Display device for a timepiece and timepiece comprising such a device
AssigneePatek Philippe SA Geneve
InventorsAnthony KRÜTTLI, Nicolas DEHON
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Abstract
The display device is arranged in a timepiece which includes a counting wheel and a manual control mechanism which is arranged to permit cyclical starting, stopping and resetting of the counting wheel. The display device includes an indicating member, a unit for moving the indicating member into a first predefined position when the counting wheel is being reset, a unit for moving the indicating member into a second predefined position, different from the first predefined position, when the counting wheel is being started, and a unit for permitting the indicating member to be moved into a reading position following stopping of the counting wheel, the reading position being determined by the position of the counting wheel.
Claims20
Display device for a timepiece (1) which comprises a counting wheel (125;
- 225a, 225b;
- 325;
- 425) and a manual control mechanism (25, 135;
- 235;
- 335;
- 435) arranged to permit cyclical starting, stopping and resetting of the counting wheel, the display device comprising an indicating member (15, 17;
- 115;
- 215, 217;
- 315;
- 415) and means permitting the indicating member to be moved into a reading position following stopping of the counting wheel, the reading position being determined by the position of the counting wheel, wherein the display device comprises means for moving the indicating member to a first predefined position (0) when the counting wheel is being reset, and for moving the indicating member to a second predefined position (Start), different from the first predefined position, when the counting wheel is being started.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.