Crown setting switch for a wristwatch

In a timepiece having a bezel, a time display, circuit means providing timekeeping and displaying time on the time display, and a plurality of internal switch terminals connected to said circuit means for performing switching functions including timesetting, the improvement comprising:

• an external crown,
• a crown stem attached thereto and extending through an opening in said bezel, said stem defining a plurality of axially spaced detenting grooves, said stem being axially slidable and rotatable about an axis, and defining a flat portion opposite said detenting grooves,
• a frame member disposed between the time display means and the bezel,
• a detent rocker contact spring having a lower arm adjacent the stem flat portion and an upper spaced spring arm biased into said grooves, and also having a pair of switch contact arms disposed on opposite sides of the stem rotation axis, said rocker spring being restrained against axial movement by said frame member,
• a printed circuit board having first, second, third and fourth contact pads deposited as layers thereon connected to selected switch terminals, said first and second pads being aligned with and spaced from said spring contact arms to be alternately contacting thereby to provide first and second switches when the stem is rotated,
• a pair of axially spaced fixed switch contacts comprising clips connected to said third and fourth pads,
• a flexible axially movable contact spring contacting the stem and arranged to alternately contact said fixed switch contacts when the stem is moved in an axial direction, whereby third and fourth switches are provided.