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US 2026/0211374 A1Published application
Dial, timepiece, and method for manufacturing dial
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorSeisho SAKODA
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Abstract
A dial includes a metallic base, a metal layer formed at a surface of the base, an intermediate layer disposed on a surface side of the metal layer and having light transmittance, and a first dot layer partially disposed on a surface side of the intermediate layer. The first dot layer has a plurality of first metal dots formed by ink jet printing using a metal nano ink containing a first metal, and a first metal film made of a second metal different from the first metal and formed at a surface side of the first metal dot.
Claims11
A dial comprising:
- a metallic base;
- a metal layer formed at a surface of the base;
- an intermediate layer disposed on a surface side of the metal layer and having light transmittance;
- and
- a first dot layer partially disposed on a surface side of the intermediate layer, wherein
- the first dot layer has
- a plurality of first metal dots formed by ink jet printing using a metal nano ink containing a first metal, and
- a first metal film made of a second metal different from the first metal and formed at a surface side of the first metal dot.
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A dial comprising:
- a non-metallic base;
- and
- a first dot layer partially disposed on a surface side of the base, wherein
- the first dot layer has
- a plurality of first metal dots formed by ink jet printing using a metal nano ink containing a first metal, and
- a first metal film made of a second metal different from the first metal and formed at a surface side of the first metal dot.
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A method for manufacturing a dial, the method comprising:
- forming a metal layer at a surface of a metallic base;
- forming an intermediate layer having light transmittance at a surface side of the metal layer;
- partially forming a plurality of first metal dots formed by ink jet printing using a metal nano ink containing a first metal at a surface side of the intermediate layer;
- and
- forming a first metal film made of a second metal different from the first metal at a surface side of each of the first metal dots.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.