Smart automatic watch winding-mechanism with watch identification
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
InventorsJérôme Favre, Matthias Imboden, Romano Cristoni, Stefan Kalbermatter
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Abstract
Winding device (1000) including motorisation means (2) driving a watch holder (1) carrying at least one automatic watch (100) with a movable oscillating mass, and measuring means (3) measuring the amplitude of the resonator of each watch (100), and watch (100) identification means (300), providing the identification of a particular watch (100) to control means (200) including an internal database (400) with the history of the amplitude measurements of the resonator of this particular watch (100) and/or the value of its nominal amplitude, and/or communication means (500) communicating with an external database (600) for extracting these values.
Claims13
A winding device (1000) for an automatic watch (100) with a movable oscillating mass (10), including a watch holder (1) arranged to carry said automatic watch (100), and including control means (200) arranged to control motorisation means (2) for driving said watch holder (1) for winding said watch (100), said device (1000) including measuring means (3), interfaced with said control means (200), and which are arranged to measure an amplitude of a resonator of said watch (100) based on the coiling performed by said motorisation means (2) to provide amplitude measurements,
- wherein said winding device (1000) includes means (300) for identifying said watch (100), which are arranged to provide said control means (200) with the identification of a particular watch (100), and
- wherein said control means (200) include:
- an internal database (400) with a history of the amplitude measurements of the resonator of said particular watch (100) and a value of a nominal amplitude of the resonator, if known, and/or
- communication means (500) arranged to communicate with an external database (600) and to extract therefrom the history of the amplitude measurements of the resonator of said particular watch based on its identification and the value of the nominal amplitude of the resonator, if known, of said particular watch (100) based on its identification,
- wherein the control means determines the nominal amplitude if the nominal amplitude is known and determines an oldest maximum amplitude value in the history of said watch (100) if the nominal amplitude is unknown.
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