Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Timepiece mechanism with adjustable inertia balance wheel
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Application No.: US15613791Application Date: 2017-06-05
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Publication No.: US10222748B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Lionel Paratte , Donald William Corson , Dominique Lechot
- Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Applicant Address: CH Marin
- Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: CH Marin
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: EP16172841 20160603
- Main IPC: G04B18/00
- IPC: G04B18/00 ; G04B17/00 ; G04B17/06 ; G04B17/20 ; G04D7/08

Abstract:
Watch comprising a movement, with a timepiece balance wheel comprising a ring distinct from the balance rim, carried by a flange with respect to which this ring is movable in rotation to modify the position of inertia blocks elastically carried by the flange, each able to be indexed in different stable angular positions corresponding to a different inertia of the timepiece balance wheel, the movement further including an operating member movable between coupled and uncoupled positions which includes a stop means for immobilizing the rim in a coupled position, and a control means for rotating the ring to modify the position of the inertia blocks in the coupled position, the watch including a crown controlling the control means, a rotating coupling ring controlling the coupling/uncoupling of the operating member through contactless interaction with an external adjustment tool.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170351219A1 TIMEPIECE MECHANISM WITH ADJUSTABLE INERTIA BALANCE WHEEL Public/Granted day:2017-12-07
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