Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • 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
  • G04B47/00—Time-pieces combined with other articles which do not interfere with the running or the time-keeping of the time-piece
  • G04B47/04—Time-pieces combined with other articles which do not interfere with the running or the time-keeping of the time-piece with attached ornaments or amusement apparatus
  • G04B47/044—Movable decorations and parts thereof

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a watch provided with mobile decorative elements, including a peripheral ring having an eccentric mass and mounted to rotate freely on a ball bearing.
• Watches are already known which include mobile decorative elements.
• Swiss patent N ° 670,186 showing a peripheral ring on which precious stones are mounted which is mounted on a ball bearing and has an unbalance so that it can turn freely during movements on the user's wrist.
• Swiss patent N ° 666 380 we have two decorative elements including a ring located near the bottom of the box provided with decorative elements, such as precious stones that can be seen through the watch glass by windows dug into the watch face.
• a second eccentric mass is located above the dial and can also be provided with decorative elements. The superposition of these two decorative elements and the fact that the lower ring is located under the dial, complicate the manufacture and the watch case is relatively thick.
• the present invention aims to provide another decoration device simpler to implement and having a different aesthetic effect.
• the watch according to the invention is characterized in that said ball bearing is located in the center of the watch concentric with the axis of the hands, that said ring is connected to a plate placed on said bearing, said plate and said ring being connected by at least one arm making them integral in rotation, that the second movable decorative element is disposed in a housing on a second bearing placed in the peripheral ring and free in rotation, said second decorative element being able to rotate 360 ° with the ring around the axis of the hands and also freely rotated also around an axis perpendicular to the plane of the second bearing.
• the plate and the ring are connected by two arms forming a regular curve such as a circle or ellipse and that the plate and the second movable decorative element are diametrically opposite.
• Watch 1 shown in FIG. 2, includes a back 2, a bezel 3, a middle part 4, a glass 5, a mechanical or electronic movement 6 on which rests a dial 7, and hands.
• a ball bearing 11 In the center of the concentric watch at the axis of the needles 8 is a ball bearing 11 on which rests a plate 10 connected by two arms 16, 17 ( Figure 1) to a ring 9 free in rotation.
• the ring 9 has at one end a housing 13 placed on a ball bearing 14 integral with the ring 9.
• a decorative element 15 such as a diamond or the like can be disposed and it is free to rotate around its axis.
• FIG. 1 there is shown the ring 9 with the elements already described to which we must add two recesses 9a on its lower surface intended to create an imbalance on the mass of the ring 9 to allow its free rotation on the central bearing 11.
• the arms 16 and 17 which connect the plate 10 to the ring form a circle and the plate 10 and the housing 13 for the decorative element 15 are diametrically opposite.
• the decoration, both of the ring 9 of the arms 16 and 17 and possibly the dial located in the central part of the watch by precious, semi-precious or other stones or decorative elements guilloche, engraved, etc., provides a particular aesthetic effect. You can combine stones of different colors in combination or not with other decorations for attachments or engraved on elements 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17 as well as on dial 7.
• this device is simple since the ring rotates around a first ball bearing located in the center of the watch, the second decorative element being supported by said ring and also rotating on itself.

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• 2003
  • 2003-04-07 WO PCT/IB2003/001260 patent/WO2004090648A1/fr not_active Application Discontinuation
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