Acoustic timepiece display mechanism, particularly a chronograph repeater
AssigneeOmega SA
InventorsGregory Kissling, Julien Feyer
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AssigneeOmega SA
InventorsGregory Kissling, Julien Feyer
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A timepiece display mechanism includes a rotating display member for displaying a magnitude other than the current time of day, or a position in a cycle. The rotating display member is integral in rotation with a snail cooperating with the beak of a striking rack included in a striking mechanism integrated in or juxtaposed with this display mechanism, to strike a numerical value characteristic of this magnitude, or respectively of this position. The display mechanism is more particularly a chronograph mechanism including a seconds snail integral with a main chronograph wheel, for counting the seconds and cooperating with a seconds rack, and a minute snail integral with a minute counter wheel for counting the minutes and cooperating with a minute rack, in order, after timing a duration, to strike the minutes and seconds of the timed duration.
A timepiece display mechanism comprising at least one rotating display member, for displaying a magnitude other than the current time of day, or respectively for displaying a position in a cycle, wherein said display mechanism is an acoustic display mechanism, whose rotating display member is integral at least in rotation with a snail whose edge cooperates with the beak of a striking rack comprised in a striking mechanism integrated in or juxtaposed with said display mechanism, for striking a numerical value characteristic of said magnitude, or respectively of said position in said cycle, wherein said display mechanism is a chronograph mechanism including a centre chronograph wheel for counting the seconds, and a minute-counter wheel for counting the minutes, and wherein said chronograph mechanism comprises at least a seconds snail integral in rotation with said centre chronograph wheel and whose edge is arranged to cooperate with a beak comprised in a seconds rack, and comprises at least one minute snail integral in rotation with said minute counter wheel and whose edge is arranged to cooperate with a beak comprised in a minute rack, and wherein said minute rack and said seconds rack are arranged to provide, after stopping at the end of a measurement of a timed duration made by said chronograph mechanism, information relating to the timed duration, respectively in minutes and seconds, to a striking mechanism comprised in said chronograph mechanism or with which said chronograph mechanism is juxtaposed, and which includes said seconds rack and said minute rack, in order to strike at least the minutes and the seconds of said timed duration.
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