Alarm watch and mechanism for displaying the alarm time
AssigneeMontres Breguet S.A.
InventorEric Goeller
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Abstract
The alarm watch includes a mechanical movement, which drives a time display mechanism including at least a first hour hand (17) and a first minute hand (13) mounted above a first dial. The alarm watch also includes an alarm mechanism able to release an alarm at a predetermined alarm time, manually determined every twenty-four hours, and a mechanism for displaying the predetermined alarm time. The alarm time display mechanism includes at least a second hour hand (33) provided for displaying the alarm time in twelve hours, and an indicator (52) with two positions provided for specifying whether the alarm time is situated between midnight and midday (AM) or situated between midday and midnight (PM).
Claims7
An alarm watch including:
- (a) a mechanical movement driving time display means including at least a first hour hand and a first minute hand mounted above a first dial;
- (b) an alarm mechanism able to release an alarm at a predetermined alarm time, manually determined every twenty-four hours;
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- (c) means for displaying the predetermined alarm time, wherein the alarm time display means includes at least a second hour hand provided for cooperating with a twelve-hour dial for displaying the alarm time in twelve hours, and a mobile indicator that is arranged to occupy a first one of two positions when the alarm time is situated between midnight and midday, and that arranges to occupy a second one of the two positions when the alarm time is situated between midday and midnight, wherein
- the alarm mechanism includes a release wheel, wherein one complete revolution of the release wheel corresponds to travel of a twenty-four hour cycle by the alarm time, and wherein the second hour hand is kinematically connected to the release wheel so that one revolution of the release wheel corresponds to two revolutions of the second hour hand, and the alarm watch further includes
- (d) an AM/PM cam secured to the release wheel and a lever provided for cooperating with the AM/PM cam, the cam including two halves having semicircular profiles of different diameters, and the cam is angularly fitted to the release wheel so that the “12 hour” position of the second hand coincides with an encounter of the lever with one or other of two transition flanks formed by a junction of the halves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.