Wristwatch with removable face
OwnerGary Paulinventor
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Abstract
A wristwatch including a casing having top and bottom parts and a movement therein, an upper housing formed as an integral unit, including: top and bottom transparent panels, drive shafts extending through the bottom transparent panel, the drive shafts having top and bottom ends, time indicating hands fixed to the top ends of the drive shafts, and side walls fixed to and maintaining the top and bottom transparent panels spaced apart to define a chamber therein for enclosing the time indicating hands, a replaceable watch face, and coupling elements for releasably securing the upper housing to the top of the casing, with the replaceable watch face situated below the bottom transparent panel of the upper housing and above the top part of the casing, and with the bottom end of the drive shafts releasably coupled to the movement.
Claims24
A wristwatch for use with a replaceable watch face, comprising:
- a. a casing having a top, a bottom and sides defining a first chamber, said top of said casing having a peripheral edge, a top surface within said peripheral edge and a first aperture extending through said top surface, said top of said casing adapted to receive said replaceable watch face,
- b. a movement mounted in said first chamber with drive means adjacent said first aperture for rotating at least two time indicating hands, and means for adjusting said drive means,
- c. an upper housing formed as an integral unit, comprising:
- a transparent crystal at the top,
- a transparent base below and spaced from said crystal with a second aperture extending through said base,
- side walls extending between and fixed to said crystal and said base, said crystal, base and side walls defining a second chamber,
- drive shaft means extending through said second aperture in said base, said drive shaft means having bottom ends and opposite top ends, and
- at least two time indicating hands mounted to said top ends of said drive shaft means for rotation independent of each other, said time indicating hands being within said second chamber,
- said upper housing being positionable atop said top of said casing with said drive means of said movement releasably coupled to said drive shaft means of said upper housing, so that said movement can cause said hands to rotate,
- said wristwatch further comprising coupling means for releasably securing said upper housing to said casing.
A wristwatch for use with a replaceable watch face, comprising:
- a. a casing having top and bottom parts and a movement therein,
- b. an upper housing formed as an integral unit, comprising:
- (i) top and bottom transparent panels,
- (ii) drive shaft means extending through said bottom transparent panel, said drive shaft means having top and bottom ends,
- (iii) time indicating hands fixed to said top ends of said drive shaft means, and
- (iv) side walls fixed to and maintaining said top and bottom transparent panels spaced apart to define a chamber therein for enclosing said time indicating hands, and
- c. means for releasably securing said upper housing to said top part of said casing, with said replaceable watch face situated below said bottom transparent panel and above said casing top part, and with said bottom end of said drive shaft means releasably coupled to said movement.
A wristwatch comprising:
- a. a casing having top and bottom parts and a movement therein,
- b. an upper housing formed as an integral unit, comprising:
- (i) top and bottom transparent panels,
- (ii) drive shaft means extending through said bottom transparent panel, said drive shaft means having top and bottom ends,
- (iii) time indicating hands fixed to said top ends of said drive shaft means, and
- (iv) side walls fixed to and maintaining said top and bottom transparent panels spaced apart to define a chamber therein for enclosing said time indicating hands,
- c. a replaceable watch face, and
- d. means for releasably securing said upper housing to said top part of said casing, with said replaceable watch face situated below said bottom transparent panel and above said casing top part, and with said bottom end of said drive shaft means releasably coupled to said movement.
A wristwatch comprising:
- a. a casing having top and bottom parts and a movement therein,
- b. an upper housing formed as an integral unit, comprising:
- (i) top and bottom transparent panels,
- (ii) drive shaft means extending through said bottom transparent panel, said drive shaft means having top and bottom ends,
- (iii) time indicating hands fixed to said top ends of said drive shaft means,
- (iv) side walls fixed to and maintaining said top and bottom transparent panels spaced apart to define a chamber therein for enclosing said time indicating hands,
- c. a replaceable watch face, and
- d. means for releasably securing said upper housing to said top part of said casing, with said bottom end of said drive shaft means releasably coupled to said movement, and with a second chamber defined between said bottom transparent panel and said top part of said casing, and at least one article adapted to be situated in said second chamber and dimensioned to be freely movable therein to thereby create a changeable watch face appearance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.