Member for controlling a plurality of functions of a timepiece movement
AssigneeManufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA
InventorsGiulio Papi, José-Manuel Fernandez
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AssigneeManufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA
InventorsGiulio Papi, José-Manuel Fernandez
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A multi-function control member of a timepiece movement includes a crown and rotationally integral control stem that is integral in rotation with a first actuating device of a first function. Under pressure, the crown moves axially between rest and depressed positions in which a second function is actuated, and to return to its rest position when the pressure is released. In rest position, the crown moves in axial rotation between stable and actuating angular positions to actuate, by crown rotation, the first function via control stem rotation. The control stem is integral axially with the crown to move in axial translation with it during movement into its depressed position, and to be free in axial translation relative to the first actuating device. The control stem cooperates with a second actuating device of the second function when the crown moves into its depressed position to actuate the second function.
A control member of a plurality of different functions of a timepiece movement, said control member comprising a crown and a control stem designed to be integral at least in rotation with said crown, said control stem being integral in rotation with a first actuating device of a first function, said crown being designed in order, in response to a pressure on said crown, to be movable in axial translation between a rest position and a depressed position in which a second function, separate from the first function, is actuated, and to return to the rest position when the pressure on the crown ceases, the crown also being designed to be, in the rest position, movable in axial rotation in at least one direction between at least one stable angular position and at least one actuating angular position so as to actuate, by rotation of said crown in said direction, said first function via the rotation of said control stem, wherein said control stem is designed so as to likewise be integral in axial translation with said crown so as to be movable in axial translation with the crown during the movement of said crown into the depressed position, and to be free in axial translation relative to the first actuating device during the movement of said crown into the depressed position, and wherein said control stem is designed to cooperate with a second actuating device of said second function during the movement of said crown into the depressed position so as to actuate said second function.
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