Watchcase with rotating cover-bezel
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Management Services AG
InventorFrançois Maire
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Abstract
The watchcase includes a middle part (3) closed by a back cover (5) delimiting a housing (7) provided for receiving a watch movement (9) including at least one off-centre display (10, 12). The external surface is entirely covered by a cover-bezel (1) rotatably mounted in the plane of the case on an axis (15) located at the centre of the case and it includes at least one aperture (20) having the same contour as the display (10, 12) and able to occupy a first position in which said display (10, 12) is visible, and another position in which said display (10, 12) is concealed.
Claims11
A watchcase with a rotating cover-bezel including a middle part closed by a back cover delimiting a housing provided for receiving a watch movement including at least one off-centre display, wherein the cover-bezel is rotatably mounted in the plane of the case about an axis located at the centre of the case and it includes at least one aperture having the same contour as each display, and
- wherein said cover bezel can occupy, by rotating, a first position making a first display visible, a second position making a second display visible and a third position in which no display is visible.
A watchcase with a rotating cover-bezel including a middle part closed by a back cover delimiting a housing provided for receiving a watch movement including at least one off-centre display, wherein the cover-bezel is rotatably mounted in the plane of the case about an axis located at the centre of the case and it includes at least one aperture having the same contour as the display and able to occupy a first position in which said display is visible, and another position in which said display is concealed, and
- wherein, when no display is visible, the aperture of the cover-bezel is positioned above a portion of the case having the same appearance as the external surface of the cover-bezel.
A watchcase with a rotating cover-bezel including a middle part closed by a back cover delimiting a housing provided for receiving a watch movement including at least one off-centre display, wherein the cover-bezel is rotatably mounted in the plane of the case about an axis located at the centre of the case and it includes at least one aperture having the same contour as the display and able to occupy a first position in which said display is visible, and another position in which said display is concealed, and
- wherein a crystal is mounted on the display and the aperture is closed by another crystal.
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