Case cap retainer for a watch having a case cap
AssigneeHampden Corporation
InventorsJoseph Wein, Marc Cain, Cathy Lennox, Nicole Kaestner, Alan Grunwald
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Abstract
The disclosure provides an example watch. The watch includes (a) a housing having a first face and a second face and a cavity extending therebetween, where the first face includes a first bezel coupled to a first transparent watch crystal, (b) a disc disposed within the cavity between the first face and the second face and coupled to the housing, where the disc comprises a watch face for indicating time, and (c) a case cap removably coupled to the second face of the housing, where the case cap includes a casing having a first side configured to mate with the second face of the housing and a second side configured to be engraved.
Claims28
A watch, comprising:
- a housing having a first face and a second face and a cavity extending therebetween, wherein the first face comprises a first bezel coupled to a first transparent watch crystal;
- a disc disposed within the cavity between the first face and the second face and coupled to the housing, wherein the disc comprises a watch face for indicating time;
- a case cap removably coupled to the second face of the housing, wherein the case cap comprises a casing having a first side configured to mate with the second face of the housing and a second side configured to be engraved;
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- a case cap retainer coupled to the second face of the housing, wherein the case cap is removably coupled to the case cap retainer, and wherein the case cap has an opening arranged on the first side of the casing and is configured to receive the case cap retainer therethrough, wherein the casing defines a cavity in communication with the opening, wherein the cavity is sized and shaped to receive at least a portion of the case cap retainer and to permit rotation of a retention rim of the case cap retainer to a locked position on the housing such that the retention rim of the case cap retainer is out of alignment with the opening of the casing of the case cap.
A case cap for coupling to a case back of a watch, comprising:
- a casing that has a first side configured to mate with a case back of a watch housing and a second side comprises a planar surface configured to be laser engraved or acid engraved-;
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- an opening arranged on the first side of the casing and configured to receive a case cap retainer therethrough, wherein the casing defines a cavity in communication with the opening, wherein the cavity is sized and shaped to receive at least a portion of the case cap retainer and to permit rotation of a retention rim of the case cap retainer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.