Watch comprising a dial including a fixed portion and a movable portion

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12019402-B2
Application number	US-202217804655-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2022
Priority date	Jun 29, 2021
Publication date	Jun 25, 2024
Grant date	Jun 25, 2024

Abstract

A watch including a dial including a fixed portion superimposed on a portion movable in rotation including a surface on which are arranged areas with visual appearances different from each other, the fixed portion including at least one through opening emerging on at least one of the areas, the movable portion being kinematically connected to a control member so as to be rotated by actuating the control member and being configured so that when it is rotated, the areas of different visual appearance appear successively through the opening.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A watch comprising:
a dial wherein the watch includes a fixed portion superimposed on a portion movable in rotation including a surface on which are arranged wedge sectors that are adjacent to each other, the wedge sectors each including an upper surface having a first visual appearance or a second visual appearance, the first and second appearances being different from each other,
the wedge sectors are arranged around the surface of the movable portion such that one of the wedge sectors with the first visual appearance is arranged adjacent to one of the wedge sectors with the second visual appearance so that each pair of successive wedge sectors have a different visual appearance from each other except for two of the wedge sectors that are adjacent each have the first visual appearance,
the fixed portion comprising at least two through openings emerging respectively on at least one of the wedge sectors and being separated from each other by a first bridge of material, the movable portion being kinematically connected to a control member so as to be rotated by actuating said control member and being configured so that when the movable portion is rotated, the wedge sectors with the first and second visual appearances appear successively through the openings, said openings and said first bridge of material each substantially having a shape and dimensions corresponding to those of one of the wedge sectors of the first or second visual appearances, and being distributed so that each of the openings can reveal only one of the wedge sectors of the first or second visual appearances, except for one of the first bridges of material has a shape and dimensions corresponding to the two of the wedge sectors that are adjacent and each have the first visual appearance,
wherein the movable portion includes a circular crown provided with a central orifice, and includes a disc arranged in the central orifice of the circular crown, the disc and the circular crown being concentric, kinematically connected to the control member and each including sectors with visual appearance different from each other, and
wherein the control member is formed by a crown stem connected to a crown and wherein the disc and the circular crown are meshed alternately by a sliding pinion, depending on the direction of rotation of the crown.

2. The watch according to claim 1 , wherein the movable portion is kinematically connected to the control member so that the transmission ratios are such that when the crown is pivoted by one turn, the movable portion is rotated by at least one turn.

3. The watch according to claim 1 , comprising a system for holding the movable portion in position allowing it to be indexed according to at least one predefined position.

4. A watch comprising:
a dial wherein the watch includes a fixed portion superimposed on a portion movable in rotation including a surface on which are arranged wedge sectors that are adjacent to each other, the wedge sectors each including an upper surface having a first visual appearance or a second visual appearance, the first and second appearances being different from each other,
the wedge sectors are arranged around the surface of the movable portion such that one of the wedge sectors with the first visual appearance is arranged adjacent to one of the wedge sectors with the second visual appearance so that each pair of successive wedge sectors have a different visual appearance from each other except for two of the wedge sectors that are adjacent each have the first visual appearance,
the fixed portion comprising at least two through openings emerging respectively on at least one of the wedge sectors and being separated from each other by a first bridge of material, the movable portion being kinematically connected to a control member so as to be rotated by actuating said control member and being configured so that when the movable portion is rotated, the wedge sectors with the first and second visual appearances appear successively through the openings, said openings and said first bridge of material each substantially having a shape and dimensions corresponding to those of one of the wedge sectors of the first or second visual appearances, and being distributed so that each of the openings can reveal only one of the wedge sectors of the first or second visual appearances, except for one of the first bridges of material has a shape and dimensions corresponding to the two of the wedge sectors that are adjacent and each have the first visual appearance,
wherein the control member is formed by a crown stem connected to a crown, and
wherein the movable portion is kinematically connected to the control member so that the transmission ratios are such that when the crown is pivoted by one turn, the movable portion is rotated by at least one turn.

5. The watch according to claim 4 , wherein the movable portion includes a circular crown provided with a central orifice comprising an internal toothing in a meshing relationship with a toothed wheel adapted to be rotated by the control member.

Assignees

• Eta Sa Mft Horlogere Suisse

Inventors

• Christan Julien
• Villar Ivan

Classifications

• G04B45/003

  Inscriptions and pictures moved by hand (clockworks with abrupt time indication G04B13/00; adjustable hands or mechanisms G04B19/28; combination of clockwork with counter, e.g. for sports results G04B47/00; movable ornaments and decorations G04B47/044) · CPC title

• G04B19/10 Primary

  Ornamental shape of the graduations or the surface of the dial; Attachment of the graduations to the dial {(cases for special purposes, e.g. ring or button watches G04B37/12; indicating means with special effects G04B45/00)} · CPC title

• G04B19/065 Primary

  with several parts · CPC title

• G04B47/044 Primary

  Movable decorations and parts thereof (inscriptions and pictures moved by hand G04B45/003) · CPC title

• G04B19/16

  Shiftable dials, e.g. indicating alternately from 1 to 12 and from 13 to 24 {(dials with a scale other than the normal 12 hour scale G04B19/085)} · CPC title