G04B 19/042
Construction and manufacture of the hands
Official title: {Construction and manufacture of the hands; arrangements for increasing reading accuracy (hands with illumination G04B19/305; specially shaped hands, e.g. figures or pictures G04B45/0061; clockwork in the hands G04B45/043; invisible drive of the hands G04B45/046)}
G04B19/042 (Construction and manufacture of the hands) appears on 115 US grants and 157 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04B- Granted patents
- 115
- Published applications
- 157
- Assignees
- 30
- Inventors
- 239
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 7 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Watch component, watch, and method for manufacturing watch component15 Sep 2026US 12,736,918 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Actuation mechanism of flexible display hand driven by a clockwork movement30 Jun 2026US 12,669,781 B2Montres Breguet S. A.
- Method for depositing a coating on an item, such as a clockwork component and item coated by such a method16 Jun 2026US 12,656,736 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Method for manufacturing a timepiece hand with a circular cross-section19 May 2026US 12,632,008 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Multicolour cermet and/or ceramic article and manufacturing method thereof5 May 2026US 12,619,198 B2Comadur SA
- Watch with an analogue display featuring coaxial luminous hands1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299519 A1The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Dial module and instrument equipped therewith16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202797 A1
- External part comprising a coating of interference layers deposited on a face made of a material comprising at least 50% by mass of aluminium25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176755 A1The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Timepiece25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177979 A1Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- External part comprising a stack of protective interference layers18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168097 A1The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Watch-type wearable device232US 10,222,750 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2019
- Time display system21US 4,601,585 A1986
- Timepiece21US 8,400,883 B22013
- Device for detecting the position of watch hands13US 9,453,939 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd · 2016
- Clock with novelty hands11US 6,208,592 B12001