G04B 27/02
Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means: by making use of
Official title: by making use of the winding means {(winding by hand or mechanically G04B3/00)}
G04B27/02 (Mechanical devices for setting the time indicating means: by making use of) appears on 125 US grants and 115 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Timepiece including a display member for displaying a local time HT and a display member for displaying a GMT time18 Aug 2026US 12,710,727 B2Manufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA
- Horological movement comprising a display correction mechanism21 Apr 2026US 12,607,965 B2ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Member for controlling a plurality of functions of a timepiece movement17 Mar 2026US 12,578,681 B2Manufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA
- Multifunction correction device for a timepiece and timepiece comprising such a multifunction correction device10 Mar 2026US 12,572,117 B2ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
- Sympathique watch comprising a coupling device17 Feb 2026US 12,554,227 B2Montres Breguet S. A.
- Timepiece17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277162 A1Seiko Watch Kabushiki Kaisha (Trading AS Seiko Watch Corporation)
- Quick correction device with lever for a horology movement21 May 2026US 2026/0140480 A1Montres Breguet S. A.
- Friction system for a horology movement12 Feb 2026US 2026/0044113 A1Blancpain SA
- Mechanical horology movement16 Oct 2025US 2025/0321541 A1The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Timepiece control device31 Jul 2025US 2025/0244717 A1Rolex SA
Most cited
By later US patents
- Angular and axial position sensor arrangement91US 9,244,438 B2The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd · 2016
- Control device for a timepiece89US 9,052,696 B2Société anonyme de la Manufacture d'horlogerie Audemars Piguet & Cie · 2015
- Compressible seal for rotatable and translatable input mechanisms72US 9,952,558 B2Apple Inc. · 2018
- Compressible seal for rotatable and translatable input mechanisms60US 10,037,006 B2Apple Inc. · 2018
- Compressible seal for rotatable and translatable input mechanisms46US 10,845,764 B2Apple Inc. · 2020