Timepiece movement comprising a countdown chronograph mechanism and a striking mechanism
AssigneePatek Philippe SA Geneve
InventorsCédric Mentzer, Nicolas Schlappi, Marc-Antoine Sudan
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Abstract
A mechanical timepiece movement includes a chronograph mechanism arranged to be capable of carrying out at least one countdown of a predetermined time interval, including a display arranged to display at least the time remaining until the end of the countdown of the predetermined time interval, at least one member for controlling the start of the countdown, and a striking-mechanism. The striking-mechanism is arranged to start striking at a specified time before the end of the countdown and to stop striking at the end of the countdown of the predetermined time interval.
Claims16
A mechanical timepiece movement comprising a chronograph mechanism arranged to be capable of carrying out at least one countdown of a predetermined time interval, comprising display means arranged to display at least the time remaining until the end of the countdown of said predetermined time interval, at least one member for controlling the start of the countdown, and a striking-mechanism, wherein said striking-mechanism is arranged to start striking at a specified time before the end of the countdown and to stop striking at the end of said countdown of said predetermined time interval,
- wherein the chronograph mechanism is configured to be capable of being kinematically connected to a base movement by a lateral or vertical clutch device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.