Automatic watch

An automatic watch comprising:

• a main plate defining a base of a movement;
• a dial disposed on a first side of the main plate for displaying time information;
• a center wheel and pinion mounted for rotation about a center of rotation thereof corresponding to a center of the main plate for driving a time indicating member to indicate the time information;
• a barrel member having a spring and mounted for rotation to rotationally drive the center wheel and pinion;
• an oscillating weight disposed on a second side of the main plate opposite to the first side thereof for winding the spring of the barrel member;
• an escape speed governor control mechanism including an escape wheel and pinion, a pallet fork and a balance for controlling a rotational speed of the center wheel and pinion;
• a winding stem and a clutch wheel connected to the winding stem for correcting the time information;
• a change-over mechanism including a setting lever connected to the winding stem and a yoke connected to the clutch wheel;
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• a yoke holder for urging a portion of the setting lever and a portion of the yoke against the main plate;
• an oscillating weight (100) disposed on the side opposite from said dial of said main plate (22) for winding the spring in said complete barrel (30) via an automatic winding mechanism;
• wherein the main plate has a reference vertical axis passing through the center of rotation of the center wheel and pinion and extending generally parallel to a center axis of the winding stem a reference horizontal axis passing through the center of rotation of the center wheel and pinion and extending generally vertical to the reference vertical axis;
• the barrel member, the pallet fork, the escape wheel and pinion, the balance, the yoke and the setting lever being disposed in this order on the second side of the main plate clockwise or counter-clockwise around the center the reference vertical axis;
• a center of rotation of the pallet fork and a center of rotation of the escape wheel and pinion being disposed at a position closer to the center of rotation of the center wheel and pinion than to a center of rotation of the balance;
• a part of the winding stem and a part of the balance being positioned so as to be almost opposite each other with respect to the reference horizontal axis;
• and a part of the barrel member and a part of the yoke being disposed so as to be almost opposite each other with respect to the reference vertical axis.

An automatic watch comprising:

• a main plate having a vertical axis, a horizontal axis disposed generally perpendicular to the vertical axis, a first domain disposed at a first side of the vertical axis and at a first side of the horizontal axis, a second domain disposed at a second side of the vertical axis opposite the first side thereof and at the first side of the horizontal axis, a third domain disposed at the second side of the vertical axis and at a second side of the horizontal axis opposite the first side thereof, and a fourth domain disposed at the first side of the vertical axis and at the second side of the horizontal axis;
• a central gear rotatable about a center of rotation corresponding to a center of the main plate for driving a time-indicating member to indicate time information, the vertical axis and the horizontal axis of the main plate passing through the center of rotation of the central gear;
• a rotational member for rotationally driving the central gear as a function of time and having a center of rotation disposed in the first domain or the fourth domain;
• a control mechanism for controlling a rotational speed of the central gear;
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• a correcting mechanism for correcting the time information indicated by the time-indicating member.