Timepiece
AssigneeSeiko Instruments Inc.
InventorHaruki HIRANUMA
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Abstract
A timepiece includes a movement, a ring member, and an hour plate. Upward engagement convex portions of the ring member have contact parts placed near an outer peripheral surface of the ring member. The hour plate has a plurality of interposition portions and a plurality of convex portion accommodation grooves opened to the peripheral surface thereof. The interposition portions divide the convex portion accommodation grooves, come into close contact with the contact parts in the state of being elastically deformed, and interpose the engagement convex portions therebetween along a direction perpendicular to a radial direction of the ring member. The convex portion accommodation grooves are housed in the respective engagement convex portions, and the hour plate is attached to the ring member.
Claims11
A timepiece comprising:
- a module;
- a panel that is fixed onto the module;
- a ring member of a ring shape when viewed from a plane that is fixed to a peripheral portion of the module, upward engagement convex portions being formed in a plurality of locations of the ring member, and the engagement convex portions having contact parts that are placed near an outer peripheral surface of the ring member;
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- a display plate that is disposed so as to cover the panel, has a plurality of convex portion accommodation grooves opened to a peripheral surface of the display plate, and a plurality of interposition portions which divides the accommodation grooves, comes into close contact with the contact part in the state of being elastically deformed, and interposes the engagement convex portions therebetween along a direction perpendicular to a radial direction of the ring member, the respective convex portion accommodation grooves being housed in the respective engagement convex portions and the display plate being attached to the ring member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.