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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7744272 | Portable apparatus and portable timepiece having a push button A portable apparatus has a push button mounted on a casing for operating a contact inside the casing. The push button is axially slidable in a pipe fixed in a through-hole extending through the casing. A coil spring encircles the pipe and is interposed between a fla... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7556422 | Lockable push-piece A push-actuated control device for watches includes a push-piece button (1) connected with a push-piece shaft (2) passing through a push-piece pipe (3) intended to be accommodated in the watchcase. The device further includes a compression ring ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7387434 | Lockable push button for portable apparatus such as a watch There is provided portable apparatus capable of maintaining a function of preventing accidental operation of a push button when the apparatus is carried on the wearer's body. The apparatus includes a watch enclosure body (apparatus enclosure body), a pipe, a push bu... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7357569 | Crown lock structure and timepiece having crown lock structure A crown lock structure for a timepiece has a crown having an inner surface provided with a threaded section and a connecting assembly for removably connecting the crown to a case of the timepiece. The connecting assembly comprises a tubular member for integral conne... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7335841 | Button structure for a timepiece and a timepiece having this button structure A timepiece button structure has a base having a first cavity, a first button member, a second button member having a second cavity part, first and second urging members, and first and second movement-limiting members. The second button member is disposed to protrud... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329042 | Watch crown with anti-rotation gasket There is provided a watch in which a crown and associated parts, excluding a winding stem pipe, can be replaced when the screw locking function is impaired. The watch includes a case band having a pipe attachment hole, a winding stem pipe, a ring gasket made of elas... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318670 | Wristwatch push-piece winding button control device The device includes a support pipe driven into a bore of a watchcase, a push-piece crown consisting of a head and an extension mounted into the pipe in mobile manner, a part entraining rotation that is integral with the winding and setting stem of the watch, couplin... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7255473 | Portable timepiece To provide a portable timepiece having high durability constructed by a constitution capable of promoting operability of attaching and detaching a crown and holding a crown in an unoperated state so as not to rotate the crown unpreparedly. In a winding stem pipe att... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7192182 | Winding stem pipe with friction ring To provide a portable timepiece in which the maintenance of a winding stem pipe and its surroundings is facilitated. Basically provided is a portable timepiece comprising a winding stem pipe releasably screwed into a pipe attachment opening of a case band, in which ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192184 | Portable watch A portable timepiece has a pipe extending from a case and a winding stem for transmitting a rotational force to a timepiece movement in the case. A crown is connected to the winding stem for rotational movement therewith and for detachable engagement with an outer p... | 03/20/2007 |
| 6902169 | Sealed crown for watch casing The sealing device for a control member (17) is provided with a shaft (16) passing through a sealed casing and comprising a tube (1) driven into a bore (3) of the casing (4) . A shaft (16) of the control member (17) i... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6315443 | Precious metal chronograph watch with a hollowed middle part-bezel The invention concerns a chronograph watch made of precious metal including a case (1), closed by a crystal (12) and a back cover (13) resting on a rigid middle part-bezel (20) having a recess (19) opening towards the center of the case and wherein are pr... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6282153 | Flexible system for sealing control buttons and relaying movement, for watches and other instruments This invention relates to a rubber plate (elastic) (FIG.1) which, when soldered at its edges (FIG. 1A) to the inside of the body (case) of a watch (or other object) (FIG. 3A), totally seals it against water and dust. At the same time, in view of the fact ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6200020 | Operating means with a seal, for a timepiece An operating means such as for example a crown, with an element rigid with the housing and with an operable element which is movable with respect to this. Between these two elements there is arranged a lip seal with an elastic lip, which bears on the elem... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6198697 | Watch case fitted with control means A watch case (1) including a wall (6) with an outer face and an inner face, which defines a housing intended to accommodate a watch movement (7), and control means (4) able to have at least a first and a second state, which include a moving element (8) mo... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6137750 | Safety valve for a timepiece A safety valve with an element rigid with the housing and with an operable element which is movable with respect to this. Between these two elements there is arranged a lip seal with an elastic lip, which bears on the element rigid with the housing and de... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5751668 | Push button and method for assembling such push button Push button comprising a stem (10), provided with a head (5) able to be manipulated and sliding into an opening (2) provided in the middle part (3) of a timepiece, and stopping means preventing the removal of said stem (10), wherein the stem (10) comprise... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5663934 | Watertight push button device, particularly for controlling a timepiece The watertight push button device is intended for example to equip a timepiece, in particular for controlling said timepiece. It comprises a body (2) inside which a cavity (4) of generally oblong shape is arranged, and a push button stem (6) arranged insi... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5631881 | Push button assembly for an electronic wrist instrument A push button assembly for an electronic wrist instrument requires only two components, a push button member and a gasket which dually functions as a spring, thereby reducing the cost of manufacturing and easing assembly.... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5299179 | Pushpiece for a diver's timepiece This pushpiece (1) for a timepiece includes a movable head (3) slidingly mounted on a tube (4), said head partially enveloping such tube. The head exhibits a central cylindrical core (5) which penetrates into the tube, at least one O ring seal (6) being l... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5257247 | Safety valve for diver's timepiece This valve (1) for a watch case comprises a head (3) and a tube (4) onto which the head can be screwed. A stem (8) fixed to a core (5) borne by the head is surrounded by a return spring (7) bearing, on the one hand, under the head and, on the other hand, ... | 10/26/1993 |
| 4497584 | Wrist watch case with vulcanized gasket A case body is fixed to a glass by means of an interposed ring of a vulcanizable elastomer, this ring being bonded by vulcanization either directly to the glass or to a metallized coating applied to the glass, as well as to the upper surface of the case b... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4451160 | Watch with a push button A watch comprises a push button 3 with an axis substantially perpendicular to the plane of the watch. It is slidable in a tube 2 which is fixed with respect to the bottom 1 of the casing and which is disposed in the interior of the casing. The push button... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4430532 | Electronic watch multi-curcuit pushbutton switch A pushbutton device comprises a pipe or tubular member for being affixed to a casing as of an electronic watch, a pushbutton body axially movably disposed in the pipe, resilient structure for returning the pushbutton body to an original position, structur... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4428683 | Electrical connection construction for electronic timepiece An electronic timepiece assembly interposed between a module and an exteriorly operable member and comprising a switch lower base including a plurality of electrically conductive portions connected to a contact pattern formed on the module and a switch up... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4389123 | Electronic alarm watch A waterproof construction around a miniature buzzer incorporated in an electronic alarm watch depends on a gasket alone. The construction is such that the gasket can secure a resonant plate without any storage of distortion in the resonant plate. This fea... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4218601 | Pushbutton A pushbutton for actuating a switch of an electronic timepiece wherein the pushbutton may be reduced in diameter. According to the present invention, in order to reduce the diameter of the pushbutton, a packing of resilient material for providing a watert... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4152889 | Push button device for watch casing A push button device for a watch casing comprising a watch casing, a through hole formed on a side wall of the watch casing, through which a push button is inserted to be secured, a pipe fitted to the through hole and provided and a guide surface inside t... | 05/08/1979 |
| 3994125 | Winding time-setting push-button assembly for a watch A watch winding and time setting assembly comprises a crown body having an axial passage extending therethrough, and a push-button located in said axial passage. Said passage comprises a first portion of circular cross-section in which is located a cylind... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3977178 | Watch winding crown assembly In a watch winding crown assembly of the type with a push-button axially displaceable relative to a crown body, the crown body has an integral cylindrical shank slidably and rotatably mounted in a pendant tube, with an interposed annular seal. The push bu... | 08/31/1976 |
