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    • 专利摘要:
    The invention relates to a timepiece, in particular a watch, with an analog display, comprising a case (1), an analog dial (3) with a first scale associated with the two hands indicating the hours and minutes (7, 9). and driven by a time counting mechanism or with the aid of a winder (13), a second scale called years and associated with a mark (51) which is driven by an hour reduction mechanism or manually and periodically adjusted by the wearer using said winder (13), characterized in that the case (1) contains a magazine of at least two additional marks materialized by discs or indexes (91), which can be placed on the second so-called scale of years, by means of said winder (13) or of a push button (31), up to positions dependent on events in the life of the wearer.
    公开号:CH712033B1
    申请号:CH00376/16
    申请日:2016-03-16
    公开日:2020-09-15
    发明作者:Menoud Edouard
    申请人:Menoud Edouard；
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    专利说明:

    The invention relates to a timepiece, in particular a watch, with an analog time display, making it possible to view, on a complementary scale, the events characteristic of the wearer's life. It comprises a case (1), an analog dial (3) with a first scale associated with two hands indicating the hours and minutes (7, 9) and driven by a time counting mechanism (5), a second scale called the years and associated with a mark (15-18, 51, 61, 85-87, 166) indicating the evolution over the years or fractions of years, of the life of the wearer of the watch, this mark can be trained by a multiplier mechanism for the hours, a mechanism for counting the years, a winder (13) for winding the watch as well as setting the time or the year of the hands and the marker, a store of at least two additional markers materialized by discs (15-18) or indexes (61, 91, 85-87, 166), which can be moved on the second scale called years, by means of said winder (13) or a push button (31 , 113, 151, 152), up to positions depending on the events of the wearer's life.
    [0002] In watchmaking, a complication is a function other than the display of the hour, minutes and seconds, which is the case with the present invention. Almost all the complications known to date are oriented towards the display of predictable events relating to local or sidereal time, the phases of the moon, the length of the day or night, the evolution of the tides or even the dates. special like Easter. Two relevant documents reveal solutions creating a closer relationship between a watch and its wearer or including markers.
    The first is the document DE 20 2007 000 614 U. The mark distinct from the minute and hour hands is an annular crown of 360 degrees, radially split and the coupling means comprises a gear wheel meshed with the mark to move it as a function of the time-counting mechanism or with the aid of a manually operated control member. In other words, the coupling means only occupies a coupling position for which the mark is coupled to the mechanism for moving the hands and moved relative to the dial. In fact, the annular crown is used to display the age of a person on a scale of a century distributed over the 360 degrees of the dial.
    If this arrangement allows the marker to display a duration, it does not display an event, except that it corresponds to a stop of the time counting mechanism, that is to say that 'it marks the end of a period of use of the timepiece.
    [0005] The second document US Pat. No. 8,861,314 discloses a watch with an analog time display in which two marks occupying a discrete position on the dial are coupled to the mechanism for moving the hands and moved as a function of the time counting. These mobile markers are offset by one hour and are used to indicate on the dial, the last hour due and the next hour to come. They periodically pass over markers occupying a discreet and fixed position on the dial. In other words, by coincidence with a fixed mark, the movable marks make it possible to display events which no longer necessarily correspond to a stop of the time counting mechanism. But on the other hand, the events are necessarily identified by prefixed positions and correspond to prefixed instants within a period of use of the watch.
    [0006] Thus the aim of the invention is to allow the marks of a timepiece in accordance with the reminder made above, to display not only a period of use but also several events that have occurred at any time. instant during this period of use and corresponding to particular events in the wearer's life.
    [0007] To this end, the invention relates to a timepiece, in particular a watch with an analogue time display comprising a complementary display scale called the years in relation to the life of the wearer, characterized in that that the watch case contains a store of at least two additional physical marks materialized by discs or indexes which can be moved on the complementary scale by means of external organs such as the winder or a push button, up to positions depending on events in the wearer's life.
    [0008] The means of placing these physical marks, characteristic of the life of the wearer of the watch, in corresponding positions, on a peripheral and circular dial of the watch, at the time when one of these characteristic events occurs, consists of placing the device for placing marks on a frame of reference having the form of a rotating plane relative to the watch case and moving at the same speed as the image of the wearer's life changes on the watch dial.
    The marker placement devices evolving in a different frame of reference from that of the control member (the push button) it is necessary to introduce a means of passage of the translational action, resulting from the pressure on a push button in one action linked to the rotating frame of reference, this can be achieved by means of 3 transformers with different movements which will give either:<tb> <SEP> 1. a translational movement along the axis of rotation of the rotating plane (generated by the friction of a rod on an oblique surface such as a cone or rollers on oblique slides).<tb> <SEP> 2. an angular, bidirectional movement of low amplitude (as can be caused by a rod acting on a toothed wheel coupled by an elastic return device)<tb> <SEP> 3. a translational movement of a lever guided on an axis parallel to the rotating plane (generated by the action of a rod acting on a toothed wheel provided with a lug and coupled to an elastic return device).
    One of the means of producing the watch according to the invention and particularly well suited when the marks take the form of diamonds or indexes to be presented above the dial is to place them on a sliding support in a gap between the dial and a crown concentric with the dial, then driving them by means of a needle or a crown having a fork at its end to the point of immobilization, immobilization which is generated by the operator action on the push button, which operation is transformed, using the first movement transformer, into a vertical movement making it possible to separate the drive means from the mark from the mark itself.
    The solutions described below all have indexes originally invisible because hidden under the dial which will become visible through a peripheral and circular window as the wearer of the watch has pressed on the push button which will have the effect of placing the indexes in the slots provided for this purpose in a crown located below the window.
    [0012] Thus, one of the so-called “release door” embodiments consists in using the angular movement that the second of the 3 movement transformers can generate. This angular movement can move a rod which has a door at its end. At rest, this door retains indexes placed in a magazine having the shape of a groove and pushed from the rear by a spring. When the push button is pressed, the door opens and the first index will be placed in the housing opposite.
    Another so-called "push lever" embodiment consists in using the third movement described above, the one which gives a translational movement, movement which makes it possible to push an index located in an inner crown placed under the dial towards the crown exterior visible in the dial window.
    Another so-called "push-crown" execution leaves free the space that there is between the movement and the dial, a space that can be used to display secondary functions such as the day when the charge rate of an automatic watch. In this case, the indexes are located in an invisible outer crown and pushed inwards by a spring. However, they are held in their course by a small blocking device. Thanks to the first movement transformer, it is possible to have a pusher which will release the index from its blocking position to let it take place in the inner crown visible in the dial window.
    If the idea of being able to place an index corresponding to a characteristic moment in life is interesting for many people, some people seem to want this placement to be irreversible except by going to a watchmaker while for others, it must ensure its reversibility.
    One of the so-called "lever-hook" means ensures this reversibility. It consists in using the third movement transformer which generates a translational movement by using it to obtain a translation which goes from the outside to the inside then to combine this movement with a hook capable of gripping an index placed on the crown. outer and bring it back to the inner crown. Another solution consists in combining the “crown-push-piece” solution which makes an index pass from the outside to the inside with the so-called “lever-push-button” solution which does the opposite.
    Another embodiment consists in using discs of different colors which appear in the circular window of the dial. Each of the discs marks a stage in the wearer's life. The discs are friction controlled and provided with lugs allowing them to be driven or blocked. One of the solutions is to drive them by means of a rod which pulls all the lugs then releases one each time the push button is pressed. Another solution consists in causing all the discs to move simultaneously and then in blocking one of them, by means of an index, each time the wearer of the watch presses a push button.
    [0018] Thus, this watch makes it possible to indicate, on the display, the main events or characteristic phases of the wearer's life over time such as childhood, adolescence, studies, the opening of a cabinet or the creation of a company, then the phase of withdrawal or a fraction of life such as the marking of sports results, of one or more seasons. Another variant makes it possible to display family events such as marriages, births of children or grandchildren or even events of religious life such as baptism, confirmation, communion or any other characteristic element of the wearer's life. and its culture. The same watch can also be worn by a succession of people within the framework of a dynasty.
    [0019] Other advantages of the invention will become apparent in the light of the description of the embodiments illustrated by the drawings.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a watch with markers in the form of discs.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 2 presents three discs of a watch according to the first embodiment.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 3 presents the means for coupling and decoupling a watch according to the first embodiment in a coupling position.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 4 presents the means for coupling and decoupling a watch according to the first embodiment in a decoupling position.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 5 shows an exploded view of a stack of discs and of controlled force clamping means in a watch according to the first embodiment.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 6 is an enlargement of the controlled force clamping means of FIG. 5.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 7 shows an arrangement of the disks and of the coupling and decoupling means in the case of a watch according to the first embodiment, said means being in a coupling position for the disks.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 8 shows an arrangement of the discs and of the coupling and decoupling means in the case of a watch according to the first embodiment, said means being in a decoupling position for a first disc and in a coupling position for the other discs.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 9 shows a second embodiment of a watch with markers in the form of an index placed on the display or in a store.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 10 shows an arrangement of the indexes and of the coupling and decoupling means in the case of a watch according to the second embodiment, said means being in a coupling position for an index.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 11 shows an arrangement of the indexes and of the coupling and decoupling means in the case of a watch according to the second embodiment, said means being in a decoupling position for an index.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 12 shows an index of a watch according to the second embodiment bearing a precious stone.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 13 shows an index of a watch according to the second embodiment bearing a bending.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 14 shows a third embodiment of a watch with markers in the form of an index.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 15 shows a drum housing a plurality of indexes in a watch according to the third embodiment.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 16 shows another drum housing two pluralities of indexes in a watch according to the third embodiment.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 17 has a crown concentric with the dial of a watch according to the third embodiment.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 18 presents another crown concentric with the dial of a watch according to the third embodiment.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 19 presents a mark in the form of an index which can occupy a predetermined position on a crown according to FIG. 17.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 20 presents a mark in the form of an index which can occupy a predetermined position on a crown according to FIG. 18.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 21 shows an arrangement of the indexes and of the coupling and decoupling means in the case of a watch according to the third embodiment, said means being in a coupling position for an index.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 22 shows an arrangement of the indexes and of the coupling and decoupling means in the case of a watch according to the third embodiment, said means being in a decoupling position for an index.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 23 shows the coupling and decoupling means of a watch according to the third embodiment, in a coupling position.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 24 shows the coupling and decoupling means of a watch according to the third embodiment, in a decoupling position.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 25 shows another arrangement of the indexes and of the coupling and decoupling means in the case of a watch according to the third embodiment, said means being in a coupling position for an index.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 26 shows the other arrangement of the indexes and of the coupling and decoupling means in the case of a watch according to the third embodiment, said means being in a decoupling position for an index.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 27 presents a double means for coupling and decoupling a watch according to the third embodiment, in a coupling position.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 28 presents a double means for coupling and decoupling a watch according to the third embodiment, in a decoupling position.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 29 presents a fourth embodiment of a watch with markers in the form of an index and others in the form of discs.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 30 presents three discs and three indices of a watch according to the fourth embodiment.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 31 presents a drum housing a plurality of indexes in a watch according to the fourth embodiment.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 32 presents three indices of a watch according to the fourth embodiment.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 33 shows an exploded view of a stack of discs and of controlled force clamping means in a watch according to the fourth embodiment.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 34 is an enlargement of the controlled force clamping means of FIG. 33.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 35 shows an arrangement of the indexes and of the coupling and decoupling means in the case of a watch according to the fourth embodiment, said means being in a coupling position for an index.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 36 shows an arrangement of the indexes and of the coupling and decoupling means in the case of a watch according to the fourth embodiment, said means being in a decoupling position for an index.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 37 shows another arrangement of the indexes and of the coupling and decoupling means in the case of a watch according to the fourth embodiment, said means being in a coupling position for an index.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 38 shows the other arrangement of the indexes and of the coupling and decoupling means in the case of a watch according to the fourth embodiment, said means being in a decoupling position for an index.<tb> <SEP> Figs. 39 to 42 present an execution with diamond-shaped indexes, the indexes being driven by a crown-fork.<tb> <SEP> Figs. 43 to 48 present an execution with indexes under the dial and push-piece crown.<tb> <SEP> Figs. 49 to 52 present an execution with indexes under the dial and push lever.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 53 presents an execution with indexes under the dial and hook lever.<tb> <SEP> Figs. 54 and 55 present the assemblies making it possible to place and then to resume the indexes.<tb> <SEP> FIG. 56 summarizes the external aspects of watches developed in figures 39 to 55
    In the remainder of the description, an element common to several embodiments of the invention bears the same reference.
    Thus, a watch with an analog time display, according to one or the other of the embodiments which follow, comprises a housing 1 housing an analog dial 3 and a mechanism 5 for moving the minute hands 7 and hours 9 around an axis of rotation 11. The movement of the hands 7, 9 is related to a time counting mechanism or with the aid of a winder 13. The time counting mechanism and the mechanism 5 of movement of the minute and hour hands are known per se and will not be described further below. The watch also includes an hours multiplier mechanism called the years counting mechanism.
    The watch also comprises a control member 31 separate from the winder 13. This control member 31 comprises a rod 33, movable relative to the housing 1 against an elastic return means.
    A first embodiment of the invention is illustrated by Figures 1 to 8.
    The watch comprises, Figures 1 to 6, chronological marks 15-19, distinct from the hands 7, 9 and having the form of coaxial discs with the dial 3. They are linked to the housing 1 by controlled force clamping means 20, 22, 24. Dial 3 is provided with a window 30 for displaying disks 15-19.
    The controlled force clamping means comprise a yoke 24, a bottom plate 20 and spacer plates 22, for example made of ultrafine sheet 0.05 mm thick. The bracket 24 is fixed to the housing 1 by means of a support 28, illustrated by Figures 7 and 8, into which tightening screws are screwed. The discs 15-19 are provided with a circular arc window for the passage of the tightening screws. The tightening screws make it possible to control the tightening force due to the spring 26 housed in the caliper 24.
    The watch also comprises a transmission means 23, movable around the axis of rotation 11 and a hand 25, separate from the minute hands 7 and hours 9 and linked to the transmission means 23.
    The transmission means is a toothed wheel 23, on the one hand connected in rotation to a drive disc 21 and on the other hand movable in rotation by the control member 31.
    The drive disc 21 is controlled in rotation by the year counting mechanism.
    The toothed wheel 23 is driven in rotation around the axis of rotation 11 by the drive disc 21 and by the control member 31, respectively by means of and against an elastic return means 37, 38 , 41, cooperating with a notch 43 of the toothed wheel 23. The elastic return means comprises an arm 37 engaged with the notch 43 of the toothed wheel 23 by means of a roller 41 and pivoting against a flexible blade 38. The swivel arm 37 and the flexible blade 38 are attached to the drive disc 21.
    The needle 25 is movable in translation in a slide 27 fixed relative to the drive disc 21 and in ratchet connection 29 with the toothed wheel 23.
    The drive disc 21, the toothed wheel 23, the needle 25, the slide 27 and the pawl 29 work together in a means of coupling and decoupling the discs 15-19 with respect to the mechanism 5 of movement of 7 minute hands and 9 hour hands.
    In the coupling position C, Figure 7, the needle 25 is engaged with the discs 15-17 by abutting against 10-14 sockets formed at the periphery of the discs15-17. The latter are thus coupled to said mechanism 5 and moved relative to dial 3. The displacement is understood either to be the displacement function of the time-counting mechanism, or the displacement using the winder 13.
    In the decoupling position D, Figure 8, the needle 25 is disengaged from the first disc 15, which is decoupled from said mechanism 5 and immobilized relative to the dial 3. The other discs 16 to 19 remain engaged with the needle 25 and are moved by said mechanism 5.
    The controlled force clamping means 20, 22, 24, 26 allow both the discs 15-19 to be moved into the coupling position and to be immobilized in the decoupling position.
    The radial extent of each socket 10-14 decreases from disc 15 to disc 17, to allow the needle 25 to be successively disengaged from each disc each time the control member is used. 31 controlling the toothed wheel 23 and the needle 25 in the decoupling position D. The translation of the rod 33 of the control member 31 is related by the toothed wheel 23 and the pawl 29 to the necessary translation of the needle 25 to disengage the latter from the socket 10-14 of each of the discs 15-17.
    A second embodiment of the invention is illustrated by Figures 9 to 13.
    The watch includes chronological markers, distinct from the hands (7, 9) having the form of indexes (51, 91) some of them (51) are already placed on the scale of the years while others (91) are still in reserve in the store, which store can be hidden by a cover (92) or simply marked by a frame or a zone of less transparency of the watch glass.
    The watch also comprises a transmission hub 53 and a needle 25 fixed to the hub 53. The hub 53 is controlled in rotation by the mechanism for counting the years and movable in translation along the axis of rotation 11 by the member order 31.
    The transmission hub 53 and the needle 25 work together in a coupling and decoupling means of the chronological indexes 51 vis-à-vis the years counting mechanism.
    In the coupling position C, Figure 10, the needle 25 is engaged with one of the indexes 51 by a basket-shaped end 32. The index is moved by the needle 25 along a defined circular path by a gap 57 between the dial 3 and a crown 59, concentric with the dial 3. The displacement is understood either to be the displacement function of the time-counting mechanism, or the displacement using the winder 13.
    In the decoupling position D, Figure 11, the needle is disengaged from the index 51. The translation of the rod 33 of the control member 31 is reported by a bevelled plane 56 of the transmission hub 53 to the translation of the needle 25 along the axis of rotation 11, necessary to disengage the basket 32 from the chronological index 51. The latter is immobilized in a position belonging to the circular path defined by the gap 57.
    The index 51 is inserted into the gap 57 between the crown 59 and the dial 3 by means of controlled force clamping means 50, 52. These means comprise a wiper 52 and a plate 50 curved for effect elastic return. The wiper 52 and the plate 50 are fixed to a rod 58 of the reference 51 by means of a fastener 54. The clamping force is controlled by means of the fastener 54.
    A third embodiment of the invention is illustrated by Figures 14 to 28.
    [0044] The watch again comprises chronological markers, distinct from the hands 7, having the form of index 61.
    The watch further comprises, Figure 15, a drum 67 controlled in rotation by the mechanism for counting the years. The displacement of the drum 67 means either the displacement function of the time-counting mechanism, or the displacement using the winder 13. The drum 67 is provided with a groove 63 receiving the indexes 61. It may comprise, FIG. 16, two grooves 63, 65 housing two series of indexes 61. The two grooves 63, 65 are arranged along a diameter of the drum 67, on either side of the center through which the axis of rotation 11 passes.
    The watch also comprises, Figures 17 and 18, a crown 59, concentric with the dial 3. The crown 59 has housings 71, 73 which form predetermined positions for the indexes 61. Figure 19, the index 61 is provided dovetails 62 for guiding it in the housings 71 of the crown 59. Figure 20, the index 61 is provided with a rib 64 for its guidance in the housing 73 of the crown. It is also S-N magnetized to remain in contact with the crown, itself made of a magnetic material.
    Note that the drum 67 may include a synchronization disc 72 to allow the index 61 to be aligned with the housing 71, 73 of the crown 59. This synchronization disc 72 is controlled by the control member 31 Another form of synchronization can be achieved by making use of the technology known as the annual calendar which involves advancing the output of the year count in steps from year to year rather than continuously. Such devices have existed since the beginning of the 1900s, a particular example is patent FR331429 called date watch from 1903 which proposes this device for marking days and months.
    Figures 21 and 22 illustrate a variant of the third embodiment in which the coupling and decoupling means is that which has been described in the second embodiment.
    The watch thus comprises a transmission hub 53 and a needle 25 fixed to the hub 53. The hub 53 is controlled in rotation by the mechanism for counting the years and movable in translation along the axis of rotation 11 by the member control 31. As for the drum 67, the displacement of the hub 53 is understood to be either the displacement function of the time-counting mechanism, or the displacement using the winder 13.
    In the coupling position C, Figure 21, the indexes 61 are housed in the groove 63 of the drum 67 and the needle 25 is engaged with one of the indexes 61 by a hook-shaped end, against the compression an elastic return means 69 arranged in the groove 63.
    In the decoupling position D, Figure 22, the needle is disengaged from the index 61. The translation of the rod 33 of the control member 31 is reported by the bevelled plane 56 of the transmission hub 53 to the translation of the hand 25 along the axis of rotation 11, necessary to disengage the hook from the chronological index 61. The latter is immobilized in the housing 71, 73 forming a predetermined position in the crown 59.
    The return of the hub 53 in the coupling position C allows the needle 25 to retain the other indexes 61 in the groove 63 of the drum 67.
    Figures 23 to 28 illustrate another variant of the third embodiment in which the transmission means 23 comprises a toothed wheel 23 on the one hand, connected in rotation to the drum 67 by means of an elastic return means 37, 39, 41, cooperating with a notch 43 of the toothed wheel 23 and on the other hand, movable in rotation by the control member 31, around the axis of rotation 11 against the elastic return means 37, 39, 41. The elastic return means comprises an arm 37 engaged with the notch 43 of the toothed wheel 23 by means of a roller 41 and pivoting against a spring 39. The pivoting arm 37 and the flexible blade 39 are fixed. to drum 67.
    [0054] In this other variant also, the hand 25 is fixed to the toothed wheel 23. These two elements work together in a means of coupling and decoupling the indexes 61 with respect to the years counting mechanism.
    Figures 23 and 24 illustrate an arrangement of the toothed wheel 23 and the needle 25 with the control member 31 single rod 33.
    In the coupling position C, Figure 25, the indexes 61 are housed in the groove 63 of the drum 67 and the needle 25 is engaged with one of the indexes 61 by a hook-shaped end, against the compression an elastic return means 69 arranged in the groove 63.
    In the decoupling position D, Figure 26, the needle is disengaged from the index 61. The translation of the rod 33 of the control member 31 is related by the toothed wheel 23 to the rotation of the hand 25, necessary to disengage the hook from the chronological index 61. The latter is immobilized in the housing 71, 73 forming a predetermined position in the crown 59.
    The return of the toothed wheel 23 in the coupling position allows the needle 25 to retain the other indexes 61 in the groove 63 of the drum 67.
    Figures 27 and 28 illustrate an arrangement of the toothed wheel 23 and the needle 25 with the control member 31 with two rods 33. This arrangement goes hand in hand with the drum 67 with two grooves 63, 65 described above . While the single rod 33 controls the toothed wheel 23 in a single direction of rotation around the axis of rotation 11, the two rods 33 allow control in both clockwise and counterclockwise rotation directions, a rod 33 controlling for the one of the two directions of rotation.
    The drum 67 with two grooves 63, 65 and the control member 31 with two rods 33 thus makes it possible to deposit on the crown 59 two series of indexes 61.
    A fourth embodiment of the invention is illustrated by Figures 29 to 38.
    The watch comprises two types of markers, distinct from the minute hands 7 and hours 9: on the one hand, discs 15-17 conforming to those described with the first embodiment and on the other hand indexes 85-87 in accordance with those described with the third embodiment.
    The watch also includes the drum 67 described with the third embodiment, controlled in rotation by the mechanism for counting the years. The displacement of the drum 67 means either the displacement function of the time-counting mechanism, or the displacement using the winder 13.
    The indexes 85-87 are housed in the groove 63 of the drum 67. The discs 15-19 are here linked to the drum 67 by the controlled force clamping means 22, 24, 26. The dial 3 is provided with the window 30 for displaying disks 15-19.
    The watch also comprises a crown 59, concentric with the dial 3. This crown 59 has housings 71, 73 which form predetermined positions for the indexes 85-87.
    Figures 35 and 36 illustrate a variant of the fourth embodiment in which the coupling and decoupling means is that which has been described with the variant of the third embodiment.
    The watch thus comprises a transmission hub 53 and a needle 25 fixed to the hub 53. The hub 53 is controlled in rotation by the year counting mechanism and movable in translation along the axis of rotation 11 by the member control 31. As for the drum 67, the displacement of the hub 53 is understood to be either the displacement function of the time-counting mechanism, or the displacement using the winder 13.
    The transmission hub 53 and the needle 25 work together in a means of coupling and decoupling the indexes 85-87 and the discs 15-17 vis-à-vis the mechanism for counting the years.
    In the coupling position C, Figure 35, the indexes 85-87 are housed in the groove 63 of the drum 67 and the needle 25 is engaged with one 85 of the indexes by a hook-shaped end, against the compression of an elastic return means 69 disposed in the groove 63. The discs 15-19 are connected in rotation to the drum 67 by the controlled force clamping means 22, 24, 26.
    In the decoupling position D, Figure 36, the needle is disengaged from the index 85. The translation of the rod 33 of the control member 31 is reported by the bevelled plane 56 of the transmission hub 53 to the translation of the needle 25 along the axis of rotation 11, necessary to disengage the hook from the index 85. The latter is immobilized in the housing 71, 73 forming a predetermined position in the crown 59. One of the discs is then locked in rotation by the index 85 immobilized in the crown 59.
    The blocking uses the 10-14 sockets formed at the periphery of the discs 15-17, coming into abutment against the indexes 85-87. The radial extent of each socket 10-14 decreases from disk 15 to disk 17. Likewise, the radial extent of each index 85-87 increases from index 85 to index 87. This arrangement allows each disc to be successively blocked by an index each time the control member 31 is used controlling the hub 53 and the needle 25 in the decoupling position D. The translation of the rod 33 of the control member 31 is connected by a bevelled plane 56 of the hub 53 to the translation of the needle 25 along the axis of rotation 11, necessary to disengage the hook from the index 85.
    The return of the hub 53 in the coupling position C allows the needle 25 to retain the other indexes 86, 87 in the groove 63 of the drum 67.
    Figures 37 and 38 illustrate a variant of the fourth embodiment in which the coupling and decoupling means is that which has been described with the other variant of the third embodiment.
    The watch thus comprises a toothed wheel 23 on the one hand, connected in rotation to the drum 67 by means of the elastic return means 37, 39, 41, cooperating with the notch 43 of the toothed wheel 23 and d 'on the other hand, movable in rotation by the control member 31, around the axis of rotation 11 against the elastic return means 37, 39, 41. The elastic return means comprises the arm 37 in engagement with the notch 43 of the toothed wheel 23 via the roller 41 and pivoting against the spring 39. The pivoting arm 37 and the flexible blade 39 are here fixed to the drum 67.
    In this another variant also, the needle 25 is fixed to the toothed wheel 23. These two elements work together in a means of coupling and decoupling the indexes 85-87 and the discs 15-17 with respect to the mechanism for counting years.
    In the coupling position C, Figure 37, the indexes 85-87 are housed in the groove 63 of the drum 67 and the needle 25 is engaged with one 85 of the indexes by a hook-shaped end, against the compression of an elastic return means 69 disposed in the groove 63. The discs 15-19 are connected in rotation to the drum 67 by the controlled force clamping means 22, 24, 26.
    In the decoupling position D, Figure 38, the needle is disengaged from the index 85. The translation of the rod 33 of the control member 31 is related by the toothed wheel 23 to the rotation of the hand 25, necessary to disengage the hook from the chronological index 61. The latter is immobilized in the housing 71, 73 forming a predetermined position in the crown 59. One of the discs is then locked in rotation by the index 85 immobilized in the crown 59.
    The return of the toothed wheel 23 in the coupling position allows the needle 25 to retain the other indexes 86, 87 in the groove 63 of the drum 67.
    For each of the four embodiments of a watch according to the invention, the function of the coupling and decoupling means is the same: on the one hand, to couple the mark to the mechanism for moving the minute and hour hands and on the other hand, to decouple it from this mechanism in order to place it in an immobilized position relative to the dial.
    In the coupling position, the mark is moved by means of the transmission means. As indicated previously, the movement of the mark and of the transmission means means the movement set by the time counting mechanism or obtained using the winder. The winder to which reference is made comprises a rest position, a position for advancing or retreating the minute and hour hands, when it is pulled out one notch from the case, and a position for advancing or retracting the watch. mark, when pulled two notches.
    It should be noted that the movement of the mark and of the transmission means uses different reduction ratios, depending on whether it is set by the time counting mechanism, the winder being in the rest position, or results from the advance or retreat using the winder pulled two notches.
    In the decoupling position, the mark is immobilized relative to the dial.
    This immobilization is reversible in the second embodiment. In the third and fourth embodiments, on the contrary, the immobilized position of the mark in the crown is irreversible. The same applies to the first embodiment and to the disc immobilized relative to the housing, following a movement with a ratchet effect of the needle mounted in the slide of the drive disc.
    The invention finds its greatest utility with a plurality of references.
    In embodiments for which the immobilization is irreversible, the markers are coupled as a whole to the mechanism for moving the minute and hour hands. This required accommodating the indexes in the groove of the drum or stacking the discs by means of the controlled force clamping means. However, the decoupling applies to a single index or a single disc at a time and the elastic return of the coupling means prepares each index or each disc to be deposited under the same operating conditions of the coupling and decoupling means.
    In the embodiment for which the immobilization is reversible, only one index at a time is coupled to the displacement mechanism and then decoupled. It is thus possible to remove and resume an index to advance or reverse it, using the winder pulled two notches, along the path defined by the gap between the crown and the dial. But here again, the operation of the coupling and decoupling means is the same for one or more indexes.
    The invention therefore opens up the possibility of creating a strong relationship between the time indicator given by the watch and the evolution of its wearer, or even of its successive wearers. The mark coupled to the mechanism for moving the minute and hour hands will for example be moved on a time scale in annual divisions. To this end, the counting mechanism will be adjusted, in a manner known per se, depending on the duration of use of the watch and the extent of the angular sector of the dial allowing the display of the mark, for example a setting of 2.6 degrees of rotation per year for a service life of 100 years and an angular display area of 260 degrees.
    The mark coupled to the mechanism for moving the minute and hour hands will progress at the rate of the time counting in annual divisions and will thus be able to indicate the age of the wearer on the dial of the watch. The marks decoupled from the mechanism and immobilized in relation to the dial will indicate events that have occurred in the wearer's life. The position of the benchmarks will keep the memory of the year in which each event occurred.
    It should be noted that in the third embodiment, the mark housed in the groove of the drum with which the needle of the coupling and decoupling means is in contact by its hook will play the role of marker of the wearer's age. provided it can be displayed on the dial. It is thus planned to form in the latter a crown of transparent material, covering the desired angular display sector, to allow the mark to be seen by transparency. Another arrangement is to provide the drum 67 with an additional disc 66 bearing a mark covering the mark 61 housed in the groove 63 of the drum 67. The additional disc 66 is rotatably linked to the drum 67, so that the mark will progress at the rate of mark 61 taken in the coupling position and of which it will form a duplicate visible on the dial. However, this mark carried by the additional disc 66 does not constitute a mark within the meaning of the invention.
    It should also be noted that the mechanism for moving the minute and hour hands as well as the time counting mechanism can be driven by a mechanical or electromechanical motor.
    The first embodiments have highlighted some weaknesses which are corrected in the executions described below and which are:<tb> <SEP> - An execution with diamond-shaped indexes and crown-fork<tb> <SEP> - An execution with indexes under the dial and push-piece crown<tb> <SEP> - An execution with indexes under the dial and push lever<tb> <SEP> - An execution with indexes under the dial and lever-hook
    Figures 9 to 13 show a watch model comprising indexes in the form of diamonds. The difficulties are the height of the watch due to the central cone, the rigidity of the device for moving the hand, which causes a rubbing index when it is driven by the winder and the few possibilities to add additional functions such as the display of the days, the recharge rate of the watch or other information commonly carried out, the latter functions involving free passage zones between the movement and the display.
    Figures 39 to 42 show an execution with diamond-shaped indexes, the indexes being driven by a crown fork.
    The needle (25) and the cone (53) of Figures 9 to 13 are replaced by a base crown (101) and a crown (102) called crown-fork and comprising the fork (103). The base crown can be driven, through a gear device (104, 105), by the winder (13) when it is engaged (107) on the index pilot notch, the said crown (101) being coupled with the crown crown (102) by means of vertical drive splines (108). At rest, the crown is pushed upwards by means of the spring (109). Two rollers (110) housed on one side in the oblique slots (111) of the base support (112) and on the other side, resting on the periphery of the crown-fork, pull the latter downwards. Thus, when the push button (113) is at rest, the end of the arcuate rod (114) which carries the 2 rollers (110) is located in the upper part of the oblique slot (111) which has the effect of release the crown fork upwards. When the push button (113) is pushed, the end of the arcuate rod (114) which carries the 2 rollers (110) is located in the front and lower part of the oblique slot (111) which has the effect of pushing the crown-fork downwards and thus decouple the fork (103) from the indexes.
    Figures 41 and 42 show the object in its 2 characteristic positions. In Figure 41, the push button (113) is at rest, so the arched rod (114) is in a position near the periphery of the base support (112), the rollers (110) are at the top of the slot oblique which allows the crown-fork (102), pushed by the spring (109) to be located at the high point, which corresponds to a coupling position of an index. In figure 42, the push button (113) is pressed, thus the arcuate rod (114) is in an advanced position with respect to the base housing, which forces the rollers towards the lower end of the oblique slot, thereby which has the effect of pushing the crown-fork down and thus uncoupling the fork (103) from the indexes.
    It will be noted that this assembly frees the space between the movement and the dial, thus making it possible to introduce additional functions such as the display of the days. It also allows rotation of the base crown (101) and therefore of the crown-fork (102) from the winder (106) when it is engaged (107) on the index pilot notch. Thus, it is possible to practice setting the year manually or from the year counter, the rotation of which can be generated by a reduction in the hour axis which attacks the internal teeth (115) of the ring gear. base by means of a pinion integral with the movement (116).
    Figures 14 to 28 show watch models comprising markers in the form of indexes placed under the dial. The main difficulty with these models lies in the number of indexes limited to the capacity of the linear magazine. Figures 44 to 52 show watch models having as many indexes in the store as there are spaces available at the periphery. The first figures 43 to 48 having the index magazine on the outer periphery while in the case of figures 49 to 52, the magazine is located on the inner periphery.
    Figures 43 to 48 show an execution with indexes under the dial and push-piece crown.For this model, a mechanism similar to that described in Figures 39 to 42 above is used. It consists of a base crown (101) and a crown (117) called a push-piece crown and comprising a push-piece (118). The base crown can be driven, through a gear device (104, 105), or by the year counting gear (115, 116). At rest, the crown is held down by means of the spring (119) which is fixed by rivets (120) to the two crowns. Two rollers (110) are housed on one side in the oblique slots (111) of the base support (112) and on the other side, rest on the periphery of the pusher crown. Thus, when the push button (113) is at rest, the end of the arcuate rod (114) which carries the 2 rollers (110) is located in the lower part of the oblique slot (111) which has the effect of leave the push-piece crown at the bottom of its travel. When the push button (113) is pushed, the rollers (110) are pushed into the front and upper part of the oblique slot (111) which has the effect of pushing the push crown upwards, the return spring being in the stretched position, a position shown in an exaggerated manner in dotted lines (121) in FIG. 43.
    Figure 48 shows the entire watch with the base crown (101), the push-piece crown (117), the rollers (110), the base support (112) carrying the indexes initially positioned at the 'outside (128) then moved inward (129) as soon as there was a pressure on the push button (113). All indexes are pushed inward by springs (130), springs which are constructed from a strip of spring steel (131) laser cut and then folded (132) before being placed around the bracket. base of indexes (112).
    [0100] The indexes shown in Figures 44 and 45 consist of a block of metal or composite material (121). They include lateral guide slides (122) and a lower micro-spring fixing slide (123). The micro-spring, figure 45, consists of a thin leaf spring, the wide part (124) of which is held in the slide (122) of the index while the narrow part (125) protrudes below the index . This micro spring is held by a pin (127) which passes through the retaining hole (126).
    [0101] FIGS. 46 and 47 are enlargements of the assembly shown in FIG. 48 and represent the 2 states of the mechanism with, in FIG. 46, the upper position of the push-piece crown (117) which is in the released position of the index, situation caused by the pusher (118) which presses on the front part of the micro-spring (125) to release it from the locking notch. It also shows the index thrust spring (130), the push-crown return spring (119) and the spring fixing rivets (120) as well as the base crown (101). In FIG. 47, the index has been moved following the action of the pusher (118). It is pushed by the spring (130) in its new location (129). The push-piece crown (117) has also returned to its low rest position. It will be noted that this same mechanism can be used in an inverted manner, namely that the indexes can pass from the inner crown to the outer crown by means of a type of spring (130) which is longitudinal rather than perpendicular.
    [0102] FIGS. 49 to 52 show an execution with indexes under the dial and push lever.
    [0103] The indexes (61) are placed on standby in an internal peripheral store and are then moved to their marking position by means of a device mounted on the drum which changes over the years. It consists of a toothed wheel (133) integral with the drum through 2 studs (140) which allow it to advance but not lag behind the drum. Thus, pressing the push button (113) transmits the translational movement to the rod (131), a part of which is toothed rod (132), the teeth being pushed against the toothed wheel (133) thanks to the spring (134). ). Thus, the translational movement of the rod has the effect of rotating the toothed wheel (133) by a few degrees relative to the drum, which means that the lever (136) will be pushed by the lug (135) integral with the wheel. toothed, this movement of the lever having the effect of pushing the index located in front of the lever, and thus moving it from its internal position (137) to its new external position (138). As soon as the pressure on the push button has dropped, the device returns to its initial position of bearing against the studs (140) thanks to the spring (139).
    [0104] FIG. 50 shows the 4 characteristic positions of the mechanism with, at the top left, the rest position then at the top right the position with a pressure P on the push button, pressure which has the effect of moving the lever forward and accordingly the index located in front of the lever. The lower left figure corresponds to the position of the mechanism at year zero while the right figure shows the position at year 100. In all the figures, we see a push button locking rod (150). which can only be released when the winder is pulled out a notch.
    [0105] The figures. 51 and 52 show the various components of the mechanism, the characteristic elements of which are, the index cover (141) with its "non-return" retaining rim of the external indexes (142) and its spring-loaded rim (143) for retaining the index. index placed in the axis of the lever (136). The rotating index (166) integral with the cover (141) serves, on its lower face, as a guide for the index moving from the inner ring towards the outer ring and on its upper face, as a movable index follower of the evolution of the years counter (166 in figure 56). The years drum (143) is driven by the gears (104, 105) or by the movement comprising a reduction corresponding to the years. The rod (146) is combined with a cover surface of the mechanism.
    [0106] Figures 53 and 54 show an execution with indexes under the dial and hook lever.
    [0107] The last two versions of watch with the push-piece crown (figures 44 to 48) and push-button lever (figures 49 to 52) and allow an index to be placed under the visible part of the dial without the possibility of return other than a visit to the watchmaker. The variant presented in Figures 53 and 54 introduces a new mechanism similar but acting in the opposite direction in order to allow the resumption of an index. Thus, pressing the push button (151) has the effect of pushing the rod (158) which will drive the wheel (159) by a few degrees. The lug (160) secured to the toothed wheel (159) will, in turn, drive the lever (161) whose end (152) serves, in its lower part, as a guide for a moving index and in its upper part, visible from the outside (166), indicating the evolution of the years. The end (152) which is the extension of the lever (161) is integrated as a slide under the protective cover (163). The front end has a hook (153). Thus, pressing the push button (151) has the effect of pulling the rod (152) which includes the hook (153) towards the center, which allows the index to be taken back to bring it to its original position. As soon as the pressure on the push button (151) drops, the device returns to its rest position thanks to the effect of the spring (162) and the 2 stops (140). It will be noted that the indexes are held by a spring support (155) having an extra thickness (156) making it possible to maintain them in the two possible locations.
    [0108] FIGS. 54 and 55 show the arrangements making it possible to place and then take back the indexes.
    [0109] Three mounting cases making it possible to place and then take back the indexes located under the dial are presented below. Figure 54 shows the first case consisting of the device for placing the indexes of the push-lever type (figures 49 to 52) with a movement from the inside to the outside by a lever when the right button is pressed. (152). This device is located in the lower layer (156) of the placement mechanism. Above this device (157) is located a second lever-hook type device (figures 53 and 54), independent of the first and allowing the index to be taken back when pressing the left push button (151). . It will also be noted that if the teeth of the drive wheel do not make it possible to come back, when the teeth are asymmetrical, it is possible to turn the dial to find a previous position. The second case is shown in figure 55 where the push-crown type device is superimposed (figures 43 to 48) which makes it possible to make an index visible by pressing the left push button (151), which index can be taken back by means of a device (153) of the push-lever type (figures 49 to 52) with a lever which pushes the indexes outwards and until they are again hooked by the spring 125. The third case consists of the so-called inverted crown-push-piece device with a movement of the indexes from the inside to the outside on which the lever-hook type device is superimposed (FIGS. 53 and 54) making it possible to take up these indexes.
    [0110] Figure 56 summarizes the external aspects of watches developed in Figures 39 to 55 with the indexes (61), the index for monitoring the evolution of the counting of the years (166), the winder, the push buttons. placement and removal of indexes as well as the scale of years (164) which goes from 000 to 100 and the marking of decades (165).
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    [1]
    1. Timepiece, in particular watch, with analog display, comprising a case (1), an analog dial (3) with a first scale associated with the two hands indicating the hours and minutes (7, 9) and driven by a mechanism counting time (5). or using a winder (13), a second scale known as the years and associated with a mark (15-18, 51, 61, 85-87, 166) which is driven by an hour reduction mechanism or adjusted manually and periodically by the wearer using said winder (13), characterized in that the case (1) of the watch contains a store of at least two additional marks materialized by discs (15-18) or index (61, 91, 85-87, 166), which can be placed on the second so-called years scale, by means of said winder (13) or a push button (31, 113, 151, 152) up to positions depending on the elements of the wearer's life.
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