Timepiece
AssigneeLes Artisans Horlogers Sarl
InventorsPatrick Lete, Laurent Besse
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Abstract
In order to counter the effects of the Earth's gravitational force on the operation of a watch movement, the timepiece includes an escapement mechanism designed to drive a finish gear-train of a watch movement which defines a reference plane, and a balance co-operating with the escapement mechanism. Particularly, the balance is mounted in a frame (28, 60), said frame pivoting about a first axis (AA, CC) relative to the reference plane, and the orientation of the frame (28, 60) relative to the first axis (AA, CC) depends on the orientation of the Earth's gravitational force.
Claims13
A timepiece comprising an escapement mechanism receiving energy from an energy source of a watch movement, said movement defining a first reference plane, and a balance cooperating with said escapement mechanism, said balance being mounted in a frame, said frame pivoting around a first axis relative to said first reference plane, wherein the orientation of said frame relative to said first axis depends on the orientation of the Earth's gravitational force.
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