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US 2022/0291632 A1Published application
Timepiece comprising a display with a moiré effect
AssigneeManufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA
InventorJulien MARTEL
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AssigneeManufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA
InventorJulien MARTEL
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The present invention relates to a timepiece comprising a watch movement including a complication of the chronograph or countdown type, a fixed body (10) and a display (20) with moiré effect for displaying a time information associated with the chronograph or the countdown. The display comprises a mobile disc (22) with an indicator (24) of the time information. The mobile disc (22) is, on the one hand, connected to an axis (23) in engagement with the watch movement and, on the other hand, arranged to rotate above or below the fixed body (10). One of the mobile disc (22) and the fixed body (10) comprises a plurality of apertures (26) arranged over 360°. The other of the mobile disc (22) and the fixed body (10) comprises a marking with a repetition of patterns including a first set of patterns having a first visual appearance (27) and a second set of patterns having a second visual appearance (28). The patterns having the first visual appearance are arranged alternately with the patterns having the second visual appearance over 360°. The plurality of apertures (26) are separated from each other by a plurality of portions (30) intended to progressively mask the patterns of the marking in order to produce the moiré effect when the mobile disc (22) is rotated.
A timepiece comprising a watch movement including a complication of the chronograph or countdown type, a fixed body and a display with moiré effect for displaying a time information associated with the chronograph or the countdown, the display comprising a mobile disc with an indicator of the time information, the mobile disc being, on the one hand, connected to an axis in engagement with the watch movement and, on the other hand, arranged to rotate above or below the fixed body, one of the mobile disc and the fixed body comprising a plurality of apertures arranged over 360°, the other of the mobile disc and the fixed body comprising a marking with a repetition of patterns including a first set of patterns having a first visual appearance and a second set of patterns having a second visual appearance, the patterns having the first visual appearance being arranged alternately with the patterns having the second visual appearance over 360°, said plurality of apertures being separated from each other by a plurality of portions intended to progressively mask the patterns of the marking in order to produce the moiré effect when the mobile disc is rotated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.