Wristwatch structure, electronic core for wristwatch, and method for manufacturing wristwatch

An electronic core for a wristwatch, the wristwatch having an indicator and an electric driving component used to drive the indicator to make the indicator operate correspondingly, said electronic core comprising:

• a multi-layer interconnection substrate;
• an integrated circuit unit disposed on the multi-layer interconnection substrate, the multi-layer interconnection substrate having a two-dimensional array of junction points;
• and
• a programmable logic unit, for arranging a connection path between the integrated circuit unit of the electronic core and the junction points on the external surface of the electronic core, a pin of the electric driving component being connected to any one of the junction points on the two-dimensional array on the external surface of the electronic core, and the programmable logic unit defining the use of the respective junction points such that the electric driving component is connected to a corresponding inner circuit of the electronic core through said one junction point by use of the programmable logic unit;
• wherein the electric driving component is electrically connected to the integrated circuit unit through one set of junction points among the junction;
• points on the two-dimensional array.

A method for manufacturing a wristwatch, comprising steps of:

• designing a dial and an indicator, a design of the indicator cooperating with that of the dial;
• providing an electronic core, which has a two-dimensional array of junction points distributed on an external surface thereof and a programmable logic unit for arranging a connection path between an integrated circuit unit of the electronic core and the junction points on the external surface of the electronic core, wherein a pin of the electric driving component is connected to any one of the junction points on the two-dimensional array on the external surface of the electronic core, and the programmable logic unit defines the use of the respective junction points such that the electric driving component is connected to a corresponding inner circuit of the electronic core through said one junction point by use of the programmable logic unit;
• designing position of at least one electric driving component on the external surface of the electronic core according to the position of the indicator, the electric driving component being used to drive the indicator to make the indicator operate correspondingly;
• connecting a pin of the electric driving component to at least one point of the junction points on the two-dimensional array on the external surface of the electronic core;
• defining connection paths between the inner circuits of the electronic core and the junction points on the two-dimensional array by use of the programmable logic unit so as to electrically connect the electric driving component to a specific circuit inside the electronic core;
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• packaging the dial, the indicator, the electric driving component, and the electronic core into a watchcase.