Timepiece component
AssigneePatek Philippe SA Geneve
InventorEric Le Gall
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Abstract
Disclosed is a timepiece component including at least one housing intended to receive at least one precious or non-precious stone and including at least one first end, referred to as the setting end, and a rail. The rail is located on the periphery of the housing, and is arranged to allow the stone or stones to be inserted into the rail at the first end of the housing, such that the stone or stones can slide in the rail along the longitudinal axis of the housing, and to hold the stone or stones once inserted into the rail in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing.
Claims17
A hand for a timepiece comprising at least one housing for receiving at least one precious or non-precious stone and comprising at least one first end, referred to as a setting end, and a rail, wherein the rail is over a periphery of the housing, the rail being arranged to allow the insertion of the stone(s) in the rail at the first end of the housing, in order that the stone(s) can slide in said rail along the longitudinal axis of the housing and to retain the stone(s) once inserted in the rail in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing, and further comprising a setting element located at the first end of the housing and arranged to be deformable between a first position, in which the setting element does not prevent a stone inserted in the rail from exiting same through the first end of the housing, and a second position in which the setting element prevents a stone inserted in the rail from exiting said rail and the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.