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US 7,192,181 B2Granted
Timepiece including a mechanism for triggering a time-related function and simultaneous winding of a barrel spring
AssigneeGlashütter Uhrenbetrieb GmbH
InventorChristian Schmiedchen
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Abstract
The invention concerns a timepiece component comprising a watch movement provided with a main barrel acting as power source for a timekeeping device of the watch movement and an auxiliary barrel designed to supply mechanical power to an additional device, and mechanical control means capable of being manually actuated to trigger said additional device, characterised in that said control means are arranged to simultaneously trigger the additional device and wind the auxiliary barrel.
Claims18
A timepiece, including:
- a watch movement provided with a main barrel acting as energy source for a timekeeping device of the watch movement,
- a display for current time, driven by the timekeeping device, and an auxiliary barrel provided to supply mechanical energy to an additional device, and
- mechanical control means able to be actuated manually to trigger said additional device,
- wherein the main barrel is wound independently from the auxiliary barrel, and
- wherein said control means for said additional device are arranged to simultaneously trigger the additional device and wind the auxiliary barrel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.