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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096703 | Timepiece comprising a rotating bezel The invention comprises a timepiece including a middle part (4) and a bezel (6) capable of rotating on the middle part (4), the bezel (6) and the middle part (4) delimiting between them an annular chamber (38) in which there... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7614785 | Timepiece having rotatable and detachable bezel A timepiece has a case body and a bezel rotatably and detachably connected to the case body. A ring-shaped guide groove formed in the bezel opposes a ring groove formed in the case body, and a plurality of holding members are slidable in the guide groove into and ou... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7572049 | Timepiece To provide a timepiece in which operations for a rotation stop of a bezel and its release are easy, and reliability and a durability of the rotation stop are high. A bezel is disposed in a bezel disposition part of a case band so as to be capable of rotation-operati... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7490979 | Timepiece To provide a timepiece in which a position alignment of a bezel is easy, and a position-aligned bezel can be made so as not to be carelessly rotated. A portable timepiece possesses a case band, an annular bezel, a click member, a coil spring, and a lock member. In t... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7434984 | Timepiece To provide a timepiece having a bezel which is easy to set in position, and which is not inadvertently rotatable after it has been set in position. A bezel is rotatably mounted on the bezel mounting portion of a case band. A click member is held vertically movably i... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7384189 | Watch including means for improving the shock resistance of the crystal The invention proposes a watch comprising a case which includes a middle part, a crystal and a display dial. The crystal includes an outer radial collar which abuts axially against the middle part and which is held axially against the middle part by means of a bezel... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7350968 | Case for a watch movement A watch case for an analog watch movement has a housing and a setting ring in a rotatably moveable and axially slideable relationship. The setting ring is coupled with a setting stem of the analog watch for rotation of the setting stem by rotation of the setting rin... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350969 | Watchcase with rotating cover-bezel The watchcase includes a middle part (3) closed by a back cover (5) delimiting a housing (7) provided for receiving a watch movement (9) including at least one off-centre display (10, 12). The external surface is entirely covered b... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7307921 | Wristwatch with movable movement case A watch design that has a movable case that keeps the face of the watch visible regardless of the position of the wrist. In this way, a user can quickly see the watch face in the proper orientation so that the time can be quickly and correctly determined. There are ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7307916 | World timepiece A mechanical world timepiece having a transmission mechanism which allows the time display, such as, for example, a 12-hour hand and/or a 24-hour hand, to be directly adjusted with a turning ring having 24 time zones. The timepiece serves for the easily manageable a... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7230885 | Wrist watch case, wrist watch with auto time adjusting function by electric wave, and wrist mountable electric device case A wrist mountable electronic device case such as a wrist watch case includes: a main body of a synthetic resin, in and on which a housing portion and a pair of band attaching portions are formed, one attaching portion being formed with an antenna containing area; a ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7182508 | Linking device between a rim and a case of watch This device comprises a first axial retention shoulder secured to the case, adjacent to a cylindrical seat, a second, opposite axial retention shoulder formed by one face of an annular groove secured to the rim, an annular retention element made of polymer bearing a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7137732 | Portable timepiece A portable timepiece has a bezel rotatably disposed on a case body, and an elastically deformable gasket interposed between the case body and the bezel in an elastically deformed state to exert a frictional force on the case body and the bezel sufficient to maintain... | 11/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7120093 | Oval shaped timepieces and stem arrangement for watches A watch frame comprising a dial face having a circumferential boundary surrounding the dial face. A single series of hours indicia are arranged along and following the circumferential boundary and surrounding an interior region of the dial face. A first and second t... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7111978 | Timepiece with an interchangeable bezel The bezel (1) is interchangeable via a bayonet device. The shoulder (11) of the middle part (12) is provided with a circular groove (14) and at least two sinks (15) opening out partially into said groove (14). The bezel (... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7080938 | Watch apparatus A watch apparatus includes a wristwatch that includes a watch housing with a face, a back side and a peripheral edge. A wristband is attached to the peripheral edge. A bezel is rotatably mounted to the watch housing and extends around the face. A motor is mounted on... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7072247 | Wrist watch To provide a wrist watch capable of easily exchanging a bezel by a user per se. A wrist watch is locked in a state in which a case body packing is arranged between a main body of an inner case bodyl including a module including an electronic circuit realizing watch ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7052173 | Timepiece To provide a timepiece whose bezel can be easily attached and detached by a user without requiring a special-purpose tool. A male screw, an annular groove disposed downwardly away from the male screw and an annular clearance groove positioned between the annular gro... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7035171 | Timepiece provided with interchangeable dial A timepiece has a portion of its case body capable of being removed from the rest of the case body. The removable portion bears an interchangeable dial plate. The device is configured in such a manner that the dial plate never serves as a stopping abutment when it i... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6999380 | Clock apparatus adapted to summer time, monitoring camera apparatus having the same, and clock apparatus time setting method A timepiece comprises a standard time clock for counting standard time and means for calculating daylight saving time by adding a predetermined time correction value to the standard time when judging that the standard time is within the period of daylight saving tim... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6871997 | Watch case A watch case comprising a rotary bezel, first and second angular positioning markings, one set secured to the bezel and the other set to the case middle and elastic means in the form of a closed-loop spring tending to place the positioning markings into engagement w... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6821014 | Rotating-type bezel apparatus and portable timepiece having rotating-type bezel apparatus A rotating-type bezel apparatus has a case body and a bezel rotatably mounted on the case body and having alternately spaced recesses and projections. A first member is mounted on the case body and has an end portion elastically engageable with surface portions of t... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6799886 | Watch case Watch case comprising a casing (10), a turning bezel (14-2) outside of said casing, said turning bezel comprising at least one portion of magnetic material (2), an organ (11) inside of said casing, placed so as... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6776519 | Mysterious rotating bezel The bezel (2) allows the same reading direction to be kept for the indications (20) carried by a ring (4) able to rotate freely on a base (6) to which it is affixed to bring a selected indication (20) opposite a determined marking ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6714485 | Timepiece with analogue display of time related information based on a decimal system A timepiece is disclosed allowing a reading of a first conventional time information by means of first analogue display means including a dial (5) and hours (4a) and minutes (4b) indicator members driven by a movement of the timepi... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6666576 | Watch case assembled via the bezel The watch case includes a back cover (2), a middle part (3) and a bezel (4) closed by a crystal (5) delimiting together a space in which a watch movement (1) is housed for an analogue or digital time display on a dial (6) arranged below the crystal (5). I... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6616329 | Mounting structure of rotating bezel and watch with the same In a structure in which a rotating bezel is mounted on a case body, the present invention provides the structure which permits the rotating bezel to be mounted and removed without difficulty even if a brittle material and a deformation difficult material ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6599009 | Wristwatch case having a rotary bezel The rotary vessel is structured having a function movable generally vertical relative to a plane of a wristwatch case, and divided with a plurality of stop points in a movable range in a vertical direction, i.e. a stop point for securing stop stability of... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6579004 | Internet clock An internet watch in accordance with the present invention further comprises a beat hand 4 to indicate internet time and a beat dial 5 mounted on the circumferential outside of the watch having an hour hand 1, a minute hand 2, and a second hand 3, thereby... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6575618 | Information processing device An information processing device to which data can be input by the use of a rotary bezel. A pulse-count detection sensor unit 32 and a rotational-direction detection sensor unit 33 read an optical pattern which is formed on the rotary bezel to generate a ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6565253 | Watch light There is disclosed herein a watch that includes a steerable light. The light may be attached to a rotating bezel on the watch, or included in a crown or other moveable fixture of the watch, such that the light may be pointed independently from the orienta... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6556222 | Bezel based input mechanism and user interface for a smart watch A wearable mobile computing device/appliance (e.g., a wrist watch) with a high resolution display that is capable of wirelessly accessing information from the network and a variety of other devices. The mobile computing device/appliance includes a user in... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6379037 | Setting mechanism for a timepiece The present invention provides a rotational aid for setting a multimode electronic device of the type having a rotatable ring coupled to a switching mechanism. The rotational aid includes a handle and a device for coupling the handle to the ring. The hand... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6356512 | Subassembly combining an antenna and position sensors on a same support, notably for a horological piece The invention concerns a subassembly intended to be mounted in a portable device enabling the reception and/or emission of radio diffused messages as well as the selection of predetermined digital information. This subassembly comprises an antenna (4) and... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6310835 | Metal case part with knobs made in synthetic material Metal case part (9) having a wall whose outer surface (11) includes separated knobs (23a, 23b, 23c) formed by a synthetic material, characterized in that one face (12) opposite to the outer surface (11) of the part (9) includes a groove (15) connected to ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6200019 | Device for locking the rotatable bezel of watches, especially underwater watches, and for rendering the winding button watertight A device for locking the rotatable bezel of a watch and for rendering the winding button thereof watertight comprises a plastic washer connected to a flat surface of said button, coaxially thereto, so as to engage with circumferential knurling of the rota... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6164814 | Watch having rotatable bezel A watch suitable for use in outdoor activities includes a casing holding the workings of the watch which includes a watch face. A clear facing for viewing the watch is held to the casing, and a bezel held rotatably to the casing carries an integral fob fo... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6134189 | Device for controlling the functions of a timepiece and method using same A device (10) mounted in a timepiece for generating a variable inductive magnetic current, the device consisting of a mobile member (39) including an element for conducting the inductive magnetic current and a non-conductive element. The device also inclu... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6053631 | Plastic case with a support body for an electronic device A plastic case for an electronic device such as a wrist or pocket watch, has a bottom (1), a cover glass (2) and a support body (3), as well as a dial (6). The support body (3) serves as a base for the dial (6). The bottom (1) and cover glass (2) are fixe... | 04/25/2000 |
