Liquid filled bellows activated switch and voltage source made therefrom, timepieces and methods related thereto

A method of operating at least a portion of a timepiece comprising:

• providing a timepiece housing, and using a flexible end structure mechanically displacing a meniscus formed between two non miscible fluids across at least two electrodes extending into a reservoir containing the fluid to open or close a current path between the at least two electrodes within the timepiece housing, further comprising:
• providing wrist watch battery functionality through the displacement of the meniscus across the at least two electrodes.

A method of operating at least a portion of a timepiece comprising:

• providing a timepiece housing, and using a flexible end structure mechanically displacing a meniscus formed between two non miscible fluids across at least two electrodes extending into a reservoir containing the fluid to open or close a current path between the at least two electrodes within the timepiece housing, further comprising:
• disposing the meniscus in the tubular housing such that the meniscus is visible to the user, and in which the meniscus provides battery functionality, while simultaneously providing visual effect directly visible by the user.

A method of operating at least a portion of a timepiece comprising:

• providing a timepiece housing, and using a flexible end structure mechanically displacing a meniscus formed between two non miscible fluids across at least two electrodes extending into a reservoir containing the fluid to open or close a current path between the at least two electrodes within the timepiece housing, in which the timepiece further comprises battery components, the battery components including a tubular housing, the tubular housing providing an unobstructed fluid conduction pathway for at least two non miscible fluids, the tubular housing having flexible end structures which close the tubular housing, the tubular housing having at least two electrodes and containing the at least two non miscible fluids and the meniscus therebetween, one of the fluids being conductive and the other of the fluids being non-conductive.

A wrist watch having mechanical components comprising a subsystem including a reservoir containing two immiscible fluids, the components enabling a method of operating the wrist watch mechanically and fluidically, wherein for illumination, the wrist watch has an electrically driven watch dial illuminator, the illuminator being electrically energized by the said sub-system of the mechanical components that mechanically displaces a meniscus in the reservoir across electrodes to provide battery functionality.