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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7942573 | Timepiece A timepiece includes a platen (10) and a barrel mounted on the platen, the barrel including: a drum (20) with a bottom and side walls; a shaft (14) extending through the drum at the center thereof and provided with pivoting elements (40, 54 | 05/17/2011 |
| 7244062 | Device for stopping the balance during the time-setting of a tourbillon watch The stop second device during precise time-setting of a watch fitted with a tourbillon (1) comprises mobile elements such as levers (14, 15, 16) mounted in the carriage (2) of the tourbillon, each of said mobile elements being returned by a retu... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7192181 | Timepiece including a mechanism for triggering a time-related function and simultaneous winding of a barrel spring The invention concerns a timepiece component comprising a watch movement provided with a main barrel acting as power source for a timekeeping device of the watch movement and an auxiliary barrel designed to supply mechanical power to an additional device, and mechan... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7160026 | Tri-axial tourbillon for a timepiece, in particular a wristwatch The tri-axial tourbillon comprises a cage (A) containing the balance (1), the escape wheel (2) and the escape pinion (3) rotating around an axis (A1) and mounted in a second cage (B) rotating around an axis (A2), the cage (B) in tu... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7008102 | Mechanical timepiece comprising a tourbillon The invention relates to a timepiece consisting of a main plate (24) having the following components mounted thereto: a time base which is formed by a tourbillon (16) comprising a rotatable frame, which appears in an opening (14a) in the ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6948845 | Mechanical timepiece A storage device comprises a first seconds wheel, engaging with a mainspring, and a second seconds wheel, a setting wheel for connecting these two seconds wheels, a yoke on which said setting wheel is pivotably mounted, the pivot axis of this yoke and that of the se... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6890094 | Tourbillon-type timepiece mechanism The present invention relates to a tourbillon-type timepiece mechanism, comprising a cage (8-10), means (4) for pivoting this cage on a casing (1) of the timepiece, a kinematic link (3) between the axis of this cage and a motive ba... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6749333 | Tourbillon mechanism A tourbillon mechanism comprises a cage (1), an escapement wheel (3), an anchor (5) and a balance wheel. The cage (1) comprises an upper portion (1a) and a lower portion (1b) with cylindrical skirts and adapted... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6402368 | Watch provided with a tourbillon The watch provided with a tourbillon includes a regulating device (2) engaging with an escapement (3) which itself engages with a gear train (4) meshing with a fixed wheel (5). The regulating device, the escapement and the gear train are mounted on a plat... | 06/11/2002 |
| 5838641 | Mechanical timepiece with tourbillon mechanism A mechanical timepiece comprises a tourbillon mechanism having a housing mounted for rotation about a rotational axis, an escape wheel mounted in the housing for rotation, a balance wheel mounted in the housing for undergoing rotational vibration, and a p... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5608694 | Mechanical timepiece provided with a tourbillon A mechanical timepiece comprising a barrel meshing with a tourbillon, this timepiece being characterised in that the tourbillon is supported by its base solely by a bearing whose external ring comprises a toothing which acts as a fixed wheel for driving a... | 03/04/1997 |
| 4363553 | Watch mechanism incorporating two barrels A watch mechanism incorporating two barrels each containing a spring. The springs contained in each barrel are positively connected in series to each other via a gear mechanism or a common arbor. The considerable energy available makes it possible to maintain ... | 12/14/1982 |
| 3974639 | Driving device for mechanical timepiece movements This invention relates to a driving device for mechanical timepiece movements, the device comprising a barrel-drum, a barrel-bridge, an arbor coaxial with the drum and pivoting in the bridge, a toothed ratchet-wheel secured to the arbor and disposed adjac... | 08/17/1976 |
