Device for fastening and orienting a back on a middle for a timepiece

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12353172-B2
Application number	US-202217953757-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 27, 2022
Priority date	Dec 7, 2021
Publication date	Jul 8, 2025
Grant date	Jul 8, 2025

Abstract

Provided is a device for fastening a back on a middle portion of a watch. The back includes a cover arranged to form a bearing surface with the middle portion and a body arranged to rest in the middle portion. The device includes an indexing ring disposed between the back and the middle portion, and the ring includes at least one lower catch arranged to cooperate with the back and ensure the indexing with the back and an upper catch are arranged to cooperate with the middle portion and ensure the indexing of the back and ring assembly in relation to the middle portion, and the upper catch has a height greater than that of the lower catch, or vice versa.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for fastening a back ( 1 ) on a middle ( 2 ) of a watch, the back ( 1 ) comprising a cover ( 10 ) arranged to form a bearing surface with the middle ( 2 ) and a body ( 12 ) arranged to rest in the middle, said device comprising an indexing ring ( 3 ) disposed between the back and the middle, characterised in that the ring comprises a plurality of lower catches ( 32 ) disposed around a periphery of the ring and extending downwardly therefrom and arranged to cooperate with the back and ensure the indexing with the back and a plurality of upper catches ( 33 ) disposed around a periphery of the ring and extending upwardly therefrom and arranged to cooperate with the middle ( 2 ) and ensure the indexing of the back and ring assembly in relation to the middle ( 2 ), said plurality of upper catches ( 33 ) having a height greater than that of the plurality of lower catches ( 32 ), or the plurality of lower catches having a height greater than that of the plurality of upper catches.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the ring ( 3 ) comprises three lower catches ( 32 ), the lower catches ( 32 ) being spaced apart from one another by 100°.

3. The device for according to claim 1 , wherein the back ( 1 ) comprises a plurality of orifices ( 15 ) arranged to receive the plurality of lower catches of the ring ( 3 ).

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the middle ( 2 ) comprises a machining ( 22 ) arranged to receive the at least one upper catch ( 33 ) of the plurality of upper catches of the ring ( 3 ).

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the ring ( 3 ) is made of a polymer material.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the ring comprises at least one first chamfer ( 30 ) on its lower face and at least one second chamfer ( 31 ) on its upper face.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the back ( 1 ) has three levels, a first level formed by the cover ( 10 ), a second level formed by a first bow ( 11 ) with a smaller diameter than the cover, and a third level formed by the body ( 12 ) with a smaller diameter than the first bow.

8. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the plurality of upper catches and the plurality of lower catches are disposed opposite on the ring, respectively.

9. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the first bow forming the second level is arranged to receive said indexing ring ( 3 ).

10. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the height of the body ( 11 ) is greater than that of the first bow.

11. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the external diameter of the ring ( 3 ) corresponds to the internal diameter of the middle ( 2 ).

12. A timepiece comprising the watch with the fastening and indexing device according to claim 1 .

13. The device of claim 1 , wherein the ring is one piece and is closed.

Assignees

• Swatch Group Res & Dev Ltd

Inventors

• Allimann Joël
• Garcin Simon

Classifications

• G04B37/0008 Primary

  for pocket watches and wrist watches · CPC title

• G04B37/11

  of the back cover of pocket or wrist watches · CPC title

• G04B37/08 Primary

  Hermetic sealing of openings, joints, passages or slits {(covers or protecting devices which can be directly removed, or by sliding or turning G04B37/005; hermetic sealing of watch or crystal with special pieces G04B39/02; hermetically-sealed electrical switches H01H23/06)} · CPC title