Method for changing a time zone, and timepiece therefor
AssigneeLVMH Swiss Manufactures SA
InventorsChristoph Behling, Gregoire Renoux
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Abstract
Method for switching the time zone indicated by a timepiece (1) in order to switch from an initial time zone to a modified time zone, having the following steps: the user enters a time switch command (268) by means of the crown, the hours' and minutes' hands indicate the time of the modified time zone (274), whilst the seconds' hand indicates a city corresponding to the selected time zone, the timepiece automatically returns (280) to the initial time zone and indicates the time of the initial time zone (202), or the time of the modified time zone is retained by means of a command from the user.
Claims16
Method for switching the time zone indicated by a timepiece in order to switch from an initial time zone to a modified time zone and to return to said initial time zone, comprising the steps of:
- entering a time zone switch command, in order to select the next or previous time zone,
- moving the hour hand immediately to the nextor previous time zone, in order to display the time of the modified time zone,
- moving the second hand in order to display the selected time zone by pointing to a city indication,
- configuring the timepiece to automatically return to the initial time zone and indicate the time of the initial time zone.
A timepiece for temporarily displaying another time zone and automatically reverting to an initial time zone, said timepiece comprising:
- hours and minutes hands driven by at least a first electric motor,
- a seconds' hand driven independently of said hours and minutes hands by a second electric motor,
- a microcontroller allowing the user to introduce a time zone switch command, so as to move the hour hand in order to display the next or previous time zone,
- the microcontroller being arranged so as to assign said seconds' hand to the displaying of the seconds in time display mode and to assign said seconds' hand to the indicating of the time zone in time zone switching or looking-up mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.