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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7859948 | Watch with at least one three-dimensional time indicator The invention relates to a watch provided with time indicators with three dimensions placed at the periphery of the movement of the watch, in the space delimited by the middle, the glass, the base and the movement. The movement of these indicators is provided by var... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7852710 | Tide display device with global positioning system, timing and navigation A global positioning system (GPS) receiver may be integrated with a tide display device. The GPS receiver receives satellite signals and determines the precise time and geodetic position by trilateration. The precise time and geodetic position is used by the tide di... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7529156 | Synclecron time keeping apparatus By enabling its users to see and thus more vividly experience local solar day and local solar night, etc., the Synclecron invention seeks to somewhat alleviate the modern-day problem of human separation from the flows and ebbs of natural time. It does so via providi... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7251198 | Moon phase wheel chart A moon phase wheel chart for determining the phase of the moon for a particular date, past, present, or future, has three wheel members adapted to rotate about a common center. The first wheel member has in its center indicia representing the phases of the moon and ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7218575 | Angular twilight clock A method and apparatus for displaying time, the day sequence for the beginning and ending of twilight, sunrise and sunset in pie-shaped section on a circular clock face. A corresponding day sequence is retrieved from a memory and presented on a circular clock face i... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7196973 | Method and device for displaying a moon image cycle, in particular for a watch In order to display images true to the real appearance of the moon during a lunation, particularly in a watch, there is provided a rotating indicator disc (8) arranged behind a circular aperture of a dial and comprising an annular region (20) subdivide... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7134784 | Rotating bezel watch The present invention discloses a rotating bezel watch including a watch face having an hour hand, minute hand and second hand connected at substantially a center of thereof and a rotatable bezel connected to the watch face. The watch further includes means for rota... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7035169 | Event planner timepiece The present invention relates to an electronic timepiece, of the wristwatch type, for providing information relating to an event comprising a plurality of scheduled events, like for example the Olympic Games, the football World Cup, or the public holidays across the... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6965801 | Method and system for controlling one or more apparatus based on a geographic location A method and device that controls one or more apparatus in relation to the expected time of sunrise and sunset at the location of the apparatus. The operator enters a geographic location identifier, such as a zip code or telephone area code, and the controller compu... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6885614 | Moon phase display device, particularly for a timepiece The device includes an indicator (3) in the shape of a plate, moving behind a dial (1) having a circular aperture (2), which represents the lunar disc. The indicator includes an S-shaped line of separation (6) between a dark zone (4 | 04/26/2005 |
| 6847589 | Watch including a case of elongated shape The watch disclosed has a case of ovoidal shape, wherein a circular watch movement (5) is arranged off-center, on the side of the end of the case with the larger radius. On the side of the other end there is a moon phase indicator disc (16) and a power... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6580663 | Celestial timepiece assembly A timepiece and combined astrological display assembly including a casing which may be sized to resemble a wristwatch, PDA or a variety of other structures and including a display assembly mounted on the casing. The display assembly is responsive to a pro... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6507536 | Moon-phase dial mechanism A moon-phase dial mechanism comprising two overlapping, rotatable discs behind a substantially circular window capable of exhibiting a representation of the phases of the moon in a lunar cycle.... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6449219 | Time sensing device A timepiece with a computer based clock (2), in which time is represented on a display (1) in an analog fashion, constructed such that in order to enlarge the scope of time information on the display (1) additional information relating to the progress of ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6359839 | Watch with a 24-hour watch face A watch having a watch face comprising an analog 12-hour display which displays a 24-hour day in an ambiguous manner using an hour hand and a minute hand, and an additional display which is used to determine the time indicated by the hour and minute hands... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6108277 | Celestial timepiece assembly A timepiece and combined astrological display assembly including a casing which may be sized to resemble a wristwatch and a display assembly mounted on the casing and viewable through a display face. The display assembly is responsive to a processor sized... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5344325 | Automatic tracking astronomical globe An automatic tracking astronomical globe comprising an annular frame disposed on the upper portion of a mount in a vertical position, an azimuth circle secured across a diameter of the annular frame in a horizontal position, and a transparent celestial gl... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5023849 | Astronomic timepiece and disc intended for use therein The invention concerns an astronomic timepiece enabling a simple display of the daily value of an astronomic magnitude having an annual cycle. The timepiece comprises a month disc (13), at least a portion of which is visible through an opening (19) provid... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4825426 | Horometric arrangement for indicating the position of the planets In the arrangement of this invention the position of the planets is displayed by means of a disc and rings concentric thereto, the display surfaces of which are arranged substantially in the same plane.... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4766579 | Timepiece having a control stem correcting mechanism with at least two setting positions A basic clockwork, initially arranged in such a way as to comprise two supplementary indicators, of the date and of the days of the week, which have been removed, is provided with an additional module carrying supplementary indicators, which can number tw... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4759002 | Clock A clock having a housing which contains two internal disks and a motor for rotation of those disks on a shaft is disclosed. An hour disk is provided having a shaded region representing night and an unshaded region representing day. The hour disk is positi... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4711583 | Astronomical wrist-watch A watch designed to display, by means of indicators (7 to 10) several astronomical magnitudes. The indicators are driven by means of a planetary gear train (19) which is rotatingly supported by means of a ball bearing (20) within a support ring (11) of th... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4684260 | Astronomical clock An astronomical clock shows on a moon disc diametrically opposed images of the sun and the moon or, respectively, two moons which during twenty four hours appear alternately in a semicircular opening and travel through it. Approximate images of the moon p... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4681459 | Apparatus for displaying astrological information An apparatus for displaying astrological information has a construction in which a first display element simulating a position on the circumference as the direction of the sun on the ecliptic and a second display element displaying the difference of the s... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4583864 | Solar system clock A novelty clock is provided wherein a spherical representation of the earth rotates about the face of the clock as would a second hand. While rotating about the face of the clock, the earth also rotates upon its own axis, thereby providing a more realisti... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4435795 | Celestial clock A clock for automatically indicating the time of day, the data of the year, the approximate time of sunrise and sunset, the approximate hours of darkness and daylight, the positions of the sun, Mercury, Venus, the earth's moon and phases of the moon, the ... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4337530 | Universal time-keeping system and apparatus A time-keeping method and device, especially useful as a novelty device for astrologers, that divides a day into twelve equal periods of time. Each period of time is further sub-divided into one-hundred equal sub-periods of time. Each sub-period of time m... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4142306 | Time-space clock An educational time-space clock having an oval dial provided with astronomical information; and indicating hands which rotate counterclockwise in proper sequence; as well as the current hour and minute or second indicating hands which also rotate counterc... | 03/06/1979 |
