CN101286039A

CN101286039A - Timepiece with a turning bezel

Info

Publication number: CN101286039A
Application number: CN 200810100365
Authority: CN
Inventors: C·伊法
Original assignee: Richemont International SA
Current assignee: Richemont International SA
Priority date: 2007-04-10
Filing date: 2008-04-08
Publication date: 2008-10-15
Anticipated expiration: 2028-04-08
Also published as: HK1116263A1; EP1980921A2; EP1980921B1; EP1980921A3; CN101286039B; CH696988A5

Abstract

The present invention relates to a watch including a watch case on which a rotating bezel (16) and a dial (12) are mounted. The bezel comprises an upper opening (22) with a non-circular shape such that only a part of the dial is visible.

Description

Comprise that rotating table covers the clock and watch of frame

Technical field

The present invention aims to provide a kind of clock and watch that comprise rotating table illiteracy frame.

Summary of the invention

The objective of the invention is to realize a kind of clock and watch that are easy to change shape and appearance, especially change the appearance of its outer shape and dial, to found the clock and watch that a kind of interesting and fine arts outward appearance can be changed by the user.

The present invention also aims to provide a kind of clock and watch that watch and clock movement are housed and have the watchcase of rotating table illiteracy frame that comprise, it looms large by feature cited in claim 1 and dependent claims.

Description of drawings

Accompanying drawing summarily reaches a form of implementation of expressing as an example according to clock and watch of the present invention.

Fig. 1 is a front view (FV) of these clock and watch, and wherein the table of watchcase covers frame in primary importance.

Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 represent this clock and watch, and wherein the table of watchcase covers frame respectively in second and third position.

Fig. 4 is a planimetric map at this clock and watch back side.

Fig. 5 is the summary view of the dial of these clock and watch, and the table of watchcase covers the frame opening and represents with dot-and-dash line in two diverse locations of described table illiteracy frame.

Fig. 6 represents a sectional view along Fig. 3 center line A-A with significant proportion.

Fig. 7 with Fig. 6 in same ratio represent a sectional view along Fig. 3 center line B-B.

Fig. 8 represents a partial cross section figure along Fig. 4 center line C-C with significant proportion.

Embodiment

Clock and watch in the accompanying drawings are to comprise that a rotating table covers the wrist-watch of frame, and have according to table cover frame relative scale dish and thus relatively the angle position of watchcase in table covers the upper opening of frame, appear the feature of the different piece of dial.In addition, not only the appearance of dial depends on that table covers the angle position of frame in represented example, and the outer shape of table also changes according to the angle position of table illiteracy frame.

The clock and watch of expression are to comprise one by shoulder cover 1 as an example in the accompanying drawings, the wrist-watch of the watchcase of bottom 2 and upper wall 3 formations.Shoulder cover 1 comprises a center cavity 4, is fixing the movement 5 of clock and watch in this cavity, and the axis of this movement passes upper wall 3 by the center pit 6 of upper wall.Bottom 2 is screwed in screw 7 to take on the cover 1 and with an O-ring seal 8 guarantees that bottom 2 and shoulder overlap the sealing between 1.

The upper wall 3 of watchcase comprises some pin circles 9, and they are used for being placed on the bore hole 10 of shoulder cover 1 and make this upper wall 3 be fixed on shoulder cover 1 by screw 11.

According to this form of implementation, upper wall 3 and at least the top of shoulder cover 1 be divided into cylindrical and have an orbicular part respectively and an annular section.In addition, the external diameter of upper wall is substantially equal to take on the maybe external diameter on the top of this shoulder cover of cover 1.

These clock and watch also comprise the dial 12 of a circle, and it is placed or is engraved on the upper surface of upper wall 3 of watchcase.This dial 12 has basically the diameter with the equal diameters of upper wall 3.

In illustrated embodiment, this dial 12 comprises some numerals: 12 of noon, and 9 words on 6 and nine o'clock on 3, six o'clock on the three, as shown in Figure 5.

The cylindrical outer surface of shoulder cover 1 comprises one first annular groove 13, has placed an O-ring seal 14 in this groove, and has comprised one second annular groove 15, is used for fixing a rotating table and covers frame 16 on watchcase, as hereinafter with appreciable.

This rotating table covers frame 16 and comprises that sensible this table covers the cylindrical internal cavity 17 of the round section on the frame inside surface, and its diameter is corresponding to the external diameter of watchcase.In assembling position, the cylindrical wall that table covers the internal cavity 17 of frame 16 is positioned at the peripheral of watchcase and compresses an O-ring seal 14.Cover in the lower surface of frame 16 at table and to fix by screw 19 in second annular groove 15 that pawl 18 and these pawls extend to shoulder cover 1, remain on it and be assembled in the axial location on the watchcase and also allow this table illiteracy frame to center on the watchcase rotation so that will show to cover frame 16.According to a flexible program, shoulder cover 1 also can have a lower part, and this lower part is positioned at following and this lower part that table covers the plane of frame 16 to have one and be different from columniform outer wall.

According to another form of implementation, table covers frame can rotation on a complete and sealed thus box (having the box that self glass covers).In the case, cover frame for table unnecessary (but always still possible) surrounded one second glass illiteracy, and the shoulder cover can have shape in any case.This form of implementation also is very easy to realize technically.

Best, the ball backstop 20 that is arranged in the peripheral wall of takeing on cover 1 cooperatively interacts with the pit 21 of work at the cylindrical wall of the internal cavity 17 of table illiteracy frame, and these pit permission tables cover frame 16 relative watchcasees and are positioned in the different predetermined angular position.

Table covers frame 16 and comprises a upper opening 22, and this opening is communicated with its cylindrical internal cavity 17 and is concentricity and have a non-circular shape, for example is avette or oval, as shown in FIG., but also can be square, triangle or other non-circular shape.A glass covers 23 and closes the upper opening 22 that this rotating table covers frame 16.

Therefore, no matter how this rotating table covers the angle position of frame 16 on watchcase, only be that the core 24 of dial 12 can be seen all the time; The different piece of the outer peripheral areas 25 of dial 12 (shown in form of implementation in similar shape for annular) then to just can be seen (referring to Fig. 5) according to this angle position that table covers frame 16 relative watchcasees.

Can be Any shape always this appearance is covered the outer shape of frame 16, for example be circular, remains unchanged no matter this table covers the outer shape of how showing the angle position of the relative watchcase of frame.Yet if as shown in figure, the outer shape that rotating table covers frame 16 is not circular, and the appearance of covering obtainable each the different angle positions table of frame 16 relative watchcasees for table will change.

The opening 22 of table illiteracy frame is the ellipse identical with its circumferential profile in illustrated embodiment.The major axis that the change table covers the opening 22 of frame 16 in Fig. 1 is oriented on axis 12 point-6 of dial and on the axis of watchband.Numeral 12 on the dial and 6 can be seen.

When table covers frame 16 relative to the position shown in its Fig. 1 is rotated 60 ° the time, the relative watchband axis of major axis that table covers the frame opening is inclination, and referring to Fig. 2, any numeral of dial 12 can not be seen.

The major axis of opening that covers frame 16 when table is during perpendicular to the axis of watchband, and referring to Fig. 3, the numeral 3 on the dial and 9 can be seen.

The total appearance of table or the outer shape of table also change according to the angle position of table illiteracy frame 16, and this is not because its outer shape is circular.

Therefore, decide as where arranging numeral, additional show tags (as the show tags of second movement of calendar watch or table) or the decoration on its outer peripheral areas 25 of dial according to us, the appearance of dial will change according to the angle position of rotatable table illiteracy frame 16 relative watchcasees.According to a form of implementation, the rotation amplitude that table covers frame can be limited in 90 ° upward (for example using ratchet and backstop).According to another embodiment, table covers frame or can rotate on 360 ° in one direction or on two directions.In addition, for any angle position of table illiteracy frame 16,

watchcase

1,2,3 keep sealing.

In illustrated embodiment, in the non-circular opening 22 of table illiteracy frame, fix one and setting off part 26.This sets off, and part 26 is used to inlay building stones or support is decorated, and it will make the off-balancesheet looks change according to the angle position of the relative watchcase of table illiteracy frame more loom large.

In clock and watch according to the present invention, in general, this table comprises that the rotatable table with non-circular openings 22 covers frame, and it can make the part of dial 12 reveal.Preferably watchcase has one (at least in part) and is circular or columniform shoulder cover 1, and rotating table covers the internal cavity 17 that frame has a circle, and shoulder cover 1 is embedded, opening 22 by in fixed on the axis of described circular cavity 17.

According to its particularly advantageous flexible program, table cover frame rotation can according to hour or minute carry out maybe can indicating the change in time zone synchronously.

Claims

1. clock and watch, comprise a watchcase (1,2,3), a rotating table has been installed on this watchcase has been covered a frame (16) and a dial (12), it is characterized in that: rotating table covers the upper opening (22) that frame (16) comprises a non-circular shape, and this opening only makes the part of dial (12) reveal.

2. according to the clock and watch of claim 1, it is characterized in that: dial (12) is circular, and its diameter overlaps the diameter of the cylindrical outer surface of (1) basically corresponding to a shoulder; Reach rotating table illiteracy frame and comprise a columniform internal cavity (17), its diameter overlaps the diameter of the cylindrical outer surface of (1) basically corresponding to shoulder, and this shoulder cover (1) is arranged in internal cavity (17) at least in part.

3. according to the clock and watch of claim 2, it is characterized in that: watchcase is by shoulder cover (1), and a bottom (2) and a circular top wall (3) constitute, and the external diameter of this upper wall is corresponding to the diameter of the cylindrical outer surface of shoulder cover (1); And shoulder cover (1) comprises a center cavity (4) that receives watch and clock movement (5).

4. according to the clock and watch of claim 3, it is characterized in that: dial (12) is placed or is fixed on the upper surface of upper wall (3) of watchcase.

5. according to the clock and watch of claim 3 or 4, it is characterized in that: be provided with O-ring seal (8,14) between bottom (2) and the shoulder cover (1) and between shoulder cover (1) and the rotating table illiteracy frame (16).

6. according to one clock and watch in the claim 2 to 5, it is characterized in that: these clock and watch comprise one relatively the rotating table in shoulder cover (1) location cover the device of the predetermined angular position of frame (16).

7. according to one clock and watch in the above claim, it is characterized in that: in table covers the upper opening (22) of frame, fixed one and set off part (26).

8. according to one clock and watch in the above claim, it is characterized in that: dial (12) comprises no matter table covers frame (16) first area (24) and the second area (25) how the angle position of watchcase relatively can be seen, covers frame (16) for rotating table and only is second area a part can be seen in a given angle position of watchcase relatively.

9. clock and watch according to Claim 8, it is characterized in that: dial (12) comprises cue mark or decoration at least in its second area (25).

10. according to Claim 8 or 9 clock and watch, it is characterized in that: the first area (24) of dial (12) is that the second area (25) of a central circular and dial (12) is an outer peripheral areas.

11. according to one clock and watch in the above claim, it is characterized in that: the outer shape that rotating table covers frame (16) is circular.

12. according to one clock and watch in the claim 1 to 10, it is characterized in that: the outer shape that rotating table covers frame (16) is non-circular.

13., it is characterized in that according to one clock and watch in the above claim: rotating table cover frame (16) upper opening (22) be shaped as avette or oval.