System for setting a watch
AssigneeETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
InventorsPascal Lagorgette, Xavier Stehlin
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Abstract
Provided is a system for setting an electronic watch, the system includes a portable electronic appliance provided with a near-field communication device and a microcontroller configured to control said device. The watch includes a near-field communication module and a microcontroller configured to exchange electric signals with this module, said watch and said appliance being configured to be connected, in the near field, with one another in order to carry out the setting operation for the watch.
Claims13
Electronic watch (2) provided with a case (4) comprising at least one pair of horns (5), a horological movement (6) and a near-field communication module (7) capable of participating in the setting of at least one function implemented by said watch (2), said communication module (7) is connected to the movement (6) by being arranged in a through-opening (23) between the horns of said at least one pair of horns (5), and wherein the communication module (7) comprises a substrate (16) on which a chip (17) and at least one antenna (18) are mounted, and the communication module (7), with the substrate (16) and the chip (17) and the at least one antenna (18) mounted thereon, fits through the through-opening (23).
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