Patents Assigned to Omega SA
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Publication number: 20230407438Abstract: A gold alloy may contain, by weight, between 73% and 77% of gold, between 5% and 11% of silver, between 1% and 7% of palladium, and between 10% and 18% of copper. The gold alloy may include iridium, rhenium, and/or ruthenium in up to 0.05 wt. %. The gold alloy may have an a* value in a range of from 3 to 9, and a b* value in a range of from 12 to 18, in CIELAB color space. A timepiece, piece of jewelry, or gemstone jewelry, may be made of such a gold alloy.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Omega SAInventors: Denis VINCENT, Stéphane LAUPER, Gregory KISSLING
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Publication number: 20230393527Abstract: A regulating member for a horological movement includes an inertial mass, for example a balance, a balance spring, and an index-assembly system for adjusting the rate of the balance spring, the balance spring including a coiled strip and a device for adjusting the rigidity of the balance spring fitted with a resilient element arranged in series with the coiled strip, the index-assembly system being configured to adjust the rate of the regulating member with a resolution lower than or equal to 1 second per day.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: Omega SAInventors: Olivier MERTENAT, Julien CHRISTAN
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Patent number: 11822291Abstract: A watch including a case (6) having a push-piece (8), movable in a radial direction, and a device (14) for locking the push-piece. The locking device includes a locking member (16) rotatably mounted about a central axis of the case and arranged to be actuated between a locking position, wherein the push-piece is stopped or blocked by the locking device so that the function cannot be activated by actuation of the control member, and an unlocking position wherein the push-piece is released and can then be actuated in said radial direction to allow the function to be activated. A rotating bezel (20) and the locking member are coaxial arranged so that they can each be rotatably actuated by the user independently of each other. Thus, the rotating bezel is independent of the locking function and can thus be dedicated to the chronograph mechanism and be in particular useful for diving.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: OMEGA SAInventors: Philippe Loetscher, Christophe Plancherel
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Publication number: 20230367266Abstract: A dial for a timepiece, preferably a watch, the dial being provided with a relief portion which is made as an assembly of pieces on different levels, juxtaposed on a base, such that the relief portion is formed by the upper surfaces of the pieces. A method for manufacturing the dial with several separate pieces, the upper surfaces of the pieces being subjected to a polishing step and/or possibly an enameling step. The pieces are then cut along a defined contour and then assembled edge-to-edge on a base, so as to create the relief portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Omega SAInventors: Frederic JEANRENAUD, Gregory KISSLING
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Patent number: 11812828Abstract: A wristlet clasp (100), of the folding buckle type, including first and second blades (1, 2) hinged relative to each other, the first blade (1) further including locking means for holding the first and second blades (1, 2) in their closed position at its second end, and the second blade (2) carrying a member for fastening a first wristlet strand at its second end. The first and second blades are hinged together by movable blades (3, 4) by a first of their respective ends, the hinged blades being connected to the first and second blades via a first hinge (A1) and a second hinge (A2), the hinge (A1, A2) being angularly delimited by stops respectively formed on the first end of the first and second blades and on the second end of the movable blades so as to define two predefined wearing positions depending on the size of the wrist.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: OMEGA SAInventor: Philippe Loetscher
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Patent number: 11768469Abstract: A water-resistant watch case of a diving watch, includes at least one back mounted on a lower side of a middle part, and a crystal mounted on an upper side of the middle part. The crystal includes an annular peripheral surface to be fastened with an amorphous metal gasket on an inner annular surface that is complementary in shape, on the upper side of the middle part. The annular peripheral surface of the crystal is inclined towards the inside of the watch case at a determined angle less than 90° relative to a central axis perpendicular to a plane of the watch case to distribute stresses between the crystal and the middle part due to the water pressure during a dive. The annular peripheral surface and the inner annular surface are conical in shape.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Omega SAInventors: Cedric Kaltenrieder, Gregory Kissling, Yves Winkler
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Patent number: 11762337Abstract: A timepiece with a double-sided display, including a first display member and a second display member coaxial to the first display member and integral therewith with a first common arbor. The centers of mass of the first display member and the second display member are, in projection on a plane perpendicular to their common axis. The first display member and/or the second display member is arranged to display a visual animation, and is movable above a back, and, either above a mask partially and incompletely covering the back.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Omega SAInventors: Gregory Kissling, Luc-Alain Grandjean, Rocco Catanese, Caroline Schuster
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Publication number: 20230288875Abstract: A component and method of making the internal parts or movement for a timepiece or piece of jewelry that includes a substrate partially coated with a black layer and decorated with at least one stone, said black layer including carbon nanotubes or aluminum oxide, said substrate being at least devoid of the black layer on the portion facing the stone.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2021Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Omega SAInventors: Frédéric JEANRENAUD, Gregory KISSLING, Stéphane LAUPER, Agnès MARLOT DOERR, Csilla MIKO
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Patent number: 11733654Abstract: A timepiece mechanism (100) for disengaging a gear train. The timepiece mechanism (100) includes a gear set (110), a disengagement member (120), a holding member (121) and a control member (130). The gear set (110) includes a first wheel (111), a second wheel (112) and an intermediate wheel (113) configured to be driven by or for driving the first wheel (111) and/or for driving the second wheel (112). The holding member (121) holds the first wheel (111) and/or the second wheel (112) when the disengagement member (120), controlled by the control member (130), moves the intermediate wheel (113) between an engaged position (101) and a disengaged position (102). Hence the timepiece mechanism (100) is held in position while disengaging the watch mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: OMEGA SAInventors: Timothee Jeanrenaud, Bernat Monferrer
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Patent number: 11723444Abstract: A device for attaching a bracelet or strap to a watch case, the device including, on the one hand, a bar secured to the watch case by a horn, and on the other hand, an insert integral with the end of the bracelet, wherein the bar and the insert are complementary to interlock with each other forming a removable assembly to make the bracelet interchangeable. The insert includes a movable pivot mounted in the insert and arranged to engage in a corresponding hole of the horn, the device having handling device integral with the movable pivot in order to move from a first position, in which the pivot is free to move and the strand can be assembled and/or disassembled, to a second position, in which said pivot is stationary in translation and the bracelet strand is locked on the watch case.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: OMEGA SAInventor: Olivier Silvant
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Patent number: 11714384Abstract: The stem-crown of a water-resistant watch case includes a tubular stem inserted into a tubular opening of a middle part of the watch case, and a crown including a first portion connected in part to the stem and a second handling portion. The first portion includes an annular contact surface inclined at less than 90° with respect to a longitudinal central axis of the stem-crown starting from the first portion towards the outside of the second portion. In a rest position, the first portion is in contact against an annular receiving surface of the middle part of complementary shape to one end of the tubular opening towards the outside. The crown further includes a washer under a bearing part of the first portion and contacting the stem, being configured to bear in an annular slot of the middle part between the tubular opening and the annular receiving surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Omega SAInventors: Nicolas Lazzari, Cédric Kaltenrieder-Ellis
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Publication number: 20230205141Abstract: A thermal protection case for timepiece, including, in a casing, a device for holding a case of a timepiece, including first elastic pistons with mobile supports each including at least one component thermally less conductive than the casing and the case and creating a thermal barrier between them, and opposite second supports each including a pillar each with at least one component thermally less conductive than the casing and the case and creating a thermal barrier between them constituting a fixed banking support, or by a second elastic piston including a second mobile support arranged to come to bear on the case and including at least one component thermally less conductive than the casing and than the case and creating a thermal barrier between the casing and the second mobile support.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Omega SAInventor: Billy NUSSBAUMER
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Patent number: 11687040Abstract: A method for fabricating a composite timepiece or jewellery component: a base is made in a substrate with an apparent surface remaining visible; each visible apparent surface is mirror polished; each polished apparent surface is coated with a first transparent or coloured semi-transparent layer of a first material in a dry process, or PVD or CVD or ALD process, or lacquering or zapon varnish process; a decorative element is affixed and bonded to an external surface of the first layer; the first layer and each decorative element is coated with a second layer of a transparent treatment material in a dry process, or PVD or CVD or ALD process, or lacquering or zapon varnish process.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: OMEGA SAInventors: Frederic Jeanrenaud, Gregory Kissling
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Publication number: 20230195041Abstract: The water-resistant watch case includes at least one crystal mounted on an upper side of a middle, a fastening gasket being disposed between an upper annular inner wall of the middle and an upper annular outer wall of the crystal. The crystal includes an annular peripheral surface below the upper annular outer wall inclined at a defined angle smaller than 90° in relation to an axis perpendicular to a plane of the watch case to come into direct contact against an annular inner surface of the middle inclined at an angle similar to the inclination of the annular peripheral surface and below the upper annular inner wall of the middle. The annular peripheral surface and/or the annular inner surface of the middle comprise a domed contact portion for a contact on an annular contact line between the two surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Omega SAInventors: Gregory KISSLING, Cédric KALTENRIEDER-ELLIS, Nicolas LAZZARI, Gilles DERRIEY, Jérôme VIPREY, Yves WINKLER, Baptiste HINAUX
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Publication number: 20230189946Abstract: A method for depositing a coating on a substrate (100), including a step of depositing a thin intermetallic layer (110) on the substrate (100), so as to obtain, at the end of this step, an external part (10) having a predetermined final colour.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: OMEGA SAInventors: Loïc Curchod, Simon Springer, Stéphane Lauper, Ahmad Odeh, Marion Gstalter, Loïc Oberson, Gregory Kissling
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Publication number: 20230195040Abstract: A method for compensating the rate as a function of the temperature of a watch (1). A water-resistant case (2) contains a movement (3) with an oscillator (4), in an internal volume V occupied by n moles of a gas of constant R, where the pressure coefficient Cp and the humidity coefficient Ch of the movement (3) are determined, an optimal value Cto of the thermal coefficient Ct of the oscillator (4) is calculated defining the relatively linear variation of the rate thereof as a function of the temperature T, compensating the pressure and humidity deviations. The pressure P and/or the constant R and/or the quantity of gas and/or the temperature T are varied in the case. In the factory, the thermal coefficient of elastic return, and/or the quantity and/or the nature of the gas in the watch, and/or the internal volume of the case (2) are modified.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: OMEGA SAInventor: Léonard TESTORI
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Publication number: 20230193454Abstract: A method for depositing a coating on a substrate (100), including successively depositing a thin intermetallic layer (110) on the substrate (100), so as to obtain an external part (10), and annealing the external part (10) in a dedicated enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: OMEGA SAInventors: Loïc CURCHOD, Simon SPRINGER, Stephane LAUPER, Ahmad ODEH, Marion GSTALTER, Loïc OBERSON, Gregory KISSLING
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Publication number: 20230195042Abstract: A temperature control device for a timepiece, includes a first light-transmitting portion, defining with a second adjacent portion an intermediate chamber of variable dimensions according to the temperature of the first portion, the first portion includes first microlouvers according to a first spatial distribution, the second portion includes second microlouvers according to a second spatial distribution and substantially facing the first microlouvers, to superimpose partially or totally in certain relative positions between the first portion and the second portion, in order to vary the transmission and/or the reflection of the incident light on the first portion between a maximum and a minimum.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Omega SAInventor: Christiane GIMKIEWICZ
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Patent number: D1007333Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Omega SA (Omega AG)(Omega Ltd.)Inventor: Jean-Claude Monachon
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Patent number: D1007334Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Omega SA (Omega AG)(Omega Ltd.)Inventor: Jean-Claude Monachon