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EP1437635A1
EP1437635A1 EP03000279A EP03000279A EP1437635A1 EP 1437635 A1 EP1437635 A1 EP 1437635A1 EP 03000279 A EP03000279 A EP 03000279A EP 03000279 A EP03000279 A EP 03000279A EP 1437635 A1 EP1437635 A1 EP 1437635A1
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Priority to CN200480001992.4A priority patent/CN1723421A/zh
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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
    • G04B37/04—Mounting the clockwork in the case; Shock absorbing mountings
    • G04B37/0427—Mountings relative to pocket and wrist watches allowing a rocking movement about a hinge or any other movement
    • G04B37/0436—Clockwork movements coming out without springs, for allowing time reading or winding
    • 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
    • G04B37/0083—Cases for more than one clockwork
    • 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
    • G04B37/04—Mounting the clockwork in the case; Shock absorbing mountings
    • G04B37/0427—Mountings relative to pocket and wrist watches allowing a rocking movement about a hinge or any other movement
    • 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
    • G04B37/04—Mounting the clockwork in the case; Shock absorbing mountings
    • G04B37/0427—Mountings relative to pocket and wrist watches allowing a rocking movement about a hinge or any other movement
    • G04B37/0445—Clockwork movements which come out by spring action for time reading and winding
    • 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
    • G04B37/04—Mounting the clockwork in the case; Shock absorbing mountings
    • G04B37/0427—Mountings relative to pocket and wrist watches allowing a rocking movement about a hinge or any other movement
    • G04B37/0454—Free standing watches (montre chevalet)
    • 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
    • G04B37/04—Mounting the clockwork in the case; Shock absorbing mountings
    • G04B37/0427—Mountings relative to pocket and wrist watches allowing a rocking movement about a hinge or any other movement
    • G04B37/0472—Rocking mounting of the clockwork

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  • enclosure By enclosure is meant here an enclosure serving as housing for a movement watch, while the case is made up of the case as well as the other parts exterior that are part of it, including the chassis.
  • His chassis is in the form of a rectangular frame, the housing being housed and mounted there sliding and pivoting, so that either side is visible.
  • a notch lock ensures the housing in place on the frame.
  • Document DGM 9'408'566 presents a similar watch, the case being pivotally mounted on a frame, about an axis passing through the setting rod the time, the frame itself being mounted tilting on the chassis. In this way, it is possible, after having released the frame of the chassis, to rotate the case in the frame, without having to remove the watch from the wrist, while keeping the rod in the same position.
  • the bezel covering the case in its periphery thus participates largely to the aesthetics of the watch.
  • the hinge is of the removable type. She is arranged so that, in its open position, the telescope can be separate from the chassis. In this way, the user of the watch can, by himself, choose and equip your watch with the bezel of your choice. It is thus conceivable to equip it with a jewelry bezel for an evening, or in scratch-resistant material during sports exercises.
  • the connecting means comprise a slide and a slide, one associated with the chassis, the other with the housing, arranged so as to allow translational and pivoting movements of the housing on the chassis, the slide being of sufficient length to bring either end of the housing to either end of the frame.
  • connection means comprise a ball joint and a housing intended to receive this ball joint, one associated with the chassis, the other with case and allowing a rotation of the case on the chassis around two orthogonal axes, so as to allow the housing to be turned over on the frame.
  • connection means comprise, in a third variant, two hinges defining pivot axes perpendicular to each other, the first turn around an axis substantially parallel to the plane of the chassis and comprising a first part integral with the chassis, the second comprising a first part integral with the housing, the two hinges comprising second parts integral with each other and articulated by relative to their respective first part, thus allowing the reversal of the case on the chassis.
  • the watch movement housed in the case is controlled by a time setting crown secured to a rod passing through the case.
  • the bezel extends, when it is in position closed, above this crown. In this way, it protects it from shocks especially.
  • the time setting crown is one of the parts of the shows the most exposed.
  • the bezel is removable, it does not prevent not, however, easy handling.
  • the housing includes two shells of same shape and fixed to each other so as to form a symmetry spherical with reference to its center.
  • these two shells each include walls arranged parallel two by two and defining a housing intended to receive a watch movement, one walls being extended by a bar, while the wall which is parallel is provided with a groove of complementary shape to the bar.
  • the shells are arranged head to tail, the bar of one being engaged in the throat of the other.
  • These shells can be fixed to each other by means of screws engaged in holes that have bars and walls in their part forming the grooves.
  • each of these has two perpendicular walls the walls respectively extended by a bar and provided with a groove, one of the perpendicular walls of each shell being pierced with a hole cylindrical intended to serve as a passage for a time-setting rod, such so that the case can serve as housing for two watch movements.
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 include a chassis 10 comprising a base plate 12 of generally rectangular shape and provided to each of its corners of horns 13 to 16 forming means for attaching a bracelet not shown in the drawing. These horns are each pierced with a hole 18 intended to receive, in a manner well known to those skilled in the art, a bar engaged in a loop with which the end of the bracelet is provided.
  • the boxes further include a box 20 and a hinge 22 forming means for connecting the housing 20 to its chassis 10, as well as a telescope 24, pivotally mounted on the chassis 10 by a hinge 25 described in more detail with reference to Figures 5a and 5b.
  • the housing 20 will be described from more precisely with reference to FIG. 6.
  • the articulation 22 comprises two parallelepipedic parts 26 arranged parallel to each other and to the axes passing through the holes 18.
  • the parts 26 are each provided with a groove 28.
  • the housing 20 is provided, at one of its ends, with two pins cylindrical which are not visible in the drawing, each engaged in one grooves 28 and together forming a slide which allows both a translational and pivoting movement. In this way, the housing 20 can slide on frame 12 and rotate 180 °, as shown by the arrows f1 and f2, so that either one or the other of its faces is related.
  • the grooves are provided, at their ends, with notches allowing to keep the case in one or the other of its positions extremes.
  • These notches can be of the spring ball type, of the same type as that which will be described with reference to FIGS. 4a and 4b, or of any another type well known to those skilled in the art.
  • the articulation 22 of the embodiment of Figure 2 is of the ball type. It includes a stud 30 integral with the plate 12, arranged halfway between the two horns 13 and 14 and provided with a housing not visible in the drawing, open towards the central part of the chassis 10.
  • the housing 20 is shaped general parallelepiped.
  • a rod 32 is fixed, by one of its ends, on one side of the housing 20.
  • the other end carries a sphere 34 engaged and retained in the housing of the stud 30.
  • There are many ways to keep the movable sphere 34 rotating in the housing for example by crimping the hole, or by any other way, well known to those skilled in the art.
  • Such an articulation also makes it possible to rotate the housing 20 on the chassis 10. It suffices, for this purpose, to tilt the housing 20 around an axis parallel to the axes passing through the holes 18 of bars, then, when the rod 32 is substantially perpendicular to the surface of the plate 12, to rotate it 180 ° around the axis of the rod 32, finally to fold the housing 20 on its frame 10, as shown by the arrows f1 and f2.
  • the chassis 10 can be provided with means for positioning of the housing 20, for example a spring ball arranged in a complementary pad facing the pad 30 and cooperating with a notch that has the housing 20 on its face opposite to that carrying the rod 32.
  • a spring ball arranged in a complementary pad facing the pad 30 and cooperating with a notch that has the housing 20 on its face opposite to that carrying the rod 32.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a third embodiment of a box according to the invention.
  • the articulation 22 is formed there of two hinges 36 and 38 orthogonal. More specifically, the hinge 36 has two feet 40 and 42, respectively adjacent to the horns 13 and 14, and a bar 44, arranged between the two feet 40 and 42.
  • the feet 40 and 42 are pierced with holes 46 in which are engaged pins forming a pivot, not visible in the drawing, rigidly fixed in the bar 44.
  • the hinge 36 therefore allows a rotation about an axis A-A parallel to the axes passing through the holes 18 of bars, represented by arrow f1.
  • the hinge 38 is produced by means of an axis rod B-B, only this axis being shown in the drawing, perpendicular to the axis A-A. This rod is secured to the housing 20 and engaged in a hole in the bar 44. The hinge 38 therefore allows rotation about the axis B-B, as indicated by the arrow f2. To turn the box 20 over, simply lift it up while doing so pivot around the axis A-A, which causes the hinge 36 to work. The housing 20 is then turned around the axis B-B, which makes the hinge work 38.
  • the articulation 22 constitutes connecting means of the housing 20 to the chassis 12, allowing movement relative from one with reference to the other, to allow one of the faces of the box 20 either facing the chassis, the other being visible, and moving from to each other without even having to remove the watch from the wrist.
  • the box is, moreover, provided with a bezel 24 to maintain the housing 20 on its chassis 10, without risk of recess.
  • the chassis 10 comprises, housed in its horns 13 to 17, two spring balls 46 held in their housing by crimping, while the bezel carries, in each of the lateral branches, a piston 48 slidably mounted in a cylindrical hole and opening into an embedding 50.
  • the spring balls 46 are arranged so that, when the bezel is folded back on the case 20, they engage in one grooves 50, thus forming a notch.
  • it is sufficient to press simultaneously on the two pistons 48, which releases the balls 46 of the grooves 50 and thus allows the displacement of the bezel 24 in reference to chassis 12.
  • the bezel 24 plays a very important aesthetic role.
  • a change of glasses allows, in consequence, a considerable change in the appearance of the watch.
  • the hinge 25, shown in Figures 5a and 5b has two parts, a housing 52, adjacent to the plate 12, and a pivot shaft 54 secured to the telescope 24.
  • the housing 52 is generally cylindrical, with an axis parallel to the axes passing through the holes 18.
  • the wall which defines it is provided with a slot 52a on its entire length.
  • the shaft 54 is of rectangular section, of diagonal slightly less than the diameter of the housing and whose short side is smaller than the width of the slot 52a.
  • the shaft 54 is arranged so that, in the closed position of the telescope 24, as shown in FIG. 5a, a plane passing through the middle of the slot 52a and by the axis of the shaft 54 cuts the latter parallel to the short side. In this way, the shaft 54 can only pivot in its housing 52.
  • the housing 20 is advantageously made up of two identical shells, such as that 56 shown in Figure 6.
  • This shell 56 has a shape general rectangular with two long sides 56a and two short sides 56b. Their edge, visible in the drawing, is provided with a groove 56c, intended for receive a seal 58.
  • the rear face of the shell wears a watch glass 60 fixed by gluing or by any other means known to those skilled in the art.
  • One of the long sides is provided with a cylindrical hole 56d intended to allow the passage of a time-setting rod, of the usual type.
  • One of the little ones sides is extended by a flange 56e provided with two holes 56f passing through it part by part.
  • the other side has a 56g groove, also pierced with two holes, which are identified by the reference 56h. These last are blind and tapped.
  • the shells 56 After the shells 56 have each been fitted with a movement of shows, not shown in the drawing, and one of the grooves 56c of a seal 58, they are arranged one on top of the other, head to tail, so that the flange 56th of one enters the throat 56g of the other. Holes 56d and 56f are arranged so that they are in line with each other other. Also, when the two shells are in place, it is possible to assemble to each other by four screws not shown in the drawing, forming and the housing 20. These screws can advantageously allow, in addition, the fixing of the part of the joint integral with the housing 20.
  • Such a watch case offers the advantage of actively participating in the protection of its delicate parts.
  • the time-setting crown can be covered by the bezel, so that the risk of hanging it is practically nonexistent. It allows, in furthermore, to a person skilled in the art, as partially explained above, innumerable aesthetic developments, by means of a structure of simple construction and presenting no delicate parts.

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EP03000279A EP1437635B1 (de) 2003-01-08 2003-01-08 Uhrgehäuse
DE60309428T DE60309428T2 (de) 2003-01-08 2003-01-08 Uhrgehäuse
AT03000279T ATE344475T1 (de) 2003-01-08 2003-01-08 Uhrgehäuse
CN200480001992.4A CN1723421A (zh) 2003-01-08 2004-01-08 表壳
PCT/IB2004/000151 WO2004063019A2 (fr) 2003-01-08 2004-01-08 Boite de montre

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FR847726A (fr) * 1938-12-19 1939-10-16 Georges Meyer Sa Des Ets Perfectionnements aux bracelets-montres
GB1372464A (en) * 1972-02-14 1974-10-30 Modell Und Plastspielwaren Kom Toy clock
US5206841A (en) * 1990-08-01 1993-04-27 Boucheron Wristwatch with case having an interchangeable cover
EP0562522A1 (de) * 1992-03-26 1993-09-29 CHRONOSWISS UHREN GmbH Uhr, insbesondere Armbanduhr, mit einem mechanischen Uhrwerk
DE9408566U1 (de) * 1994-05-25 1994-11-03 Brand, Rainer, 63872 Heimbuchenthal Armbanduhr
CH689338A5 (fr) * 1996-01-29 1999-02-26 Patek Philippe Sa Pièce d'horlogerie, notamment montre de poche, munie d'un couvercle sur chaque face.
FR2804217A1 (fr) * 2000-01-24 2001-07-27 Michael Selam Boitier pour montre bracelet rectangulaire avec couvercle et boite-mouvement basculante

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CH159982A (fr) * 1931-03-04 1933-02-15 Alfred Chauvot Rene Montre-bracelet comportant une boîte susceptible de se retourner entièrement sur elle-même dans un support.
FR847726A (fr) * 1938-12-19 1939-10-16 Georges Meyer Sa Des Ets Perfectionnements aux bracelets-montres
GB1372464A (en) * 1972-02-14 1974-10-30 Modell Und Plastspielwaren Kom Toy clock
US5206841A (en) * 1990-08-01 1993-04-27 Boucheron Wristwatch with case having an interchangeable cover
EP0562522A1 (de) * 1992-03-26 1993-09-29 CHRONOSWISS UHREN GmbH Uhr, insbesondere Armbanduhr, mit einem mechanischen Uhrwerk
DE9408566U1 (de) * 1994-05-25 1994-11-03 Brand, Rainer, 63872 Heimbuchenthal Armbanduhr
CH689338A5 (fr) * 1996-01-29 1999-02-26 Patek Philippe Sa Pièce d'horlogerie, notamment montre de poche, munie d'un couvercle sur chaque face.
FR2804217A1 (fr) * 2000-01-24 2001-07-27 Michael Selam Boitier pour montre bracelet rectangulaire avec couvercle et boite-mouvement basculante

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EP1840678A1 (de) * 2006-03-30 2007-10-03 Richemont International S.A. Umkehrbare Uhr
ITFI20130088A1 (it) * 2013-04-23 2014-10-24 Hi Tek Office S R L Orologio da polso "reverse".
CN109036496A (zh) * 2018-08-03 2018-12-18 芜湖市金马电子信息有限责任公司 一种防震式仪器仪表装置
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WO2004063019B1 (fr) 2004-12-23
CN1723421A (zh) 2006-01-18
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ATE344475T1 (de) 2006-11-15

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