Orientable back for a timepiece
AssigneeBlancpain SA
InventorsYann Haering, Sebastien Jobez, Nicolas Debaud
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Abstract
A back (1) for a watch case (50), the back (1) including a first element (10) arranged so as to be screwed onto the watch case (50), and a second element (20) including an end face bearing a pattern (M), the second element (20) being mounted such that it can move in rotation about an axis (C) passing through the centre of the case (50), wherein the second element (20) has a brake arranged so as to hold same relative to the first element (10) in different angular positions about the rotational axis (C), the brake being disposed between the first and second elements (10, 20).
Claims12
A back (1) for a watch case (50), the back (1) comprising:
- a first element (10) arranged so as to be screwed onto the watch case (50);
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- a second element (20) including an end face bearing a pattern (M), the second element (20) being mounted such that the second element can move in rotation about an axis (C) passing through the centre of the case (50),
- wherein the second element (20) comprises braking means arranged so as to hold same relative to the first element (10) in different angular positions about the rotational axis (C), the braking means being disposed between the first and second elements (10, 20), and
- wherein the first element (10) comprises a wall (13) inclined outwards relative to the case arranged to cooperate with a cavity (22) formed in the second element (20), the cavity (22) comprising a complementary inclined wall (23) configured to forcibly interlock or clip, and assemble the first and second elements (10, 20).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.