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US 2016/0054706 A1Published application
Watches
AssigneeBulova Corporation
InventorGregory Thumm
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Abstract
A method of forming a watch case includes stamping 24 carat gold into a form having a Vickers hardness of about 65 to 75 and machining the form into a watch case. Machining can include drilling, milling, and the like. The result is a 24 carat gold watch case, e.g., formed by the process described above.
Claims19
A method of forming a watch case comprising:
- work hardening 24 carat gold into a form having a Vickers hardness of about 65 to 75;
- and
- machining the form into a watch case.
A watch comprising:
- a 24 carat gold watch case.
A band comprising:
- a mesh including a plurality of fastener holes therethrough;
- and
- a flexible strip of material including a plurality of fastener holes therethrough, wherein the flexible strip is fastened to the metal mesh with respective fasteners passing through the fastener holes in the mesh and flexible strip, wherein the fastener holes of at least one of the mesh and flexible strip are elongated in the direction along the flexible strip to reduce wrinkling in the flexible strip and mesh in the event of flexure of the flexible strip and mesh.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.