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US 10,228,657 B2Granted
Device for setting watches
AssigneeETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
InventorsPascal Lagorgette, Raphael Balmer
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Abstract
A device for setting watches arranged to be pressed onto a crystal of a watch and including plural display mechanisms. The device is arranged to enable the user to see the display mechanisms of the watch as they are set.
Claims21
A device for setting watches arranged to be temporarily pressed onto a crystal of a watch comprising:
- plural display means,
- wherein the device is arranged to enable a user to see the display means of the watch during setting of the watch;
- the device further comprising:
- at least one indexing mark for angular indexing thereof with respect to a reference of the watch;
- for at least one particular display of the watch, at least one complementary piece of information relative to the particular display of the watch to facilitate the setting of the particular display concerned;
- an annular part including at least one radially extending bar to delimit at least one area for a complementary piece of information;
- and
- a plurality of areas provided with apertures enabling the user to see the display means of the watch as the display means is being set.
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A timepiece assembly comprising:
- a mechanical and/or electronic timepiece movement;
- and
- a setting device for setting the timepiece assembly arranged to be temporarily pressed onto a crystal of the timepiece assembly, the device comprising:
- plural display means,
- wherein the device is arranged to enable a user to see the display means of the timepiece assembly during setting of the timepiece assembly;
- the device further comprising:
- at least one indexing mark for angular indexing thereof with respect to a reference of the timepiece assembly;
- and
- for at least one particular display of the timepiece assembly, at least one complementary piece of information relative to the particular display of the timepiece assembly to facilitate the setting of the particular display concerned,
- wherein the timepiece movement is capable of operating in a setting mode in which the display means and at least one complementary piece of information of a particular display cooperate with each other to facilitate setting of the at least one particular display concerned
- wherein the display means includes a central hour hand, a central minute hand, and a small seconds hand on a counter at 6 o'clock for a display of current time, and, for display of a chronograph function, a central seconds hand and counter hands, the display means further including a disc disposed underneath an aperture for the date display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.