Abstract: A timepiece case, including a seat which guides inside it a push-piece for supplying energy, including a control member which can be operated with pressure against resilient return device and which is integral with driving device, the push-piece or the case including a flat cam track, the case or the push-piece including a pivot about which an arm carrying a pin following the profile of this track pivots, which track includes elbows directed towards the pivot and defining stable positions of the pin and ramps arranged so that any pressure applied on the control member when it is in the rest position causes the pin to come out of its stable position and to travel, under the action of the resilient return device, towards another stable position.

Abstract: The invention relates to an escape valve for a timepiece including an outlet channel arranged to be capable of being in fluid communication with the interior of a case of the timepiece when the valve is in an open configuration to evacuate an excess of fluid. The valve includes a tube to be fixed in the case of the timepiece and a valve head provided with a cover and an axial skirt adapted to be placed in different axial positions, a pressure control module separate from the valve head arranged in the interior of a fluid conduit provided in the tube and axial guide elements by screwing defined in the valve head and the tube playing a part in the control of the displacement of the valve head relative to tube in the different axial positions, blocking elements preventing a disassociation between the valve head and the tube.

Abstract: An automatic safety valve for a timepiece, especially for a diving watch. The valve includes a valve head, a tube designed to be secured in a case of the timepiece, and an evacuation channel arranged so as to be in fluidic communication with the inside of the case when the safety valve is in an open configuration so as to evacuate an excess of fluid. The safety valve further includes a pressure regulator arranged inside the evacuation channel to maintain the outlet speed of the fluid.

Abstract: A crown head for a timepiece includes a cap, a tube secured in a timepiece case, a central pipe engaged with the tube, and a safety valve with a discharge channel in fluid communication with the inside of the case when the valve is in an open configuration, to discharge excess fluid. The safety valve also includes a piston fitted inside the central pipe and an elastic member to cooperate with the piston, which can be displaced axially according to the pressure variations inside the case. The crown head also includes a blockage which prevents separation of the cap and the tube. The blockage includes a shoulder arranged on the inner wall of the tube, and includes a support surface against which part of the piston can abut, and a rim provided at the base of the central pipe to abut against a shoulder on the piston.

Abstract: A safety valve for a timepiece, particularly for a diving watch, including a discharge channel arranged to be able to be in fluid communication with the inside of a case of the timepiece when the valve is in an open configuration, in order to discharge excess fluid, particularly a gaseous fluid, the valve having a tube and a valve head provided with a cover and an axial skirt placed in various axial positions relative to the tube, and a pressure control module arranged inside a fluid duct provided in the tube and sliding axial guiding elements participating in controlling the movement of the valve head relative to the tube in the various axial positions, the safety valve including blocking elements preventing disconnection between the valve head and the tube and included in an outer or inner wall of the tube and in the valve head.

Abstract: A timepiece including a case middle, a bezel, rotatably mounted on the case middle, and an actuation member including a cover capable of adopting a retracted position and a deployed position relative to the case middle, the cover being provided with a bearing surface actuatable by the user's finger, wherein the cover includes a shoulder distinct from the bearing surface, the shoulder being intended to cooperate with the bezel when the cover is in the retracted position.

Abstract: A timepiece case, including a seat which guides inside it a push-piece for supplying energy, including a control member which can be operated with pressure against resilient return device and which is integral with driving device, the push-piece or the case including a flat cam track, the case or the push-piece including a pivot about which an arm carrying a pin following the profile of this track pivots, which track includes elbows directed towards the pivot and defining stable positions of the pin and ramps arranged so that any pressure applied on the control member when it is in the rest position causes the pin to come out of its stable position and to travel, under the action of the resilient return device, towards another stable position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a safety valve for a timepiece, particularly for a diving watch, comprising a discharge channel arranged to be able to be in fluid communication with the inside of a case of said timepiece when said valve is in an open configuration, in order to discharge excess fluid, particularly a gaseous fluid, said valve comprising: a tube intended to be fastened in the case of the timepiece, as well as a valve head provided with a cover and an axial skirt that is capable of being placed in various axial positions relative to said tube; a pressure control module separate from the valve head arranged inside a fluid duct provided in the tube, as well as sliding axial guiding elements defined in the valve head and the tube participating in controlling the movement of the valve head relative to the tube in the various axial positions, said safety valve comprising blocking elements preventing disconnection between the valve head and said tube, said blocking elements being included in an outer or i

Abstract: The invention relates to an escape valve for a timepiece including an outlet channel arranged to be capable of being in fluid communication with the interior of a case of the timepiece when the valve is in an open configuration to evacuate an excess of fluid. The valve includes a tube to be fixed in the case of the timepiece and a valve head provided with a cover and an axial skirt adapted to be placed in different axial positions, a pressure control module separate from the valve head arranged in the interior of a fluid conduit provided in the tube and axial guide elements by screwing defined in the valve head and the tube playing a part in the control of the displacement of the valve head relative to tube in the different axial positions, blocking elements preventing a disassociation between the valve head and the tube.

Abstract: The invention relates to a screw-down orientable crown comprising a cover integral with a tube and receiving a distinctive sign, a fixed body pressed into a watch case middle and intended to receive the tube, and means for adjusting the angular orientation of the cover with respect to the case middle. According to the invention, the means for adjusting the angular orientation of the cover comprise a ring arranged to be screwed onto the tube, said ring comprising first indexing means arranged to cooperate with second indexing means formed in the body, the ring being pressed in and positioned on the body via the first and second indexing means.

Abstract: An automatic safety valve for a timepiece, especially for a diving watch. The valve includes a valve head, a tube designed to be secured in a case of the timepiece, and an evacuation channel arranged so as to be in fluidic communication with the inside of the case when the safety valve is in an open configuration so as to evacuate an excess of fluid. The safety valve further includes a pressure regulator arranged inside the evacuation channel to maintain the outlet speed of the fluid.

Abstract: The invention relates to a crown head for a timepiece, comprising a cap, a tube which is designed to be secured in a case of the timepiece, and a central pipe which is designed to be engaged with the tube, the central pipe and the cap forming an assembly which can be placed in different axial positions relative to the tube, the crown head also comprising a safety valve comprising a discharge channel which is designed to be able to be in fluid communication with the inside of the case when the valve is in an open configuration, in order to discharge excess fluid, the said safety valve also comprising a piston fitted inside the central pipe and an elastic member designed to cooperate with the piston, which is configured to be displaced axially according to the pressure variations inside the case, the crown head also comprising blocking means which prevent separation of the cap and the tube.

Abstract: A crown for timepieces which has improved sealing regardless of its position. To achieve this, the crown includes a tube; a cap including a cover and an axial skirt; a sealing gasket disposed between the screwed or pressed-in tube and the axial skirt of the cap; a pipe fixed to the cap, the pipe and the cap forming an assembly able to be placed in different axial positions relative to the screwed or pressed-in tube; wherein the crown further includes a guide ring integral with one end of the screwed or pressed-in tube, the guide ring including a bearing surface arranged to exert an axial pressure on the sealing gasket in one of the axial positions of the cap.

Abstract: A crown for timepieces which has improved sealing regardless of its position. To achieve this, the crown includes a tube; a cap including a cover and an axial skirt; a sealing gasket disposed between the screwed or pressed-in tube and the axial skirt of the cap; a pipe fixed to the cap, the pipe and the cap forming an assembly able to be placed in different axial positions relative to the screwed or pressed-in tube; wherein the crown further includes a guide ring integral with one end of the screwed or pressed-in tube, the guide ring including a bearing surface arranged to exert an axial pressure on the sealing gasket in one of the axial positions of the cap.

Abstract: A timepiece including a case middle, a bezel, rotatably mounted on the case middle, and an actuation member including a cover capable of adopting a retracted position and a deployed position relative to the case middle, the cover being provided with a bearing surface actuatable by the user's finger, wherein the cover includes a shoulder distinct from the bearing surface, the shoulder being intended to cooperate with the bezel when the cover is in the retracted position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a screw-down orientable crown comprising a cover integral with a tube and receiving a distinctive sign, a fixed body pressed into a watch case middle and intended to receive the tube, and means for adjusting the angular orientation of the cover with respect to the case middle. According to the invention, the means for adjusting the angular orientation of the cover comprise a ring arranged to be screwed onto the tube, said ring comprising first indexing means arranged to cooperate with second indexing means formed in the body, the ring being pressed in and positioned on the body via the first and second indexing means.

Abstract: The present invention provides a kit for fixing a stem in a holder of a measurement apparatus, wherein the kit comprises a holder, which has a bore, and a stem, with a first end and a second end, wherein the bore has at least one vertical groove. The present invention furthermore provides a method for fixing a stem in the holder by means of adhesive.

Abstract: A stylus includes a stem with a first end and a second end, wherein the stem includes a contact element at the first end and can be arranged with the second end in a holder, and wherein the stylus includes an RFID chip. Also, a measurement device including the stylus and a method for taking account of data characterizing the stylus in a measurement device is provided.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for testing, in a destructive or non-destructive manner, femoral head prosthesis having a blind hole for receiving the end of a femoral prosthesis rod. The device includes a frame provided with a shaft projecting from the frame, said shaft having a substantially complementary shape to said bore and being associated with means for applying a pressure onto the inner bore wall when a femoral head is fitted onto said shaft. This device is characterised in that the shaft includes a sealed jacket having at least one deformable lateral wall portion, and a socket fitted onto said jacket and provided with elastic fingers that extend substantially facing said deformable wall portion of the jacket, and in that said jacket defines an inner chamber in communication with means supplying a pressurized fluid, such that the fluid pressure is transmitted to the inner bore wall via the deformable wall and the elastic fingers.