Mechanism for displaying a time period or season
AssigneeBlancpain SA
InventorJulien Feyer
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Abstract
A watch includes a timepiece movement including a mechanism for displaying a time period or season which includes a first wheel which is provided in order to turn once in thirty-one days for displaying a day of the month, and a second wheel for displaying another time period or season. The second wheel turns more quickly than the first wheel for displaying this time period or season, and the second wheel is provided in order to be displaced from the first wheel, at the rate of one turn in a period of time between 340 days and 380 days.
Claims15
A mechanism for displaying a time period or season which is provided in order to cooperate with a timepiece movement, and comprising
- a first wheel and
- a second wheel for displaying a time period or season, said second wheel turning more quickly than said first wheel,
- wherein said first wheel is provided in order to turn once in thirty-one days for displaying a day of the month, wherein said second wheel is provided in order to be displaced from said first wheel, at the rate of one turn more than said first wheel in a period of time between 340 days and 380 days,
- wherein said mechanism comprises a driving wheel which is provided in order to be driven by said movement and in order to drive each day, directly or indirectly, a starwheel by one step, in opposition to a starwheel catch and/or a starwheel spring, and
- wherein said mechanism comprises a first pinion which is driven directly by said starwheel and meshes with said first wheel, and a second pinion which is driven by said starwheel, directly or by means of friction, and meshes with said second wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.