Universal watch winding and time-setting device
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Develonment Ltd
InventorsBaptiste Hinaux, Jérôme Favre
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AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Develonment Ltd
InventorsBaptiste Hinaux, Jérôme Favre
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A universal device for the winding and time-setting of a watch with oscillating resonator, including a rewinding and state corrector, including an automatic winding mechanism, state measurer relative to a reference, stoppage monitor to observe the stoppage of the resonator, running monitor of the resonator, controller to identify the stoppage time displayed, compute the time remaining until a synchronisation between the actual time indicated by the reference and the stoppage time, and, when this remaining time has elapsed, activate the winding mechanism to rewind the storage device of the watch, and, following activation of the winding mechanism, await the determination of the stabilisation of the nominal running of the resonator by these monitors before allowing adjustment of the state of the watch.
A universal device (1000) for the winding and time-setting of a watch (1) comprising an oscillating resonator (2) arranged to generate an oscillation at a nominal frequency NO, said universal device (1000) comprising means for rewinding and correcting the state of said watch (1), comprising an automatic winding mechanism (304) for a mechanical or automatic watch which comprises at least one watch reception support (305), said universal device (1000) comprising state measurement means (303) for measuring the state of said watch (1) relative to a reference clock (1001) to which refer said state measurement means (303) which comprise a viewing system (1002), where said universal device (1000) comprises stoppage monitoring means (500) arranged to observe the stoppage or running of a said oscillating resonator (2) of a watch (1), and control means (900) which are arranged, upon the observation of a stoppage by said stoppage monitoring means (500), to identify according to data transmitted by said state measurement means (303) the stoppage time displayed by said watch (1) in the stoppage position thereof, and to compute the time remaining until a synchronisation between the actual time indicated by said reference clock (1001) and said stoppage time, and, when said remaining time has elapsed, to activate said automatic winding mechanism (304) for rewinding the power storage means of said watch (1), characterised in that said universal device (1000) comprises running monitoring means (800) of a said oscillating resonator (2), and in that in the event of activation of said automatic winding mechanism (304), said control means (900) are arranged to await the determination of the stabilisation of the running of said oscillating resonator (2) at said nominal frequency NO thereof by said running monitoring means (800), before allowing adjustment of the state of said watch (1).
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