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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7532546 | Timepiece with calendar mechanism having date indicators for indicating date A timepiece with calendar mechanism has a time indicator that indicates time by undergoing rotation in accordance with a driving operation of a drive mechanism, and first and second separate and independent date indicators each having date characters and each mounte... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7300200 | Timepiece having mainspring winding state display apparatus including deformed segment gear A timepiece has a mainspring winding state display apparatus for arranging a rotational center of a winding mark hand at an arbitrary pertinent position in a movement of the timeplace. The movement has a barrel complete and a speed reducing mechanism cooperatively m... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7275860 | Display correcting mechanism and timepiece having display correcting mechanism A timepiece has a train wheel, a display member for undergoing rotation in accordance with rotation of the train wheel, and a display correcting mechanism for correcting a display content of the display member. The display correcting mechanism has a corrector settin... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7106661 | Calendar timepiece A calendar timepiece has a main plate, a time indicator mounted on the main plate for undergoing rotational movement to indicate time information, a date indicator mounted for undergoing rotation to indicate date information, and a date indicator driving wheel mount... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102962 | Timepiece equipped with calendar mechanism including first and second date indicators A calendar mechanism-equipped timepiece having a compactly constructed drive mechanism for driving first and second date indicators is offered. A timepiece equipped with a calendar mechanism has a drive mechanism, time display wheels, a first date indicator for disp... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7029169 | Chronograph timepiece having zeroing structure To realize a chronograph timepiece capable of firmly and simultaneously zeroing an hour heart cam, a second heart cam and a minute heart cam. A chronograph timepiece of the invention includes a hammer operated by operating a reset button for controlling to operate t... | 04/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6687191 | Calendar timepiece A calendar timepiece has a main plate having a guide portion and a date indicator driving wheel mounted on the main plate to undergo rotation. A date feed finger is connected to the date indicator driving wheel for rotation therewith to engage the guide p... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6584040 | Electronic timepiece To provide an electronic timepiece enabling reliable detection of a state of rotation of an indication wheel such as a date dial. An ultrasonic motor 1130 has an ultrasonic rotor pinion 1134b. A date dial 1120 is disposed on a main plate 1102 in such a way as ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6582118 | Electronic timepiece having transmission wheel rotational position detecting apparatus An electronic timepiece has a wheel train mounted for undergoing rotation and a transmission wheel for undergoing rotation in accordance with rotation of the wheel train. A contact point spring is connected to the transmission wheel for rotation therewith... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6400651 | Coil block protection structure and electronic device having coil block protection structure An electronic device has a battery for storing electric power, an electronic circuit driven by electric power from the battery, and a coil block for generating a magnetic field in accordance with a signal from the electric circuit. A protective film is co... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6394645 | Electronic watch with correcting mechanism A correcting lever is integrally provided with a correcting portion for correcting a fifth wheel, a reset portion brought into contact with a reset pin for stopping an output of a pulse signal from an IC, a return spring portion and an engaged portion and... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6088300 | Calendar electronic timepiece A calendar electronic timepiece comprises a signal generating circuit for generating a date signal, a driving circuit for outputting a driving signal in accordance with the date signal generated by the signal generating circuit, and an ultrasonic motor dr... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6088302 | Electronic timepiece To provide an electronic timepiece enabling reliable detection of a state of rotation of an indication wheel such as a date dial. An ultrasonic motor 1130 has an ultrasonic rotor pinion 1134b. A date dial 1120 is disposed on a main plate 1102 in such a way as ... | 07/11/2000 |
