Watch with an analog display device the dial of which is formed by a liquid crystal display cell

In a watch comprising time display hands adapted to be mechanically driven;

• and a digital display cell positioned behind said hands to form a dial for said hands, said digital display cell including a composite layer comprising at least one layer of liquid crystal and having display zones which respond to an electrical field provided in response to an external action by a modification of their opacity;
• a fluid-tight enclosure comprising a front plate, a rear plate and spacing and closing means which define a closed space containing the layer of liquid crystal;
• and light-reflecting and diffusing means disposed behind said composite layer;
• the improvement wherein said cell is of the type in which said composite layer is transparent under the effect of said field and opaque in the absence of the field, with the result that said layer has a uniformly opaque appearance in the absence of said field and thus forms itself the dial for said hands.