Mechanical timepiece with an animated display

A timepiece comprising at least one mechanical movement including at least a main plate, a resonator and energy storage and distribution means connected to an escape wheel set by a going train, characterized in that at least one of the wheel sets comprised in said going train or in an escapement mechanism to which said escape wheel set belongs and which cooperates with said resonator, and which moves in a jerky or reciprocating motion during operation of said resonator, is a display wheel set which includes at least two distinct pictures or patterns, which are arranged to move in succession before a fixed point of said main plate, during operation of said resonator, and to display thereon a sequence of animated images,

• wherein the timepiece is characterized in that said display wheel set includes a plurality of said pictures or patterns which occupy angularly distributed positions, with respect to the pivot axis of said display wheel set, with a constant angular pitch, and
• wherein the timepiece is characterized in that said display wheel set is a toothed wheel set and in that the number of said angular positions is greater than or equal to two, and is different from a unit of a multiple or of an integer sub-multiple of the number of teeth of said display wheel set.

A timepiece comprising at least one mechanical movement including at least a main plate, a resonator and energy storage and distribution means connected to an escape wheel set by a going train, characterized in that at least one of the wheel sets comprised in said going train or in an escapement mechanism to which said escape wheel set belongs and which cooperates with said resonator, and which moves in a jerky or reciprocating motion during operation of said resonator, is a display wheel set which includes at least two distinct pictures or patterns, which are arranged to move in succession before a fixed point of said main plate, during operation of said resonator, and to display thereon a sequence of animated images,

• wherein the timepiece is characterized in that said display wheel set includes a plurality of said pictures or patterns which occupy angularly distributed positions, with respect to the pivot axis of said display wheel set, with a constant angular pitch, and
• wherein the timepiece is characterized in that said display wheel set is a toothed wheel set, and in that the number of said angular positions is greater than or equal to two, and is coprime with the number of teeth of said display wheel set.