US 2010/0302915 A1 · ORNAMENT CONTAINER FOR WATCH

Abstract

An decorative element container module and a watch assembly incorporating the module are provided. The decorative element case module may include as walls lower and upper crystals, an outer ring for receiving an upper lip of the watch case body so as to secure the outer ring and for securing the upper crystal, and an inner ring including an upper portion for holding the upper crystal and a lower portion for securing the lower crystal. The outer and inner rings may have annular sloping walls to provide a unified reflecting surface for reflecting light to the decorative element container. The components of the module may be secured together and to the watch assembly without adhesive or glue, and may be disassemblable to facilitate removing and/or replacing decorative elements contained inside. The upper and lower crystals may have an anti-static coatings for discharging static electricity.

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Dependent claims

A decorative element case module forming a decorative element case for a watch with a watch crystal, watch hands, a watch backplate, a watch movement underneath the watch backplate, and a watch case body having an inner upper lip, the decorative element case module comprising:

a lower crystal configured to be positioned on the watch backplate and forming a lower wall of the decorative element case;
an upper crystal configured to be positioned below the watch hands and above the lower crystal, and forming an upper wall of the decorative element case;
an outer ring including:
an outer recess configured to receive the inner upper lip of the watch case body so as to secure the outer ring, and
an inner groove configured to receive the upper crystal;
and
an inner ring configured to be positioned under the upper crystal inside the outer ring and above the lower crystal, the inner ring including an upper portion configured to hold the upper crystal by sandwiching the upper crystal between the upper flat portion and the inner groove of the outer ring.

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A watch including a decorative element case module forming a decorative element case for the watch, the watch comprising:

a watch crystal positioned at a top of the watch;
watch hands positioned below the watch crystal, a watch backplate positioned underneath the watch hands;
a watch movement positioned underneath the watch backplate;
a watch case body having an inner upper lip;
and
the decorative element case module comprising:
a lower crystal configured to be positioned on the watch backplate and forming a lower wall of the decorative element case;
an upper crystal configured to be positioned below the watch hands and above the lower crystal, and forming an upper wall of the decorative element case;
an outer ring including:
an outer recess configured to receive the inner upper lip of the watch case body so as to secure the outer ring, and
an inner groove configured to receive the upper crystal;
and
the inner ring configured to be positioned under the upper crystal inside the outer ring and above the lower crystal, an inner ring including an upper flat portion configured to hold the upper crystal by sandwiching the upper crystal between the upper flat portion and the inner groove of the outer ring.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Ornament container for watch

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Abstract

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