Date and moon phase display mechanism for watches
AssigneeETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
InventorJulien SAGLINI
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Abstract
A date and moon phase display mechanism for watches, including a date ring with an inner toothing arranged to be driven by a timepiece movement, or arranged to cooperate with a date ring with an inner toothing of a timepiece movement, this mechanism including a moon display wheel set held in position by a moon jumper, this mechanism including drive devices, which are actuated by this inner toothing during each rotation of this date ring, and which are arranged to drive this moon display wheel set by a first constant angular pitch during each this rotation of this date ring.
Claims14
A date and moon phase display mechanism for watches, comprising a date ring with an inner toothing arranged to be driven by a timepiece movement, or arranged to cooperate with a date ring with an inner toothing of a timepiece movement, said mechanism comprising a moon display wheel set held in position by a moon jumper, wherein said mechanism comprises drive means, which are arranged to be actuated by said inner toothing during each rotation of said date ring, and which are arranged to drive said moon display wheel set by a first constant angular pitch during each said rotation of said date ring, wherein said drive means comprise an entry lever that pivots about an entry axis and includes a first end which is arranged to cooperate with said inner toothing, and a second end which is arranged to engage and push a bearing surface comprised in a main lever that pivots about a main axis and is arranged to directly or indirectly control the rotation of said moon display wheel set.
A date and moon phase display mechanism for watches, comprising a date ring with an inner toothing arranged to be driven by a timepiece movement, or arranged to cooperate with a date ring with an inner toothing of a timepiece movement, said mechanism comprising a moon display wheel set held in position by a moon jumper, wherein said mechanism comprises drive means, which are arranged to be actuated by said inner toothing during each rotation of said date ring, and which are arranged to drive said moon display wheel set by a first constant angular pitch during each said rotation of said date ring, wherein that said mechanism forms an independent module that can be superposed on a timepiece movement comprising a said date ring with an inner toothing, or comprising a drive wheel arranged to drive a said date ring with an inner toothing.
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