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US 12,045,015 B2Granted
Automatic watch accessory
AssigneeMark Briscombe
InventorMark Briscombe
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Abstract
An accessory (100) for an automatic watch (200) is provided. The accessory comprises a watch holder (120) carried by a first gimbal (130) in a manner to be rotatable about a first rotational axis A-A. The watch holder (120) is further rotatable about a second rotational axis B-B and rotation about the first rotational axis A-A and the second rotational axis B-B is caused by a first actuator (132) and a second actuator (122), respectively.
Claims16
An automatic watch accessory (100), the accessory (100) comprising:
- a base (110);
- a first gimbal (130) carried by the base (110) and rotatable relative to the base (110) about a first rotational axis (A-A);
- a watch holder (120) carried by the first gimbal (130), the watch holder (120) configured to receive an automatic watch (200);
- a plurality of independent actuators comprising a first actuator and a second actuator, the first actuator (132) configured to rotate the first gimbal (130) about the first rotational axis;
- and the second actuator (122) configured to rotate the watch holder (120) relative to the base (110) about a second rotational axis (B-B) to change an orientation of the watch holder (120);
- and
- a sensing means (150) configured to monitor the automatic watch (200), and a controller (160) configured to rotate the watch holder (120) between a first orientation and a second orientation,
- wherein the sensing means (150) is configured to monitor a running speed of the automatic watch (200) to detect:
- a first running speed of the automatic watch (200) when the watch holder (120) is in the first orientation, the first running speed being lower than a reference running speed, and
- a second running speed of the automatic watch (200) when the watch holder (120) is in the second orientation, the second running speed being higher than the reference running speed;
- wherein the controller (160) is configured to alternatingly maintain the watch holder (120) in the first orientation and the second orientation in order to minimise clock drift.
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An automatic watch accessory (100), the accessory (100) comprising:
- a base (110);
- a first gimbal (130) carried by the base (110) and rotatable relative to the base (110) about a first rotational axis (A-A);
- a watch holder (120) carried by the first gimbal (130), the watch holder (120) configured to receive an automatic watch (200);
- a plurality of independent actuators comprising a first actuator and a second actuator, the first actuator (132) configured to rotate the first gimbal (130) about the first rotational axis;
- and the second actuator (122) configured to rotate the watch holder (120) relative to the base (110) about a second rotational axis (B-B) to change an orientation of the watch holder (120);
- and
- a sensing means (150) configured to monitor the automatic watch (200), and a controller (160) configured to rotate the watch holder (120) between a first orientation and a second orientation,
- wherein the sensing means (150) is configured to monitor a time value of the automatic watch (200), and the accessory (100) is configured to compare the time value with a reference time to determine a clock offset;
- and
- wherein the controller (160) is configured to maintain the watch holder (120) either in the first orientation or in the second orientation to minimise the clock offset.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.