Timepiece movement exhibiting special decorative effects and timepiece provided with such a movement
AssigneeETA SA Fabriques d'Ebauches
InventorMaurice Grimm
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Abstract
The invention concerns a timepiece movement having a baseplate (20), a motor (22), an oscillating system (24), driving elements (26, 27) intended to drive indicating elements (16, 18), a gear train (28) having at least one wheel coupling the driving elements (26, 27) to the motor (22), the motion of the gear train being regulated by the oscillating system (24), the timepiece movement being characterized in that it further includes a support element (50) for at least one of the elements other than the baseplate constituting the movement, the support element (50) being driven in rotation in the vicinity of the edge of the baseplate by a wheel (48) of the gear train.
Claims14
A timepiece movement comprising baseplate means, motor means, an indicator for indicating time, driving means for driving the indicator, gear train means comprising at least one wheel coupling the driving means to the motor means, oscillating means for regulating the motion of the gear train means, and a support element for supporting at least one of said means constituting the movement other than the baseplate means, said support element being driven in rotation in the vicinity of the edge of the baseplate means by a wheel of the gear train means.
A timepiece comprising a movement and a case provided with a crystal so as to define a housing in which is housed the movement, said movement comprising baseplate means, motor means, an indicator for indicating time, driving means for driving the indicator, gear train means comprising at least one wheel coupling the driving means to the motor means, oscillating means for regulating the motion of the gear train means, and a support element for supporting at least one of said means constituting the movement other than the baseplate means, said support element being driven in rotation in the vicinity of the edge of the baseplate means by a wheel of the gear train means, and said movement being surmounted by a dial and at least one indicating element of said indicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.