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US 10,295,961 B2Granted
Process for decorating a timepiece component and timepiece component obtained by such a process
AssigneeRolex SA
InventorAlexandre Oliveira
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Abstract
A process for decorating a dial includes a step (E1) of engraving a pattern in a pad-printing cliché with a femtosecond laser, then a step (E20) of transferring said pattern to the dial using the pad-printing cliché. The process can include surface structuring of the dial, then transferring the pattern to the dial at least partially superposed on surface-structuring obtained by the surface structuring, and can also include an intermediate coloring of the decorated or to be decorated surface in the surface structuring, using a different color from the color used in the transferring.
Claims23
A process for decorating a dial, comprising:
- coloring of a surface to be decorated of the dial, using a first color, and
- engraving a pattern in a pad-printing cliché with a femtosecond laser, then, after the coloring and engraving,
- transferring the pattern to the dial using the pad-printing cliché, wherein a second color used in the transferring is at least partially superposed on the first color obtained by the coloring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.