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EP0189372A1
EP0189372A1 EP86810017A EP86810017A EP0189372A1 EP 0189372 A1 EP0189372 A1 EP 0189372A1 EP 86810017 A EP86810017 A EP 86810017A EP 86810017 A EP86810017 A EP 86810017A EP 0189372 A1 EP0189372 A1 EP 0189372A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • G04B37/0008—Cases for pocket watches and wrist watches
    • G04B37/0058—Cases for pocket watches and wrist watches for shaped watches
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • G04B37/12—Cases for special purposes, e.g. watch combined with ring, watch combined with button
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B47/00—Time-pieces combined with other articles which do not interfere with the running or the time-keeping of the time-piece
    • G04B47/06—Time-pieces combined with other articles which do not interfere with the running or the time-keeping of the time-piece with attached measuring instruments, e.g. pedometer, barometer, thermometer or compass

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  • the invention relates to wristwatch cases allowing their wearer to read the time in the bent arm position in a natural way, but without having, moreover, to turn the wrist.
  • Folding the forearm and simultaneously turning the wrist are, it is true, movements carried out instinctively by the wearer of a wristwatch, when the latter wants to know the time it is at a certain time.
  • the second movement - rotation of the wrist - is not always easy, if not possible. This is often the case when the left hand, in general, is busy holding a tool or the steering wheel of a car, for example. This is why some wristwatchers place their watch, for convenience or snobbery, not in the normal place: on the wrist; but on the side of the latter. This position of the watch is however not very stable, due to the flat bottom of its case. Depending on the movements made by the wearer, the watch turns around the wrist and soon returns to its normal position on the wrist or slides under it.
  • the present invention aims to create a case the thickness of which does not exceed that of conventional cases of wristwatches, in which a standard movement with dial and conventional hands can be mounted in the usual way and which has these members. indicators in the most favorable position around the wrist to allow the time to be read by simply bending the forearm, this position being perfectly stabilized, even if the bracelet surrounds free the wrist, without exerting annoying pressure on the latter.
  • the housing defined by claim 1 fulfills these conditions. It obviously does not have the same camber everywhere. If it is very curved in the section which will be pressed against the side of the wrist, that intended to extend on the upper face of the latter is, on the other hand, practically flat. This makes it possible to choose the location of the housing intended to receive the movement of the watch where it is still possible to mount a standard movement without causing an unsightly increase in the thickness of the case and where the dial of the watch - bent arm - is nevertheless in the visual field of its wearer, without requiring, moreover, a rotation of the wrist. In addition, any rotation of this case around the wrist is excluded, due to its shape. Finally, as this case extends over the major part of the face of the wrist exposed to the view of third parties, it can be decorated as original as it is attractive in this location.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of this embodiment.
  • Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a variant.
  • the case 1 (FIG. 1) comprises three sections: a section la, very cylindrical curved, which is intended to be applied against the side of the wrist; a substantially flat section 1b, which is intended to extend over the major part of the upper face of the wrist, and a section lc which connects the other two sections to each other. These three sections naturally form a single rigid body.
  • a housing 2 (Fig. 2) is arranged in the section lc of the housing 1. This housing 2 is intended to receive a standard watch movement 3.
  • the dial 4 is thus in an oblique position relative to the section lb of the housing. When the arm is simply bent, the dial 4 is in the visual field of the watch wearer, without the latter having, in addition, to turn the wrist. A motorist therefore sees the time indicated by the hands 5 without letting go of the steering wheel. he the same goes for the worker who holds in his left hand a tool or a part on which he works with the right hand.
  • the external face 6 of the housing is almost flat.
  • the part of the housing 1 forming the bottom of the housing 2 has practically the same thickness as the bottom of the usual housings, intended to be worn on the upper face of the wrist.
  • the case 1 therefore does not need to be made thicker than those worn on the wrist.
  • the watch movement is nested from the dial side in a conventional manner.
  • the bottom of the housing 2 being constituted by a cover from one-piece production with the body 1a, 1b, 1c of the housing 1, it could naturally also be independent of it and be fixed to this body by screws. This would allow movement to follow from the back side of the case.
  • the sections 1a and 1b of the housing 1 can be hollow and can receive, for example, elements or devices associated with the movement 3, such as one or more batteries, sound generators, commands for accessory functions of the movement 3.
  • elements or devices associated with the movement 3 such as one or more batteries, sound generators, commands for accessory functions of the movement 3.
  • the variant shown in FIG. 2 differs from the embodiment described above only by a second housing 7 arranged in section 1b of the housing 1 and opening into its upper face.
  • This housing 7 can be furnished with a device foreign to the indication of the time, such as calculator, barometer, thermometer, compass or receiver.
  • This second housing could also be arranged so as to be able to be closed by a plate customizing the watch, for example by wearing the zodiacal sign, the initials, the coat of arms of its wearer or any other decorative motif, as the latter chooses.
  • the case 1 is provided in a known manner with members allowing it to hang a conventional bracelet.
  • this bracelet will include two strands 8, 9 and a clasp 10. So that the latter takes place, as usual, under the wrist, the two strands 8, 9 will have different lengths.

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WO1990012347A1 (en) * 1989-04-10 1990-10-18 Carlo Maldifassi Wrist watch having a concave case so as to place the watch over the radius bone
WO2019101495A1 (fr) * 2017-11-27 2019-05-31 Arcofil S.A. Boitier ergonomique a compartiments multiples
CN115944149A (zh) * 2021-10-07 2023-04-11 精工爱普生株式会社 表带和钟表

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FR2110436A1 (de) * 1970-10-15 1972-06-02 Tissot Horlogerie
US3719038A (en) * 1970-06-25 1973-03-06 H Klingenberg Watchcase
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JPS576380A (en) * 1980-06-13 1982-01-13 Toshihide Tsuji Wristwatch

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CH587471A5 (en) * 1976-05-20 1977-04-29 Voltz Carl Wilhelm Wristwatch with additional units fitted to band - includes receiver or calculator all of similar rectangular form
EP0072350B1 (de) * 1981-08-05 1986-10-29 Montres Rado S.A. Schutzvorrichtung für eine auf einem Uhrgehäuseteil erscheinende Information

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US3719038A (en) * 1970-06-25 1973-03-06 H Klingenberg Watchcase
FR2110436A1 (de) * 1970-10-15 1972-06-02 Tissot Horlogerie
DE7439929U (de) * 1974-11-30 1975-10-23 Wolf T Uhrgehäuse für Armbanduhren
JPS576380A (en) * 1980-06-13 1982-01-13 Toshihide Tsuji Wristwatch

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WO1990012347A1 (en) * 1989-04-10 1990-10-18 Carlo Maldifassi Wrist watch having a concave case so as to place the watch over the radius bone
WO2019101495A1 (fr) * 2017-11-27 2019-05-31 Arcofil S.A. Boitier ergonomique a compartiments multiples
CN111417904A (zh) * 2017-11-27 2020-07-14 伊梅里姆有限责任公司 具有多个隔室的人体工程学壳体
CN111417904B (zh) * 2017-11-27 2021-12-28 伊梅里姆有限责任公司 具有多个隔室的人体工程学壳体
US11927920B2 (en) 2017-11-27 2024-03-12 Imerium Sàrl Ergonomic multi-compartment case
CN115944149A (zh) * 2021-10-07 2023-04-11 精工爱普生株式会社 表带和钟表

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