Abstract: A timepiece including a dial defining an XY plane, an automaton disposed above the dial, the automaton having at least one first member and one second member, which are articulated in order to reproduce beating movements, and a driving mechanism of the automaton. The first member is provided in order to pivot about a first axis which is non-parallel to the XY plane and the second member is provided in order to pivot about a second axis which is different from the first axis. The driving mechanism of the automaton includes actuators of the first and second members, provided in order to make the first and second members respectively pivot according to non-symmetrical pivoting movements and in order to coordinate the pivoting movements of the first and second members so that the combination thereof gives a beating effect of the first and second members.

Abstract: The invention relates to a winding mechanism of a timepiece comprising at least one first and one second power accumulators, said winding mechanism comprising a winding stem, a winding pinion and a sliding pinion having face gear toothings, facing one another, provided in order to allow driving of the winding pinion by the sliding pinion in the two directions of rotation of the winding stem, said winding stem and the sliding pinion occupying the same axial winding position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanism for winding a timepiece comprising at least first and second energy accumulators, said winding mechanism comprising a winding stem, a winding pinion and a sliding pinion having face gear toothings, arranged to allow the winding pinion to be driven by the sliding pinion in both directions of rotation of the winding stem, the winding stem and the sliding pinion occupying the same axial winding position.

Abstract: Hinged bracelet, for a watch or piece of jewellery, comprising an alternation of H-shaped links comprising side pieces forming the side ends of this bracelet, and central links, hinged to each other by arbors formed by pins or screws, wherein at least one central link is a decorated link comprising a removable surface shell arranged to be placed on a base which includes at least a first guide member and a second guide member both substantially of revolution respectively about a first axis and a second axis parallel to and distinct from one another, and arranged to receive these arbors, and the surface shell of each decorated link is surrounded and protected on either side of its width by the side pieces of the H-shaped links.

Abstract: Dial assembly for a timepiece, comprising a base plate on which feet are fixed, and supporting a three-dimensional decoration which comprises at least one offset element at a remove from the base plate and fixed to the base plate through at least one foot, and which comprises at least one bush provided to be pressed in on an upper support abutting on a shoulder which this foot comprises, the dial assembly comprising a removable fitting which is used for pressing in all the bushes which the dial assembly comprises, and comprising, opposite a lower support which each foot comprises, a support pin of this lower support.

Abstract: Automaton capable of writing a signature formed of a series of characters or of stylized signature, wherein the automaton is housed in a volume of a case and operates by means of a system of three cams, wherein two cams encode the movements of a hinged arm carrying a writing instrument in the two dimensions of a writing plane, and wherein a third cam is used to raise or lower the hinged arm perpendicularly to the writing plane, wherein the hinged arm is movable between a first folded position and a second extended position in which the arm transmits to the writing instrument the movements imparted thereto by the system of three cams.

Abstract: External extension piece for a case of a watch or jewel. The extension piece is removable and includes, for housing an auxiliary function or a particular component, at least one housing which is delimited by a body of substantially annular shape, this body being held confined and clamped between, on the one hand, a base, and on the other hand, a cap including an aperture at the level of each this housing, by a securing and clamping means or by screws. This cap includes a continuous elastic holding means around and inside this aperture. This housing confines a spherical moving element with minimum play projecting through this aperture.

Abstract: Deployant or folding clasp including, hinged around a support, a first arm being hinged to a first stirrup member, and a second arm to a second stirrup member. This first stirrup member forms part of a first single-piece cap whose bottom surface defines, with one end of this first arm, in any angular position thereof, a space for the passage of a wristband strand having a thickness smaller than or equal to a given thickness, and this second stirrup member forms the bottom part of a second removable cap and includes at least one securing means arranged to cooperate, by clamping around an orifice of a wristband strand, with a complementary securing means of a removable top part of this second cap, to adjust the useful length of this wristband strand.

Abstract: A driving member for a timepiece movement comprises two superimposed coaxial barrels (1, 11) coupled in series, each barrel including a spring provided in a cylindrical housing rotatingly mounted on a common shaft (20). The respective housings (2, 12) of the barrels are positioned opposite each other and do not include a lid, and the springs (7, 17) are separated only by a separation washer (26) or a gap. This arrangement can be used for increasing the height (H) of the springs, and thereby the amount of energy and the power reserve of the watch for an identical global volume of the driving member, or for reducing the total height of the driving member. Such a driving member is particularly intended for watches with a high power reserve.

Abstract: The oscillating weight (2) is for automatically winding a timepiece movement; it pivots off-center relative to the center of the movement and is made of a single heavy material. The weight (2) is carried by a shock absorber (1) that takes the form of a plate (4), one end of which is secured to the weight and the other end of which is secured to a tube (5) arranged to rotate about an arbour (6) forming the axis of rotation of the weight.