Patents Assigned to Omega SA
  • Patent number: 12124221
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic watch including a bracelet and a watch case including at least one electrical or electronic component, the watch including at least one Dewar device configured to contain at least one of said electrical or electronic components, the at least one Dewar device including inner and outer walls and a vacuum or quasi-vacuum space defined between these said walls, the inner wall delimiting a volume wherein said at least one electrical or electronic component may be arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: OMEGA SA
    Inventor: Edoardo Franzi
  • Publication number: 20240344179
    Abstract: A timepiece or piece of jewellery includes at least one component made of a palladium-based alloy. The palladium-based alloy consists of, expressed in weight percentage: from 50% to 55% of palladium, from 45% to 50% of rhodium, more than 0% and less than or equal to 5% of silver, and more than or equal to 0% and less than or equal to 5% of at least one element R selected from the group consisting of iridium, ruthenium, platinum, titanium, zirconium, and rhenium. Said at least one component made of the palladium-based alloy has colorimetric values according to the L*a*ab chromatic model (CIE 1976) such that L* is comprised between 88 and 90, a* is lower than or equal to 0.8 and b* is lower than or equal to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: OMEGA SA
    Inventors: Gregory KISSLING, Denis VINCENT, Stephane LAUPER, Gaetan VILLARD, Alban DUBACH
  • Patent number: 12078968
    Abstract: An isothermal clock device for mechanical and/or functional components of a watch, the device being provided with a bracelet and a casing including an enclosure wherein a case of said watch is capable of being arranged and a reversible fastening device fastening the case of a watch in the enclosure of the casing by keeping it away from the set of elements of the casing defining this enclosure, the fastening device including at least two connecting members each connected to an attachment area of the case from at least one telescopic bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventor: Edoardo Franzi
  • Patent number: 12072674
    Abstract: A component for the internal parts or the movement for a timepiece or a piece of jewellery including a substrate partially coated with a black layer and decorated with at least one stone, the black layer including carbon nanotubes or aluminium oxide, the substrate being at least devoid of the black layer on the portion facing the stone. It also relates to the method for manufacturing this component for the timepiece or the piece of jewellery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventors: Frédéric Jeanrenaud, Gregory Kissling, Stéphane Lauper, Agnès Marlot Doerr, Csilla Miko
  • Patent number: 12055898
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for attaching a wristlet strand to a watch case, the device being arranged to be attached to a bar, the wristlet strand being attached to the bar through attaching means. According to the invention, the attaching means are formed by a support integral with the wristlet strand, a pull-out piece arranged to cooperate with said support so as to close the support, the support comprising a channel capable of receiving the bar, and in that they comprise a pair of magnets disposed on the support and the pull-out piece so as to hold the pull-out piece against the support and allow the pull-out piece to switch from a closed position wherein the bar is held in the channel to an open position wherein the bar is free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: OMEGA SA
    Inventor: Philippe Loetscher
  • Patent number: 12032335
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventors: Frederic Jeanrenaud, Gregory Kissling
  • Publication number: 20240210887
    Abstract: An isothermal device (1) for mechanical and/or functional components (5) of a watch (10), including a case (2) provided with an enclosure (4) wherein a case (12) of the watch (10) can be removably arranged, a crystal (11) arranged facing a crystal (6) of the case (2), the device (1) comprising: a reversible fastening device (13) fastening the watch (10) case (12) in the enclosure (4) by keeping it away from functional elements (15) of the case (2), the elements (15) forming the enclosure (4) comprising a middle (9a), a back (9b) and the variable-opacity crystal (6) of the case (2), and a system (3) for dynamically controlling the temperature of the enclosure (4) comprising the variable-opacity crystal (6) and a control unit (8) configured to control the opacity of the crystal (6) of the case (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: Omega SA
    Inventor: Antoine UMMEL
  • Publication number: 20240210892
    Abstract: A device for opening a watch case including a back fixed to a middle by interlocking, including a fitting fixed to a frame and intended to hold a watch case in position, at least one carriage movable in translation relative to the frame in a direction X, the carriage including a tool holder to which a knife is fixed, the device further includes a control element designed to be actuated by a user, kinematically connected to the carriage with a transmission member configured so that when the control element is actuated, the carriage is translated towards the fitting or in a direction opposite to the fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: Omega SA
    Inventor: Christophe HEUSLER
  • Publication number: 20240210885
    Abstract: A Dewar casing (1) for mechanical and/or functional components (5) of a watch (10), provided with an enclosure (4) wherein a case (12) of the watch (10) can be removably arranged, a display interface of which is disposed facing a crystal (6) of the casing (1), the casing (1) including a reversible fixing device (13) fixing the watch (10) case (12) in the enclosure (4) while keeping it away from functional elements (15) forming the enclosure (4) of this case (2), the crystal (6) of the casing (1) including an element for varying the transmittance (7a) of the crystal (6) and an element for generating illumination (7b) directed towards a display interface of the watch (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: Omega SA
    Inventor: Antoine UMMEL
  • Publication number: 20240210888
    Abstract: A Dewar device (1) for mechanical and/or functional components 5 of a watch (10), comprising a casing (2) provided with an enclosure (4) wherein a case (12) of said watch (10) can be removably arranged, said case being provided with a display device capable of displaying information relating to time indications or to functions implemented by the watch (10), said display device being arranged opposite a crystal (6) of said casing (2), the Dewar device (1) comprising a system (3) for dynamically adjusting the contrast of the display device of the watch (10) comprising said variable luminosity crystal (6) and a control unit (8) configured to control the contrast of said display device of the watch (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: OMEGA SA
    Inventor: Antoine UMMEL
  • Publication number: 20240210886
    Abstract: A Dewar device for mechanical and/or functional components of a watch, this device including a wristlet; a housing including a chamber wherein a case of the watch is capable of being disposed in such a way that a glass of this case is arranged facing a glass of a set of elements of the housing defining this chamber; at least one fastening device fastening this watch case in this chamber of the housing while maintaining it distant from this set of elements, and a device for actuating at least one control element of this watch by the movement in translation of an external parts element of the housing in the direction of a back of this housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: Omega SA
    Inventors: Antoine UMMEL, Serge DROZ
  • Publication number: 20240210894
    Abstract: A contrast adjustment system (100) for a display device of a watch (10), the case (12) of which can be removably arranged in an enclosure (4) of a thermal protection housing (1) for mechanical and/or functional components (5) of the watch (10), the display device being arranged facing a crystal (6) of the housing (1), the housing (1) including a reversible fastening device (13) fastening the case (12) of a watch (10) in the enclosure (4) while keeping it away from functional elements (15) of this housing (1), the elements (15) forming this enclosure (4) including a middle (9a), a back (9b) and the crystal (6) of this housing (1), the system (100) including an electronic device (110) configured to adjust the contrast of the display device when the electronic device (110) and the housing (1) are connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: Omega SA
    Inventor: Antoine UMMEL
  • Patent number: 12019401
    Abstract: A Dewar device is for mechanical and/or functional components of a watch. The device is provided with a wristlet and a casing. The casing includes a chamber in which a case of the watch is capable of being arranged in a removable manner, and a device for reversible fastening by magnetic levitation of the watch case in the chamber configuring a separation between the case and the set of the elements of the casing forming the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventor: Edoardo Franzi
  • Publication number: 20240201629
    Abstract: A balance-spring, in particular for a horological resonator mechanism, the balance-spring including a flexible strip coiled on itself into several coils, the strip having a predefined flexibility, the balance-spring including a device for adjusting its flexibility, the adjustment device including an elastic element in direct contact with the strip, the elastic element preferably having a flexibility less than that of the strip, the adjustment device including a prestressing device to apply a variable force or torque to the elastic element, so as to vary the flexibility of the elastic element, the elastic element and the strip being separate and assembled with each other. An horological resonator mechanism including such a balance-spring is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Omega SA
    Inventors: Pierre CUSIN, Gianni DI DOMENICO
  • Publication number: 20240176305
    Abstract: A device (100) for testing a timepiece, including a case (1) receiving calottes (200) or watch heads (300), each calotte (200) enclosing a movement (400) and its projecting control member. The case (1) includes, removable and stackable on top of one another, a back, a frame (90) including at least one measuring support (500) forming a lower support for a calotte (200) or watch head (300), and an upper portion including a cover (10) with a locking element (16) for compressing an upper resilient element (80, 83) and holding each calotte (200) and/or each watch head (300). Each measuring support (500) is supported by a sole made of a resilient material (921) and carries an internal running sensor (510). Each movement (400) of the case (1) is phonically isolated from the other movements (400) by other resilient elements in the case (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Omega SA
    Inventor: José LEHMANN
  • Patent number: D1030511
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Omega SA (Omega AG) (Omega Ltd.)
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Monachon
  • Patent number: D1030512
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Omega SA (Omega AG) (Omega Ltd.)
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Monachon
  • Patent number: D1034272
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Omega SA (Omega AG) (Omega Ltd.)
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Monachon
  • Patent number: D1035461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Omega SA (Omega AG) (Omega Ltd.)
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Monachon
  • Patent number: D1035475
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Omega SA (Omega AG) (Omega Ltd.)
    Inventor: Jean-Claude Monachon