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US 10,401,797 B2Granted
Device for immobilising and/or winding a marine chronometer
AssigneeMontres Breguet S.A.
InventorJerome Mace
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Abstract
A marine chronometer including a watch tiltably mounted on a support with a gimbal suspension, the chronometer support also includes a cradle movable in translation between a rest position wherein the watch is free to move on the gimbal suspension, and a holding position wherein the watch is resting on the cradle.
Claims20
A marine chronometer, comprising:
- a watch tiltably mounted on a support with a gimbal suspension, the marine chronometer support also comprises a cradle movable in translation between a rest position wherein the watch is free to move on the gimbal suspension, and a holding position wherein the watch is resting on the cradle,
- wherein the cradle comprises magnetic means capable of cooperating with associated magnetic means of the watch to immobilise the watch in the cradle when the cradle is in the holding position.
A marine chronometer comprising:
- a watch tiltably mounted on a support with a gimbal suspension,
- wherein the marine chronometer watch comprises a mechanical movement driven by a barrel and comprising a winding rotor in mesh with a barrel-winding train, and
- wherein the support comprises a winding means, movable between:
- a winding position wherein the winding rotor of the watch is magnetically coupled to the winding means, and
- a rest position wherein the winding rotor of the watch is free to rotate with respect to the winding means.
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A marine chronometer comprising:
- a watch tiltably mounted on a support with a gimbal suspension, the marine chronometer support also comprises a cradle movable in translation between a rest position wherein the watch is free to move on the gimbal suspension, and a holding position wherein the watch is resting on the cradle,
- wherein the support comprises:
- at least one holding arbor on which the cradle is slidably mounted, and
- a scissor-lift type mechanism for sliding the cradle along the holding arbor between the holding position and the rest position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.