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EP0373804A2 - Construction de cadran pour pièce d'horlogerie et pièce d'horlogerie - Google Patents

Construction de cadran pour pièce d'horlogerie et pièce d'horlogerie Download PDF

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EP0373804A2
EP0373804A2 EP89312605A EP89312605A EP0373804A2 EP 0373804 A2 EP0373804 A2 EP 0373804A2 EP 89312605 A EP89312605 A EP 89312605A EP 89312605 A EP89312605 A EP 89312605A EP 0373804 A2 EP0373804 A2 EP 0373804A2
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glasses
timepiece
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Philip Yung Tak Lam
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/06—Dials
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • G04B37/02—Evacuated cases; Cases filled with gas or liquids; Cases containing substances for absorbing or binding moisture or dust
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B47/00—Time-pieces combined with other articles which do not interfere with the running or the time-keeping of the time-piece
    • G04B47/04—Time-pieces combined with other articles which do not interfere with the running or the time-keeping of the time-piece with attached ornaments or amusement apparatus
    • G04B47/044—Movable decorations and parts thereof

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  • This invention relates to a timepiece dial assembly suitable particularly, but not exclusively, for a watch and to a timepiece incorporating such a dial assembly.
  • a timepiece dial assembly including a pair of spaced apart, superimposed glasses which are apertured intermediate their edges to provide a passage through the superimposed glasses for a hand carrying motion shaft of a timepiece movement to project therethrough, and of which glasses the first or top glass is made of transparent material, said glasses being sealed together around their outer peripheries, and being sealed together around their inner peripheries defining said apertures and said passage to define between the glasses a sealed chamber containing a fluid providing a decorative effect visible through the first or top glass, and at least one of said glasses carrying numbers or marks providing time indications.
  • the fluid is a liquid.
  • the fluid contains movable objects and/or particles to provide or enhance the decorative effect.
  • the second or bottom glass is provided with an annular well adjacent to its outer periphery to provide a reservoir in said chamber for said fluid.
  • the second or bottom glass has an outer upstanding peripheral wall for sealing with the first or top glass outer periphery and an upstanding inner peripheral wall for sealing with the first or top glass inner periphery.
  • the upstanding outer and/or inner peripheral walls are recessed at their end edges to provide a seat or seats for the first or top glass.
  • a timepiece dial assembly of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings as embodied in a timepiece in the form of a wrist watch. However it is to be understood that such a timepiece dial assembly could be embodied in any other form of timepiece desired, such as a clock or pocket watch.
  • the timepiece dial assembly of the invention includes a pair of spaced apart, superimposed, glasses made up of a first or top glass 1 made of transparent material and a second or bottom glass 2 which may or may not be made of transparent material.
  • the glasses 1 and 2 are apertured intermediate their edges to provide a passage 3, as shown in Figure 3, through the superimposed glasses for a hand carrying motion shaft 4 of a timepiece movement 5 to project therethrough.
  • the glasses 1 and 2 are sealed together around their outer peripheries and sealed together around their inner peripheries defining the apertures and passage 3, to define between the glasses a sealed chamber 6 containing a fluid providing a decorative effect visible through the first or top glass.
  • the second or bottom glass 2 has an outer upstanding peripheral wall 7 for sealing with the outer periphery of the glass 1 and an upstanding peripheral wall 8 for sealing with the inner periphery of the glass 1.
  • the outer and or inner peripheral wall 7 and 8 are recessed at their end edges to provide a seat or seat or seats such as 9 for the glass 1.
  • the glass 2 is provided with an annular well 10 adjacent to its outer periphery and outer peripheral wall 7 to provide a reservoir in the chamber 6 for the fluid.
  • This fluid preferably is a liquid which may or may not be decorative in its own right such as for example by being coloured or being made up of liquids which are partially miscible in one another and which thereby provide contrasting colour effects. Additionally and/or alternatively the liquid may contain a plurality of movable objects and/or particles 6a whose movement throughout the liquid provides or enhances the decorative effect which is visible to an onlooker through the transparent first or top glass 1.
  • a timepiece dial assembly may be housed in a conventional watch case 11 such as shown in Figure 3.
  • the top glass 1 and/or the bottom glass 2 of the timepiece dial assembly may carry numbers or marks 13 providing such time indications.
  • these numbers or marks 13 are provided on the top or outer surface of the glass 1 immediately underneath the hands 12 where they are visible through a transparent outer glass 14 of the timepiece.
  • the timepice dial assembly of the invention is shown in operative associateion with a wrist watch and movement 5.
  • This wrist watch may be assembled and formed in any convenient manner to afford access to the dial assembly.
  • the watch case 11 has a removable base plate 15 through which the movement 5 may be removed after removal of its winding or adjustment stem 16 and crown or button 17 allowing removal or replacement of the dial assembly through the base of the watch case 11.
  • Such a watch case may also be provided with a wrist strap 18 of any convenient form.
  • movement of the timepiece provided with the timepiece dial assembly of the invention causes the fluid and/or objects and/or particles 6a in the chamber 6 to move therein and provide a changing visual decorative effect for the user of the timepiece.

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GB8828980A GB2225879A (en) 1988-12-12 1988-12-12 A timepieece dial assembly and timepiece
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EP0373804A2 true EP0373804A2 (fr) 1990-06-20
EP0373804A3 EP0373804A3 (en) 1991-01-30

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CH680893GA3 (en) * 1991-04-15 1992-12-15 Decorative wrist watch which can be used for game of chance - comprises inner and outer discs able to rotate beneath hands and small ball running around watch face
FR2717276A1 (fr) * 1994-03-11 1995-09-15 Viancin Charles Montre à cadran formant une enceinte décorative.
CH686208GA3 (de) * 1991-09-04 1996-02-15 Werner Aerni Uhr mit durchsichtigem Zifferblatt.
WO1996042037A1 (fr) * 1995-06-09 1996-12-27 Charles Viancin Article d'horlogerie, et notamment montre, avec decoration ou effet decoratif variable
DE102013110384A1 (de) * 2013-09-19 2015-03-19 Roman Schulz Uhr
CH712113A1 (fr) * 2016-02-12 2017-08-15 Cartier Int Ag Objet décoratif, en particulier glace de montre, à effet optique.
WO2024110838A1 (fr) * 2022-11-25 2024-05-30 Cartier International Ag Objet décoratif, en particulier comprenant un module décoratif pour montre

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IT1234118B (it) * 1989-06-12 1992-04-29 Inzerillo Giuseppe Nordio Fran Metodo per la produzione di quadranti in vetro murrino

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GB881771A (en) * 1959-01-20 1961-11-08 Harry Sylvester Improvements in or relating to watches, clocks, or like timepieces
FR2103625A1 (fr) * 1970-08-31 1972-04-14 Nagy Stephan
FR2166301A1 (fr) * 1972-01-07 1973-08-17 Aussenard Pierre
US4034554A (en) * 1975-04-18 1977-07-12 International Product Development, Ltd. Clock with moving colored display
DE8701203U1 (de) * 1987-01-26 1987-07-23 Mang, Georg Uhr mit dekorativen Effekten, insbesondere Armbanduhr, Taschenuhr od.dgl.

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GB2084764A (en) * 1980-09-22 1982-04-15 Timex Corp Combination analog/digital timepieces
GB2125991B (en) * 1982-08-25 1985-10-02 Tak Lam Philip Yung Watch glass and watch

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB881771A (en) * 1959-01-20 1961-11-08 Harry Sylvester Improvements in or relating to watches, clocks, or like timepieces
FR2103625A1 (fr) * 1970-08-31 1972-04-14 Nagy Stephan
FR2166301A1 (fr) * 1972-01-07 1973-08-17 Aussenard Pierre
US4034554A (en) * 1975-04-18 1977-07-12 International Product Development, Ltd. Clock with moving colored display
DE8701203U1 (de) * 1987-01-26 1987-07-23 Mang, Georg Uhr mit dekorativen Effekten, insbesondere Armbanduhr, Taschenuhr od.dgl.

Cited By (14)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CH680893GA3 (en) * 1991-04-15 1992-12-15 Decorative wrist watch which can be used for game of chance - comprises inner and outer discs able to rotate beneath hands and small ball running around watch face
CH686208GA3 (de) * 1991-09-04 1996-02-15 Werner Aerni Uhr mit durchsichtigem Zifferblatt.
FR2717276A1 (fr) * 1994-03-11 1995-09-15 Viancin Charles Montre à cadran formant une enceinte décorative.
WO1996042037A1 (fr) * 1995-06-09 1996-12-27 Charles Viancin Article d'horlogerie, et notamment montre, avec decoration ou effet decoratif variable
DE102013110384A1 (de) * 2013-09-19 2015-03-19 Roman Schulz Uhr
DE102013110384B4 (de) * 2013-09-19 2018-01-18 Roman Schulz Uhr
WO2017137915A1 (fr) * 2016-02-12 2017-08-17 Cartier International Ag Objet décoratif, en particulier glace de montre, à effet optique.
CH712113A1 (fr) * 2016-02-12 2017-08-15 Cartier Int Ag Objet décoratif, en particulier glace de montre, à effet optique.
CN108778774A (zh) * 2016-02-12 2018-11-09 卡地亚国际有限公司 具有光学效果的装饰物，特别是手表玻璃
US20190041800A1 (en) * 2016-02-12 2019-02-07 Cartier International Ag Decorative object, in particular watch glass, with an optical effect
US10976707B2 (en) 2016-02-12 2021-04-13 Cartier International Ag Decorative object, in particular watch glass, with an optical effect
CN108778774B (zh) * 2016-02-12 2021-07-09 卡地亚国际有限公司 具有光学效果的装饰物，特别是手表玻璃
WO2024110838A1 (fr) * 2022-11-25 2024-05-30 Cartier International Ag Objet décoratif, en particulier comprenant un module décoratif pour montre
CH720276A1 (fr) * 2022-11-25 2024-05-31 Cartier Int Ag Objet décoratif, en particulier pièce d'horlogerie comprenant un module décoratif

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