Fastening The Dials To The Clock Or Watch Plates [g04b 19/14] Patents (Class 968/157)
  • Patent number: 12248278
    Abstract: A key for holding a dial foot, the key including a cylindrical head arranged at the end of a rod, the head and the rod being coaxial, the head including a flat and a collar extending over a portion of its periphery in an angular sector defined around the longitudinal axis of the rod, on either side of the flat. The collar includes a cross section with a frustoconical shape and, with respect to the periphery of the head, forms a minimum radial projection, substantially zero, at the ends of this angular sector and forms a maximum radial projection between these ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse
    Inventors: Baptist Wyssbrod, Matthieu Erard
  • Patent number: 12066791
    Abstract: A dial plate (1) for a timepiece is designed to be mounted on a connection ring (2), and has a first, lower surface (12) designed to be oriented towards the interior of a timepiece, an opposite second, upper surface (13) designed to be on view, and a third surface (11) connecting the first and second surfaces, forming a peripheral contour of the dial plate. The third, peripheral contour surface (11) includes a section which passes via a plane perpendicular to the second surface (13), this section having a first part (11a) extending from the first, lower surface (12) to the second, upper surface (13) of the dial plate (1), in a direction which is non-perpendicular to the first, lower surface (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: Benjamin Bourg, Daniel Fiammingo, Grégoire Fluri, Laurent Mincone
  • Patent number: 11960244
    Abstract: A timepiece (100) including a case (10) including a middle (1), the top part whereof is closed by a bezel (2) and the bottom part whereof is closed by a back (3), a horological movement (4) mounted against the middle (1) by means of a casing ring (5), wherein the casing ring (5) comprises at least two clippable parts (50, 51) which hold the horological movement (4), the two parts being inseparable once mounted against the middle (1) when closing the case (10) of the timepiece (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventor: Philipp Tschumi
  • Patent number: 11829109
    Abstract: A device (10) for fastening an external or display element (20) onto a horological structure (100), including a retaining key (1) including a post (2) fastened to the structure (100) and a head (9) with a truncated flange (3) having a first lip (31) cooperating by bearing, in a blocking manner, with a face (41) of a fastening element (4) integral with this display element (20), which first lip (31) is delimited by non-coplanar edges (51, 52), this retaining key (1) includes, joined to each edge (51, 52) and radially retracted relative to the periphery (30) of the first lip (31), a second lip (6) having an upper surface (68) which is, at each edge (51, 52), tapered relative to the upper surface (38) of the first lip (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGÈRE SUISSE
    Inventor: Laurent Kaelin
  • Patent number: 11644796
    Abstract: A dial for a timepiece, such as a watch, includes at least one three-dimensional decoration offset away from a base plate which forms part of the dial. The decoration is mounted on the base plate by an assembly of elements including a fixing screw, a support bar including a proximal end secured to the base plate by the fixing screw and a distal end attached to a first point of the lower surface of the decoration, a support foot including a proximal end held in a fixed position in the plate of the base plate and a distal end attached to a second point of the lower surface of the decoration, and a spacer which forms a lateral connection between the fixing screw and the support foot, the spacer being secured with the support bar to the base plate by the fixing screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Montres Jaquet Droz SA
    Inventor: David Hurni