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US3802183A
US3802183A US00336210A US33621073A US3802183A US 3802183 A US3802183 A US 3802183A US 00336210 A US00336210 A US 00336210A US 33621073 A US33621073 A US 33621073A US 3802183 A US3802183 A US 3802183A
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    • 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
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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 invention concerns a watch movement in which the oscillator escapement system is mounted on a separate assembly which is insertable into the watch movement which has reference and fixing means for said separate assembly.
  • the separate oscillatorescapement assembly comprises a median frame, a lower bridge and an upper bridge serving as supports for the bearing of the escapement system and of the oscillator.
  • Said median frame comprises a planar surface adapted to cooperate with said reference means of the movement.
  • PAIENTEDAPR 9I974 sum osnf12 FIG.
  • the present invention has for its object the provision of a movement for a piece of horology comprising on the one hand a basic movement supporting the essential members for winding up and time setting and on the other hand a regulating member supporting the whole escapement system-oscillator member and designed to be assembled, controlled and regulated independently from the base movement in which it has to be integrated to complete the horology movement.
  • the aim of the present invention is to enable the realisation of a relatively small horology movement as this is necessary for wrist-watches and designed in such a way that the assembly operations of the different elements are simplified and rationalized, and this particularly for the regulating member.
  • the movement of a piece of horology characterized by the fact that it is constituted by two elements; on the one hand a base movement supporting the time setting and winding up members, as well as the members relating to the motor, and the transmission and comprising a housing intended to receive the regulating member and on the other hand the said regulating member oscillator system the linking of the two elements being done between the seeond wheel and the pinion of the escape wheel and also characterized by the fact that the regulating member comprises a median frame having at least one surface and reference means in order to fix it onto the base movement and supporting the upper bearings of the escapement system, the lower bearings of which are supported by a lower bridge assembled to the base of the frame and comprising also one of the bearings of the regulating member, whereas the other bearing of the said regulating member is carried by an upper opposed bridge mounted over the frame.
  • FIGS. 4, 5, 6 and 7 show in plan view and in crosssection the essential members of the first embodiment, while FIGS. 4, 5, 6 and 7 represent schematically and in cross-section and in different details the assembly.
  • FIGS. 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 show also in plan and in cross-section details of the second embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 one sees the base movement 1 supporting the winding up mechanism 51 and the time setting mechanism 52 the barrel or motor 53, the going train or transmission, up to the central second wheel 3.
  • the dial train, the day date mechanism and the automatic winding mechanism are not shown to simplify the comprehension of the drawing, but they are all supported also by the base movement.
  • the fundamental part of the base movement is the plate 2, in which an adequate entry 2A, is provided consitituting the base of a housing comprising on the other hand a reference surface perfectly plane, on which a guiding sleeve 28 is located as well as a tapped hole 2C, and intended to constitute, with the reference wall 2D, positioning means with respect to corresponding elements of the regulating member 4 intended to integrate the movement.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 one sees respectively in plan and cross-section the principal elements of the regulating member namely:
  • a median frame 5 comprising a guiding hole 58 and a conical fixing hole 5C and the lower surface of which consititutes on the one hand the reference base for the assembly of the regulating member on the base movement and on the other hand the reference base from the assembly of the element consitituting the assembly of the said member.
  • Three columns, 6A, 6B and 6C which are cylindrical, ascertain the guiding and the assembly of a lower bridge 6 to the base of the median frame.
  • An escapement wheel 7 with its pinion 56 and pallets 8 is provided the upper bearings of which are in the median frame, whereas the lower bearings of which are in the lower bridge which comprises on the other hand the lower bearing of the balance 12 constitutingwith its spiral, the oscillator and the upper bearing of which is supported by an upper bridge 9 mounted on top of the median frame and supporting on the other hand the sliding stud 10 which supports itself the regulator assembly 11.
  • the medain frame 5 is inverted and receives the three columns two of which 6A and 6B are shown. These columns are driven at a given height in order to enable thereafter (second cross-section) the setting in plane of pincers l3 and 14 used to maintain the frame, and which act as height gages and pre-guide the fixing in place afterwards of the lower bridge.
  • the fitting is designed in order to pre-position the escapement wheel and the pallets which are also already guided by the bearings located in the frame.
  • the lower bridge 6 is freely set in place in front of the pivots of the escapement wheel and of the pallets which are then located in all their bearings and finally (fourth cross-section) the median frame 5 and the lower bridge 6 are maintained the one against the other by means of wedges fast with the pincers l3, and 14, while the columns 6A and 6B are driven in.
  • the regulating member is lowered in such a way that the guiding hole 5B is adjusted on the guiding tube 28, the conical hole for the fixing hole SC being spaced from the tapped hole 2C, by a given distance, in order that the escapement wheel passes freely outside of the zone of the central second wheel 3, the lower bridge and the escapement being than located within the entry of the plate 2.
  • FIG. 6 one sees a second particular position when the regulating member 4 is pivoted around the axis 28 513 until the wall 2D rests against the column 6A, the tapped hole 2C being slidingly displaced with respect to the tightening hole 50.
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 one sees the essential element ensuring the linking andthe fixing of the regulating member 4 onto the plate 2 of the base movement.
  • the screw 16 applies through a conical shoulder the column 6A against the reference wall 2D as well as onto the surface of the plate, whereas the screw fixes the other part of the regulating member which becomes perfectly fast with the plate, the central second wheel 3 being then in mesh with the pinion of the escapement wheel.
  • the first embodiment can be varied without modifying its fundamental characteristics.
  • the second embodiment of the invention differs from the first already described primarily by the location of the regulator assembly.
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 one sees in plan and in crosssection a support for the sliding stud 10 resiliently adjusted on the inside wall of a groove provided in the median frame 5, concentrically with the balance and in the zone which is approximately covered by the balance.
  • the sliding stud carries itself resiliently a regulator assembly 11 the friction between the sliding stud and the frame being higher than the friction between the regulator assembly and the pin, so as to enable a correction of the running without modifying the position of the pin.
  • This embodiment offers the advantage of a very shock resistant setting of the stuid carrier and of the regulator on the median frame, on the other hand the balance and the bridges carrying it are completely free, enabling a better use of them and this particularly if their shock absorbing system has to be integrated. Finally, to fix the oscillator and the escapement onto the median frame offers advantages for the adjusting and correcting the frequency both initially and finally.
  • FIG. 11 one sees the base movement 1 fast with the regulating member 4 and particularly'the sliding stud l0 and the regulator assembly 11 projecting beyond the balance and accessible in an entry 2E pro-
  • the two embodiments described show the particular advantages of the invention for a wrist watch, as well as for time pieces having particular problems relating to the space available or to shock resistance.
  • a movement for a piece of horology comprising two subassemblies, the first subassembly comprising a base movement supporting time-setting means, winding means, motor means, transmission means and a housing for regulating means, the second subassembly comprising said regulating means supporting escapementoscillator means, said piece of horology having a second wheel and an escapement wheel having a pinion, and means linking said two assemblies between said second wheel and said pinion, said regulating means comprising a median frame having reference means for securement to said first subassembly and supporting at least one bearing of said escapement wheel, a lower bridge carrying another bearing of said escapement wheel on a frame of said piece of horology and comprising also a bearing of said regulating means, another bearing of said regulating means being carried by an upper opposed bridge mounted over said frame.
  • said reference means comprising a sleeve around which said regulating means is freely adjustable, said reference means also comprising at least one wall of said housing against which a portion of said regulating means comes to rest when secured to said movement.

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US3968642A (en) * 1974-01-25 1976-07-13 Societe Suisse Pour L'industrie Horlogere Management Services S.A. Watch-movement frame with extra holes for using different escapement mechanisms
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US3945197A (en) * 1973-05-10 1976-03-23 Ebauches S.A. Timepiece
US3901018A (en) * 1973-05-10 1975-08-26 Ebauches Sa Timepiece
US3968642A (en) * 1974-01-25 1976-07-13 Societe Suisse Pour L'industrie Horlogere Management Services S.A. Watch-movement frame with extra holes for using different escapement mechanisms
US8614931B2 (en) 2011-07-13 2013-12-24 Eta Sa Manufacture Horlogere Suisse Timepiece movement comprising a module fitted with a wheel set meshing with another wheel set pivoting in a base on which the module is mounted
EP2546706A1 (fr) 2011-07-13 2013-01-16 ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse Mouvement d'horlogerie comprenant un module muni d'un mobile engrenant avec un autre mobile pivotant dans une base sur laquelle est monté le module
US20140328145A1 (en) * 2011-12-13 2014-11-06 Eta Sa Manufacture Horlogere Suisse Modular mechanical timepiece movement with functional modules
US20130148479A1 (en) * 2011-12-13 2013-06-13 Eta Sa Manufacture Horlogere Suisse Modular timepiece movement with functional modules
US9557713B2 (en) * 2011-12-13 2017-01-31 Eta Sa Manufacture Horlogère Suisse Modular mechanical timepiece movement with functional modules
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US10241472B2 (en) * 2011-12-13 2019-03-26 Eta Sa Manufacture Horlogere Suisse Modular timepiece movement with functional modules
USD891284S1 (en) * 2018-03-02 2020-07-28 Tudor Watch U.S.A., Llc Watch movement
USD894778S1 (en) * 2018-03-02 2020-09-01 Tudor Watch U.S.A., Llc Watch movement
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