Abstract: Method of securing a watch bezel 1 including a case 3 and a crystal 2, characterized in that it includes a step of snap fitting the bezel 1 onto the crystal 2, during which snap fit means 6 are guided by guide means 5 arranged on case 3.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 15, 2011
Date of Patent:
August 13, 2013
Assignee:
ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse
Inventors:
Thierry Altenhoven, Adolf Engelmann, Jean-Christophe Kroug
Abstract: A panel of thin bendable material is provided and includes one marginal portion thereof for disposition adjacent the worn side of a journal bore in a clock frame plate with the panel disposed parallelly in juxtaposition with one side of the plate. The aforementioned marginal portion of the panel includes a narrow elongated lengthwise outwardly projecting tongue disposed generally normal to the panel for reception in the worn side of the bore. The tongue is concavo-convex in cross section with the convex side opposing and seated against the worn side of the bore and the concave side of the tongue opposing the side of the bore remote from the worn side thereof. The tongue, therefore, defines an insert for renewing the worn side of the bore and against which the corresponding clock component shaft portion may be journaled.