Shock proof watch
AssigneeLVMH Swiss Manufactures SA
InventorsChristoph Behling, Delphine Cordié
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Abstract
An arrangement for protecting a watch movement from shocks and vibrations includes shock absorbers for mounting the watch movement within the case. The shock absorber includes a plurality of independent portions for absorbing the energy from shocks and vibrations in different portions of the frequency spectrum. The rigidity of the shocks absorbers can be adjusted from outside the watch. The watch case is made up of a network of interconnected tubes and watertightening plates without mechanical functions connected to the tubes.
Claims15
An arrangement for protecting a watch movement from shocks and vibrations, said arrangement comprising a plurality of shock absorbers for mounting a watch movement within a case,
- wherein the shock absorber comprises a plurality of independent and different portions serially connected, the independent and different portions absorbing the energy from shocks and vibrations in different portions of the frequency spectrum.
A watch comprising:
- a movement;
- a case;
- a plurality of shock absorbers for mounting said movement within said case, at least one of the shock absorber comprising a plurality of independent and different portions serially connected, the independent and different portions absorbing the energy from shocks and vibrations in different portions of the frequency spectrum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.