Watch case overlaid with a cap glued to the caseband
AssigneeETA SA Fabriques d'Ebauches
InventorLaurent Grosjean
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Abstract
The watch case (1) of this invention includes a caseband-bezel (2) of plastic material overlaid with a metal cap (5). The cap is a metallic leaf formed to match the relief of the bezel (15) and caseband (16) which it overlays. The cap is secured to the caseband-bezel by glue preferably located in a receptacle (33) provided within the thickness of the caseband and extending at least partially along the periphery of said caseband.
Claims6
A watch case including a caseband-bezel of plastic material, a crystal secured to the caseband-bezel, a metallic cap completely overlaying the bezel and extending at least partially over the side of he caseband, and a glue serving to secure said cap to said caseband-bezel, the side of the caseband overlaid by the cap having a receptacle provided within the thickness o the caseband and extending at least partially along the periphery of said caseband so as to receive said glue, the side of the caseband overlaid by the cap exhibiting starting from the bezel, a first zone, a second zone providing said receptacle within the thickness of the caseband and a third zone arranged to be in contact with an internal wall of the cap, said zones extending at least partially the length of the caseband periphery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.