Patents Assigned to Omega SA
  • SPIRAL SPRING FOR TIMEPIECE RESONATOR MECHANISM PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR SETTING THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF THE SPIRAL SPRING
    Publication number: 20220171335
    Abstract: A spiral spring for a timepiece resonator mechanism, the spiral spring extending substantially in a plane and including a flexible blade wound on itself in several turns and a setting device for modifying the effective length of the wound blade, the setting device including a clamp movable along at least one ending portion of the spiral spring, the clamp extending substantially in the plane of the spiral spring, the clamp including two bearing faces arranged on either side of the wound blade in a multiplicity of positions so as to define a variable effective length of the spiral spring, the clamp and the wound blade being linked to each other by a flexible element allowing the clamp and the bearing faces to be displaced along the wound blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Omega SA
    Inventors: Romain LE MOAL, Laurent JEANNERET, Pierre CUSIN
  • Annular retaining ring for a rotating bezel system
    Patent number: 11314207
    Abstract: An annular retaining ring for a rotating bezel system, intended to cooperate with an external cylindrical surface of a case middle part of a watch case to allow rotation of the rotating bezel on the case middle, the annular ring including a device for guiding rotation of the rotating bezel around the case middle; wherein the annular ring further includes a device configured to brake rotation of the rotating bezel around the case middle and to dampen sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventor: Olivier Silvant
  • Clasp for a watch bracelet
    Patent number: 11284684
    Abstract: A clasp for a watch bracelet including a cover connected on a first side to a first bracelet strand and on a second side to a second bracelet strand, a connection between the second bracelet strand and the cover of the clasp, the connection including a connecting link sliding in a longitudinal direction of the clasp between a first position and a second position. The clasp includes at least one first and one second bars mounted in the cover, and the connecting link includes a lever provided with a hook capable of moving from a first position wherein the hook is engaged with a first bar integral with the cover of the clasp, into a second position wherein the hook is released from the engagement thereof with the first bar and the link is free to slide so as to engage the second bar with a hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventor: Philippe Schaller
  • SUPPORT ELEMENT FOR A TIMEPIECE, SUCH AS A WRISTWATCH, OR A PIECE OF JEWELLERY
    Publication number: 20220087449
    Abstract: A support element (100, 200) for a timepiece (10) or a piece of jewellery including a receiving surface (111) configured to be at least partly in direct contact with the timepiece (10), or piece of jewellery, the support element (100, 200) including a peripheral portion (110) carrying the receiving surface (111), and a central portion (120, 220) formed by a block of material, the support element (100, 200) including an internal cavity (130, 230) forming a recess of the central portion (120, 220); the internal cavity defining a volume configured to receive and hold in position an object (140) inside the support element (100, 200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: OMEGA SA
    Inventor: Gregory KISSLING
  • SYSTEM FOR FASTENING A HOROLOGICAL MOVEMENT IN A WATCH CASE
    Publication number: 20220083009
    Abstract: A system for fastening a horological movement of generally circular shape in a watch case, this fastening system including a casing ring wherein the horological movement is disposed, the casing ring extending between an upper portion and a lower portion, the horological movement being fastened in the lower portion of the casing ring using a first and a second fastening device disposed at two opposite ends of a diameter of the horological movement, at least a third fastening device, angularly offset relative to the first and second fastening device and fastened in the upper portion of the casing ring, allowing the horological movement to be blocked in the casing ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Omega SA
    Inventor: Philippe LOETSCHER
  • TOOL FOR SEPARATING A BACK FROM A MIDDLE OF A TIMEPIECE, AS WELL AS A BACK HAVING A SLOT ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THE TOOL, AND TIMEPIECE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A BACK
    Publication number: 20220083010
    Abstract: A timepiece and a tool to separate a back from a middle, which jointly delimit a watch case of this timepiece, inside which a horological movement is housed, this tool having the appearance of a wedge, i.e. an acute-shaped part formed by a first face and a second face which intersect at an angle of less than 90° and which are connected to one another by a rounded portion, the first face of the tool being oriented such that it extends parallel to a mean plane wherein the horological movement is located when an horologist engages this tool between the back and the middle in order to separate this back from this middle, the rounded portion being connected to the second face by a curved portion, the curvature whereof is directed towards the inside of a surface delimited by the first and second faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Omega SA
    Inventor: Philippe LOETSCHER
  • Adjustable timepiece assembly
    Patent number: 11275343
    Abstract: An adjustable timepiece assembly, including a base bar and an adjustable bar whose position is adjustable with respect to the base bar, parallel to a reference plane, the adjustable assembly includes a first part guided in rotation on a first pin integral with the base bar and which includes a first toothed sector meshing with a first adjustment pinion press fit in the base bar, and which is subjected to the return force exerted by a first return spring to take up play, and the adjustable bar is guided in rotation on a second pin integral with the first part, and includes a second toothed sector meshing with a second adjustment pinion press fit in the first part, the adjustable bar being subjected to the return force of a second return spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: OMEGA SA
    Inventor: Julien Feyer
  • CLOCKWORK SELECTOR MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20220075326
    Abstract: A clockwork column selector mechanism, including a mobile with columns protruding above a base surface separated by clearances, forming slots along a profile, arranged to, in certain positions of the mobile, enable the insertion of a feeler-spindle into a clearance in a transverse direction substantially normal to the profile and parallel to the reference surface, and to, in other positions of the mobile, stop a feeler-spindle on a transverse surface of a column, at least one column including an intermediate transverse stopping surface constituting a stop bearing surface of a feeler-spindle and enable a partial insertion of a feeler-spindle in the thickness of one the slot, and which is located, in a transverse direction, between the geometric envelopes of two end transverse surfaces transversely delimiting this column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Omega SA
    Inventor: Jérôme FAVRE-BULLE
  • Annular rotating bezel system comprising at least one elastic arm
    Patent number: 11262703
    Abstract: An annular rotating bezel system intended to be rotatably mounted on a middle part of a watch case inside which is housed a timepiece movement which extends in a plane, including a rotating bezel, an annular holding ring, a toothed ring, and at least one elastic arm of which a free end is elastically and radially meshed with the toothed ring, said toothed ring and said at least one elastic arm being held in an axial direction perpendicular to the plane of the movement in the bezel by the annular holding ring, either the toothed ring or the elastic arm being arranged to be angularly joined to the rotating bezel, and other being arranged to be angularly joined to the case middle; wherein the elastic arm is formed of a flat strip-spring mounted in a cantilever arrangement in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: OMEGA SA
    Inventor: Olivier Silvant
  • BLACK COMPONENT DECORATED WITH STONES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20220050419
    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: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Omega SA
    Inventors: Frédéric JEANRENAUD, Gregory KISSLING, Stéphane LAUPER, Agnès MARLOT DOERR, Csilla MIKO
  • Chronograph repeater mechanism with safety function
    Patent number: 11249443
    Abstract: Acoustic timepiece display mechanism with a chronograph repeater for the acoustic display, by a striking mechanism, of a duration measured by a chronograph mechanism, this striking mechanism including a winding lever for driving a rack to move a striking rack in order to read the magnitude concerned and to release a corresponding strike function, this acoustic display mechanism includes, between the mechanism controlling the chronograph mechanism and the winding lever, a mechanical connection arranged, depending on the position of a control cam of the chronograph mechanism indirectly defining a variable secondary direction of the winding lever, to isolate or not to isolate the winding lever from a winding pusher operated in a single pusher direction by a user to set off the acoustic display of the timed duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: OMEGA SA
    Inventors: Julien Feyer, Cedric Reymond, Edmond Capt
  • Annular rotating bezel system comprising a spring ring provided with at least two lugs
    Patent number: 11243496
    Abstract: An annular rotating bezel system includes a rotating bezel, a toothed ring having a toothing provided with a plurality of teeth regularly distributed over an edge of the toothed ring, and a spring ring which extends in a plane in which it is capable of deforming elastically along a radius. The spring ring cooperates elastically with the toothed ring. The spring ring includes at least two lugs, each lug being configured to be elastically and radially engaged with the toothing of the toothed ring in at least one position of the bezel. At least two lugs are offset from each other by an offset angle, the or each offset angle between two successive lugs having a value different from an integer sub-multiple of 360 degrees, such that, in each position of the bezel, only one lug is elastically and radially engaged with the toothing of the toothed ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventor: Olivier Silvant
  • Decorative piece produced by setting
    Patent number: 11229264
    Abstract: A decorative piece includes a support made of a material having no usable plastic deformation in which at least one hollow is arranged. The hollow is filled with a first material forming a substrate in which at least one housing is arranged. The housing is arranged so that at least one aesthetic element is housable therein. The substrate further includes a gripper elastically deforming to retain the aesthetic element in the housing. The gripper further includes at least one setting element. A method for setting an aesthetic element on a support includes taking a support provided with at least one hollow, taking at least one aesthetic element, filling the hollow with a first material, making a setting hole and a gripper in the first material, and setting the aesthetic element by placing it in the hole and by deforming the gripper so as to retain the aesthetic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: OMEGA SA
    Inventors: Stephane Lauper, Gregory Kissling, Yves Winkler, Alban Dubach, Stewes Bourban, Alexandre Netuschill, Lionel Blaser
  • Chronograph repeater mechanism with safety function
    Patent number: 11221589
    Abstract: An acoustic timepiece display mechanism includes a chronograph repeater for the acoustic display, by a striking mechanism, of a duration measured by a chronograph mechanism. The striking mechanism includes a winding lever for driving a rack to move a striking unit including a rack pinion integral with a striking ratchet, to move a striking rack to read the magnitude concerned and to release a corresponding strike function. The acoustic display mechanism includes, between a control mechanism included in the chronograph mechanism and the winding lever, a safety mechanism arranged, depending on the position of the strike wheel set, to allow or prevent travel of an operating lever of the control mechanism of the chronograph mechanism, which operating lever is arranged to be pivoted under the action of a chronograph start pusher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: OMEGA SA
    Inventors: Julien Feyer, Edmond Capt
  • Structure for a fragile dial
    Patent number: 11221588
    Abstract: A dial to be mounted in a watch case includes a first support plate and a second fragile plate, the two plates defining a horizontal plane and being bonded one on top of the other in a vertical direction relative to the horizontal plane. The second plate has a smaller section in the horizontal plane than the section of the first plate in order to leave free on the first plate a peripheral rim to be mounted with play inside the watch case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventor: Bastien Erard
  • STEM-CROWN OF A WATER-RESISTANT WATCH CASE, AND WATCH CASE COMPRISING SAME
    Publication number: 20210405589
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Omega SA
    Inventors: Nicolas LAZZARI, Cédric KALTENRIEDER-ELLIS
  • Acoustic timepiece display mechanism, particularly a chronograph repeater
    Patent number: 11194291
    Abstract: A timepiece display mechanism includes a rotating display member for displaying a magnitude other than the current time of day, or a position in a cycle. The rotating display member is integral in rotation with a snail cooperating with the beak of a striking rack included in a striking mechanism integrated in or juxtaposed with this display mechanism, to strike a numerical value characteristic of this magnitude, or respectively of this position. The display mechanism is more particularly a chronograph mechanism including a seconds snail integral with a main chronograph wheel, for counting the seconds and cooperating with a seconds rack, and a minute snail integral with a minute counter wheel for counting the minutes and cooperating with a minute rack, in order, after timing a duration, to strike the minutes and seconds of the timed duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: OMEGA SA
    Inventors: Gregory Kissling, Julien Feyer
  • Water-resistant watch case
    Patent number: 11169488
    Abstract: 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 with a fastening gasket on an upper side of the middle part. The back includes an annular bearing surface for coming into contact with an inner annular surface of the middle part of a shape complementary to the bearing surface during mounting of the back on the middle part. The annular bearing surface and the inner annular surface are 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 so as to distribute stresses between the back and the middle part due to the water pressure during a dive. The annular bearing surface and the inner annular surface are conical in shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventors: Cedric Kaltenrieder, Gregory Kissling, Yves Winkler, John Ramsay
  • Stem-crown of a water-resistant watch case, and watch case comprising same
    Patent number: 11156962
    Abstract: A stem-crown of a water-resistant watch case includes a stem inserted into a tubular opening of a middle part of the watch case, and a crown including a first portion connected to the stem and a second handling portion. The first portion of the crown includes an annular contact surface, which is inclined at a determined angle less than 90° relative to a longitudinal central axis of the stem-crown, extending from the link between the stem and the first portion of the crown towards the outside of the second portion of the crown. In a rest position, the first portion of the crown comes into contact or bears against an annular receiving surface of the middle part, the shape thereof complements that of an end of the tubular opening to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventors: Cedric Kaltenrieder, Gregory Kissling, Herve Avril, Ricardo Marcos, Samuel Geiser, John Ramsay
  • Timepiece including a device for locking a valve or a winding button
    Patent number: 11150606
    Abstract: A timepiece includes a locking device capable of blocking the translation of a valve or of a control member in the position the closest to the central axis of the case. The locking device includes a blocking element capable of undergoing translational displacement along a radial axis between a locking position and an unlocking position, where the member is respectively blocked or free to move in translation, a part mounted such that it can move in rotation about the central axis of the case and intended to be set in rotation by a user, drive device linking the angular displacement of the part mounted such that it can move in rotation to the translational displacement of the blocking element between the locking and unlocking positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Omega SA
    Inventors: Philippe Loetscher, Gregory Kissling