Dial including brilliants, appliques or other applied elements and method for securing such elements thereto
AssigneeETA SA Fabriques d'Ebauches
InventorsChristophe Bossel, Erwin Koelbl, Grégoire Iten
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Abstract
The invention concerns a dial (1), in particular for a timepiece, including a plate having at least one recess defining a housing (6) in which a decorative element (8) or suchlike is secured, characterised in that the housing (6) includes a bottom (14) formed of an adhesive strip (16), the adhesive face of which comes into contact with the decorative element (8).
Claims11
A dial, in particular for a timepiece, having a back face and including a plate having at least one housing in which a plurality of decorative elements are secured, wherein the housing includes a bottom formed of an adhesive strip having an adhesive face and a sufficient width to receive the entirety of the back face of the dial so that the adhesive face of said strip is in contact with each decorative element.
A method for securing decorative elements on a dial, including the steps of:
- a dial or a plate in which a plurality of dials will be cut;
- making in said dial or said plate, at the locations intended to receive said decorative elements, openings passing through the thickness of said dial or said plate;
- applying an adhesive strip onto the bottom face of said dial or said plate, so that the face of the adhesive strip including the adhesive material is directed towards said openings;
- placing said decorative elements in the openings so that they are glued via one of their faces to the adhesive face of the strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.