Resonator mounted in a case incorporating a watch module
AssigneeETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
InventorsThomas Meier, Fabien Blondeau, André Zanetta, Emmanuel Fleury, Silvio Dalla Piazza, Pierre-André Meister
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Abstract
The invention concerns an electronic watch comprising an electric motor (5) for driving analogue display means (6), and a time base (1, 2) comprising an oscillator circuit (2) and a resonator (1), both mounted in the same case (9), characterized in that said case further comprises a control circuit (4) for said electric motor.
Claims12
An electronic watch comprising a watchcase in which are arranged an electric motor for driving analogue display means and a time base including an oscillator circuit and a resonator, wherein both the oscillator circuit and the resonator are mounted in an additional inner case disposed inside the watchcase, wherein the inner case further includes an electric motor control circuit for the electric motor and a plurality of connection points, wherein the plurality of connection points consist of a first connection point, a second connection point, a third connection point and a fourth connection point, wherein the first connection point and the second connection point are arranged for powering the oscillator circuit and the electric motor control circuit, and wherein the third connection point and the fourth connection point are arranged for controlling the electric motor.
An electronic watch comprising a watchcase in which are arranged an electric motor for driving analogue display means and a time base including an oscillator circuit and a resonator, wherein both the oscillator circuit and the resonator are mounted in an additional inner case disposed inside the watchcase, wherein the inner case further includes an electric motor control circuit for the electric motor and four connection points, two of which are arranged for powering the oscillator circuit and the electric motor control circuit, wherein the other two connection points are arranged for controlling the electric motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.