US 6,779,917 B1Granted

Reversible wrist watch

AssigneeThe Swatch Group Management Services AG

InventorAngélique Chappuis

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Abstract

The reversible watch includes first (1) and second (2) cases mounted back-to-back and each having a back cover and securing elements for securing it to the other case in a way which the user can dismantle. In a particular embodiment, each of the cases includes horns (5) through which bars (8, 9) pass. The bars are also used as means for securing the first case to the second and as means for securing each of the ends (12, 13) of the wristband (15) to the assembly formed by said first and second cases. In another embodiment, the back covers of the two cases include elements for securing them to each other, and the assembly of the two cases is mounted in a reversible manner on a support secured to a non-reversible wristband.

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A reversible wristwatch including a first case enclosing first elements able to control a first display and a second case enclosing second elements able to control a second display, said first and second cases each having a back cover and being placed back-to-back, wherein each of said first and second cases includes at least one securing element arranged to be secured in a removable manner to a corresponding securing element of the other of said first and second cases, to secure the first and second cases to each other in a position in which their respective back covers are adjacent,

wherein the securing elements of each of the first and second cases include horns through which bars pass, said bars acting both as means for securing the first case to the second case and means for securing opposite ends of the wristband to an assembly formed by said first and second cases, and
wherein the first and second cases include at six o'clock and twelve o'clock four horns, each horn of the first case being superposed on and encased in a horn of the second case when said cases are placed back-to-back to define at six o'clock and twelve o'clock three recesses which are occupied by the corresponding end of the wristband divided into three sections, the first case having at six o'clock and in order, a first male horn provided with a hole and encased in a first female horn of the second case, second and third female horns respectively encased in second and third male horns of the second case which are each provided with a hole;
and a fourth male horn provided with a hole and encased in a fourth female horn of the second case, said first case having, at twelve o'clock and in order, a first female horn encased on a first male horn of the second case, said first male horn being provided with a hole, second and third male horns each provided with a hole and respectively encased in second and third female horns of the second case, and a fourth female horn encased in a fourth male horn of the second case, said fourth male horn being provided with a hole, each of the three sections of the ends of the wristband being provided with a hole arranged in alignment with the holes of the horns to accommodate the bars which secure the first case to the second case and the wristband to the assemble thereby formed.

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wherein the securing elements of each of the first and second cases include horns through which bars pass, said bars acting both as means for securing the first case to the second case and means for securing opposite ends of the wristband to an assembly formed by said first and second cases, and
wherein the first and second cases include at six o'clock and twelve o'clock four horns, each horn of the first case being superposed on and encased in a horn of the second case when said cases are placed back-to-back to define at six o'clock and twelve o'clock three recesses which are occupied by the corresponding end of the wristband divided into three sections, the first case having at six o'clock and in order, a first male horn provided with a hole and encased in a first female horn of the second case, second and third female horns respectively encased in second and third male horns of the second case which are each provided with a hole;
and a fourth male horn provided with a hole and encased in a fourth female horn of the second case, said first case having, at twelve o'clock and in order, a first female horn encased on a first male horn of the second case, said first male horn being provided with a hole, second and third male horns each provided with a hole and respectively encased in second and third female horns of the second case, and a fourth female horn encased in a fourth male horn of the second case, said fourth male horn being provided with a hole, each of the three sections of the ends of the wristband being provided with a hole arranged in alignment with the holes of the horns to accommodate the bars which secure the first case to the second case and the wristband to the assemble thereby formed.