Abstract: Eyewear has variable transparency provided by a lens made of a non-diffusing dichroic liquid crystal cell with nematic-cholesteric phase change. A voltage source supplies an adjustable voltage to the liquid crystal cell; adjustment of the voltage to change the transparency of the lens is effected by a photocell which senses ambient light, or by manual control, or both.
Abstract: A timepiece includes an analogue-type display for displaying the minute at a given moment, constituted by a hand rotated at the rate of one revolution per hour by the mechanism of the timepiece, and a digital-type display for displaying the hour at a given moment, comprising a rotating member for displaying the figure indicative of the hour at a given moment and a drive mechanism for driving the display member which is controlled by the timepiece mechanism and is adapted to rotate the rotating member in jerks at intervals of one hour.
Abstract: A timepiece includes a clock movement whose axis coincides with the central axis of the case, and a module for displaying the time which is constituted by a unit which is independent of the movement and of the case and whose axis is spaced from the central axis of the case. The elements for coupling the display module to the case are arranged symmetrically about the central axis of the case so as to enable the display module to be arranged in various possible eccentric positions around the central axis of the case.