Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147128 | Timepiece having an automatic winding mechanism A timepiece has a basic movement including at least one barrel (12) and a set of hands (14) for displaying the time now, the set of hands being situated at a first level, a mechanism for a supplementary function connected to at least one hand (18 | 04/03/2012 |
| 7293912 | Timepiece with a constant-force device for acting on an oscillating system A timepiece, in particular a wristwatch, includes a constant-force device for acting on an oscillating system, the constant-force device including a switching unit and a tensioning module having a primary spring-energy store and a secondary spring-energy store. A se... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287901 | Reverser mechanism for uni-directional rotational driving of a wheel set The mechanism includes, mounted to rotate freely on an arbour 6, a driving wheel (5) driven by an oscillating drive pinion (3) and a driven wheel (7) meshed with the first wheel set (1) of a kinematic chain and comprising a dome ( | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270474 | Tourbillon watch winder A watch winder includes a watch carrier having a longitudinal axis, a continuous outer wall having a plurality of detectable features, and a watch holder to support the watch relative to the longitudinal axis so that the watch rotates upon rotation of the carrier ab... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7025495 | Support and winding-up device for automatic wrist watches A device for supporting and winding-up automatic wrist watches comprises a base including a plurality of rotary supporting elements, each provided with latching means for housing a wrist watch therein, the supporting elements being rotatively driven by a geared-moto... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6964513 | Cylinder watch winder A watch winder includes a watch carrier that is freely supported on a rest for ease in mounting and removing the carrier and for reversing the direction of winding by simply turning the watch carrier end-to-end. The watch carrier includes a cylinder and a watch hold... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6814483 | Self-winding timepiece having train wheel setting apparatus To provide a self-winding timepiece having a thin and small-sized movement in which a train wheel setting apparatus for setting a balance with hairspring is efficiently arranged at the movement. A self-winding timepiece includes a main plate, a time indicating wheel... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6755567 | Hand motion irregularity suppressed timepiece To provide a hand motion irregularity suppressed timepiece whose ability has been improved. As to a spring having a flat portion and a bent portion, the flat portion is disposed between a second chronograph wheel and a center wheel, and the bent portion is sandwiche... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6457856 | Temperature responsive self winding timepieces A temperature sensitive element within a timepiece which includes a casing, movement, mainspring and a bi-directional rotation to unidirectional rotation converting mechanism for winding the mainspring where the temperature sensitive element tends to angu... | 10/01/2002 |
| 4500213 | Ultra-flat self-winding watch The watch has a winding weight comprising an arm 10a and an oscillating mass 10b. The arm is mounted for pivotal movement about the axis of a toothed ring 12 by way of which the spring barrel 20 is kept wound and which axis is offset with respect to the w... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4165606 | Device for the automatic operation of weight driven clocks An automatic winding device for weight driven clocks wherein the driving unit is contained inside a suspended winding weight, has a roller to wind a flexible pulling means upon and a motor within the suspended winding weight actuated by switch means in th... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4057958 | Watch winder Apparatus is provided for the winding of a self-winding mechanical wrist watch during intervals when it is not worn on the wrist and would otherwise run down and stop. The apparatus comprises a detachable, padded mandrel over which the self-winding wrist ... | 11/15/1977 |
