet to the watch case and simulating a rigid unitary connection between the watch end portions of the bracelet and portions adjacent thereto with the watch case, said securing means including a bracket, said bracket having parallel spaced opposed surfaces, means forming registered openings in each of the parallel surfaces, said openings being adapted to receive the tips of a spring pin to thereby secure the bracelet to the watch case, the bracket further including a relatively flat surface intermediate the opposed parallel surfaces and means biasing the flat surface toward the other portion to abut a mating flat surface of the other portion, the bracket. flat surface exerting a compressive stress between the other portion flat surface and the spring pin and the mating flat surfaces seating against one another and resisting pivotal movement of the bracket about the pin, the means biasing the bracket flat surface toward the other portion flat surface yieldingly permitting limited move ment of the bracket about the pin whereby the watch end portions are held relatively rigid with respect to the watch case thereby simulating a unitary connection with the watch case.

M. A device constructed in accordance with claim ll, further including a wrist watch case, the one portion being the bracelet engaging portion, the bracket being substantially of U-shape, and including parallel legs and a reach interconnecting the legs, the opposed parallel surfaces of the bracket being formed by the legs, a longitudinal edge of each leg being secured to the undersurface of the bracket means securing the legs of the bracket to the bracelet engaging portion of the watch case, a boss, means securing the boss to the bracelet adjacent the watch ends thereof, the other portion flat surface being formed in the boss.

Claims

1. A device for securing a wrist watch about the wrist of a wearer, said device comprising a bracelet, said bracelet having watch ends, means on said bracelet adjacent said watch ends for securing the bracelet to a watch case and simulating a rigid unitary connection between the watch ends of the bracelet and portions adjacent thereto with the watch case, said securing means including a bracket, said bracket having a parallel spaced opposed surfaces, means forming registered openings in each of the parallel surfaces, said openings being adapted to receive the tips of a spring pin carried by the watch case to thereby secure the bracelet to the watch case, the bracket further including a relatively flat surface intermediate the opposed parallel surfaces and means biasing the flat surface toward the watch case to abut a mating flat surface of the watch case, the bracket flat surface exerting a compressive stress between the watch case flat surface and the spring pin and the mating flat surfaces seating against one another to maintain the bracket in a relatively rigid position by resisting pivotal movement of the bracket about the pin, the means biasing the bracket flat surface toward the watch case flat surface yieldingly permitting limited movement of the bracket about the pin whereby the portions of the bracelet adjacent the watch case thereby simulating a unitary connection with the watch case.

4. A device constructed in accordance with claim 2, wherein the reach is spaced from the watch case flat surface, the biasing means including a leaf spring, the leaf spring being carried in the space between the reach and the flat surface of the watch case, the bracket flat surface being formed by a portion of the leaf spring in abutting contact with the watch case flat surface.

5. A device constructed in accordance with claim 2, wherein an edge of the reach spaced from the ends thereof and adjacent the bracelet is spaced from the bracelet.

6. A device constructed in accordance with claim 2, wherein the reach is spaced from the bracelet along its entire length including the ends thereof.

8. A device constructed in accordance with claim 7, wherein each boss includes side edges, the side edges of the boss being in juxtaposition with the legs of the brackets.

10. A device constructed in accordance with claim 2, wherein the bracket is secured to portions of the bracelet adjacent each watch end thereof on the undersurface of the bracelet to thereby conceal the connection between the bracelet and the watch case.

11. A device for securing a wrist watch case having bracelet engaging portions about the wrist of a wearer, said device comprising a bracelet, said bracelet having watch end portions, means on one of said portions for securing the bracelet to the watch case and simulating a rigid unitary connection between the watch end portions of the bracelet and portions adjacent thereto with the watch case, said securing means including a bracket, said bracket having parallel spaced opposed surfaces, means forming registered openings in each of the parallel surfaces, said openings being adapted to receive the tips of a spring pin to thereby secure the bracelet to the watch case, the bracket further including a relatively flat surface intermediate the opposed parallel surfaces and means biasing the flat surface toward the other portion to abut a mating flat surface of the other portion, the bracket flat surface exerting a compressive stress between the other portion flat surface and the spring pin and the mating flat surfaces seating against one another and resisting pivotal movement of the bracket about the pin, the means biasing the bracket flat surface toward the other portion flat surface yieldingly permitting limited movement of the bracket about the pin whereby the watch end portions are held relatively rigid with respect to the watch case thereby simulating a unitary connection with the watch case.

12. A device constructed in accordance with claim 11, further including a wrist watch case, the one portion being the bracelet engaging portion, the bracket being substantially of U-shape, and including parallel legs and a reach interconnecting the legs, the opposed parallel surfaces of the bracket being formed by the legs, a longitudinal edge of each leg being secured to the undersurface of the bracket means securing the legs of the bracket to the bracelet engaging portion of the watch case, a boss, means securing the boss to the bracelet adjacent the watch ends thereof, the other portion flat surface being formed in the boss.