Device for winding or setting and for verifying a watch
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
InventorsCédric Nicolas, Jérôme Favre, Jean-Jacques Born, Hicham Farah
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Abstract
A device is disclosed for verifying the state of a watch and resetting it to the correct time. In a case of the device, a watch can be disposed on a watch support, which can be moved from a position without measurement to a measurement position in a vision system, or vice versa. In a position without measurement, the watch on its support can be observed from the outside of the case of the device through at least one electronic shutter activated or an optical valve activated to be in a transparent state, whereas in the measurement position, the electronic shutter or the optical valve is deactivated to be made opaque.
Claims11
A device for winding or setting and for verifying a mechanical or electromechanical watch, or a horological movement, the device comprising a case composed of a first part and of a second part fastened or maintained to one another to close the case, the case enclosing in an inner space a support to receive at least one watch and at least one vision system to carry out a measurement of the state of the watch or of the horological movement in such a way as to reset the watch or the horological movement to the correct time after the processing, outside of the vision system, in an electronic circuit of the measurement signals coming from the vision system, the vision system comprising one or more light sources to illuminate the watch on its support, a dome and at least one camera disposed in the dome in a direction of an axis of the support carrying the watch to be verified,
- wherein the watch support or the vision system is arranged in such a way as to be automatically moved by a drive means in the case from a position without measurement to a measurement position of the watch or from a measurement position of the watch to a position without measurement, wherein in the position without measurement of the device, a watch or a horological movement placed on the support can be seen from the outside of the case through an electronic shutter activated or an optical valve activated to be in a transparent state, whereas in the measurement position, the electronic shutter is deactivated or the optical valve is deactivated to be in an opaque state, the electronic shutter or the optical valve being disposed on or through at least one face of the first part of the case, and controlled by the electronic circuit in the case.
A device for winding or setting and for verifying a mechanical or electromechanical watch, or a horological movement, the device comprising a case composed of a first part and of a second part fastened or maintained to one another to close the case, the case enclosing in an inner space a support to receive at least one watch and at least one vision system to carry out a measurement of the state of the watch or of the horological movement in such a way as to reset the watch or the horological movement to the correct time after the processing, outside of the vision system, in an electronic circuit of the measurement signals coming from the vision system, the vision system comprising one or more light sources to illuminate the watch on its support, a dome and at least one camera disposed in the dome in a direction of an axis of the support carrying the watch to be verified,
- wherein an assembly comprising at least the vision system is rotatably mounted to rotate around a vertical axis in the case and relative to the case while the case is closed, and mainly located in the first part of the case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.