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US 11,231,685 B2Granted
Time zone indicator device
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
InventorPaulo Bravo
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Abstract
The invention relates to a timepiece comprising at least an hour indicator, a minute indicator, a movement arranged to drive the hour indicator and the minute indicator, a dial, a crown and an indicator for at least one time zone, housed inside a first case. According to the invention, the first case is rotatable inside a second case about an axis of rotation, so that a rotation of the first case in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction with respect to the second case allows a time zone to be chosen and the time in the selected time zone to be indicated.
Claims8
A timepiece comprising:
- at least an hour indicator;
- a minute indicator;
- a movement arranged to drive the hour indicator and the minute indicator;
- a dial;
- a crown;
- and
- an indicator for at least one time zone, housed inside a first case,
- wherein the first case is rotatable inside a second case about an axis of rotation of the first case coincident with an axis of rotation of the hour and minute indicators, so that a rotation of the first case in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction with respect to the second case allows a time zone to be chosen and a time in the selected time zone to be indicated, and
- wherein the second case has a lower part screwed onto an upper part comprising horns, each of the horns of the second case has a countersink for passage of the crown during rotation of the first case inside the second case, and the second case is perforated on lateral, the upper part, and the lower part to provide access to the crown.
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