EP0310007A1 - Dial for an instrument and a watch - Google Patents

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EP0310007A1
EP0310007A1 EP88115947A EP88115947A EP0310007A1 EP 0310007 A1 EP0310007 A1 EP 0310007A1 EP 88115947 A EP88115947 A EP 88115947A EP 88115947 A EP88115947 A EP 88115947A EP 0310007 A1 EP0310007 A1 EP 0310007A1
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  • the object of the invention is an apparatus comprising a dial constituted, at least partially, by at least two separate crowns, identical, concentric to the switch, split radially, one passing through the slot of the other so that it is partially superimposed on it and determines two crown sectors constituting particular zones of the dial, each crown being secured, by a radial peripheral arm close to the slot, with a concentric control crown capable of being driven by a manual corrector, on the one hand, simultaneously with the other crown in order to change the arrangement of the sectors without modifying them, or, on the other hand, when the other crown is kept stationary by a selection device, so as to modify the angular value of at least one sector which it determines.
  • the selection device allows a certain number of combinations ranging from the simultaneous movement, at the same speed, of all the sectors which makes it possible to modify their arrangement relative to the central dial without modifying the angular value of each of them, up to l total immobilization of all sectors, which constitutes security in the event of accidental manipulation of the manipulation crown of the manual corrector.
  • crown 2.1 whose sector face 2.1 is colored and whose free end determined by the radial window includes the specific identification mark 2.12 as well as a retaining tab 2.16, projecting perpendicularly, while the other end is made integral, by a radial arm 2.13 close to the slot, a crown of command 2.14, concentric, comprising a toothing 2.15, the whole coming from a single piece and being able to be very thin (of the order of 0.05 mm) which allows an elastic deformation of the crown, in helical shape in order to allow the passage in the slot of the other complementary crowns so as to constitute the different desired sectors.
  • the manipulation crown 4.1 is integral with the corrector shaft 4, the upper end of which comprises a square around which are corrected, alternately, the corrector pinions 4.3 with cylindrical hole, separated and driven by friction with the corrector washers 4,21, 4,22 and 4,23 with square hole, under the elastic action of the spring washer 4.5, the said corrector washers exceeding the total diameter of the pinions in order to grip each respective teeth of the control crowns so that they always remain in engagement despite their small thickness.
  • the bottom of the box 1.2 is fixed against the base of the middle part and includes the bearing bottom of the corrector shaft and is shaped so that it also constitutes a protective member for the handling crown.
  • the handling crown extends beyond the circumference of the middle part in order to facilitate its manual control in order to drive all the crowns at the same speed, provided that none of them is held stationary by the selection device capable of immobilizing a corrector pinion by the penetration of a bolt into its teeth.
  • the selection device When the selection device keeps all the crowns stationary, it constitutes a safety device preventing any displacement of the crowns during an accidental action on the handling crown.
  • it is possible to design the drive of at least one ring gear at a different speed, by modifying the gear ratio concerned, this in order to obtain a different angular displacement depending on a particular parameter.
  • each crown is limited in one direction until the moment when the arm bears on the arm of a contiguous crown, which it then causes or, in the other direction, when 'A retaining lug also bears against an element of an adjoining crown to prevent it from coming out of the slot.
  • the described embodiments can also be applied for various instruments or counters, similarly the graduations can be replaced by inscriptions or symbols, the function then being more the reading of a given indication rather than the determination. angular of a given sector.
  • the crowns can constitute a rotating bezel, complementary and independent of a central dial, the said rotating bezel being able to be housed on the box or on a dashboard, concentrically with the box.
  • middle 1 on which pivots a control window 1.2 supporting the glass 1.1 and comprising at its base a cavity 1.21 in which is adjusted the arm 2.11 of the crown 2.1 whose slot 2.12 develops in arc from the center of the dial to its periphery so that a second crown, similar 2.2, profiled by the edge of the slot 2.22, of different color, determines a particular aesthetic of the face of the dial.
  • This second crown comprises an arm comprising a jumper spring capable of engaging in one of the housings 1.01 of the middle part constituting a device for selecting and immobilizing the latter when the first crown moves relative to it and for as far as the two respective arms are not in contact, because then the two crowns are moved simultaneously.
  • the crowns can be shaped to present openings through which the face of the lower crown appears.
  • These crowns can be very thin (of the order of 0.05 mm) and produced by electro-forming or chemical attack, which opens up very wide possibilities for their shaping (fine stripes, various wefts) as well as the coloring of the faces and the printing a pattern appearing in a window makes it possible to create a whimsical dial or memory aid (display of a selected symbol in a window), or a game using the possibility of controlling the variation of the dial graphics by the bezel.

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Abstract

Instrument comprising a dial comprising distinct zones composed of ring sectors 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3, which can be adjusted as a function of a device, respectively, for manual correction and for selection. <IMAGE>

Description

On connait différents appareils de mesure analogique comprenant au moins une aiguille se déplaçant en regard d'un cadran et d'une lunette tournante. Le brevet suisse CH - 585 424, concernant plus particulièrement une montre, décrit un appareil permettant de programmer à volonté une suite d'événements fonction du temps, toutefois, la modification des programmes nécessite une manipu­lation relativement compliquée, ce qui rend impossible certaines corrections ou applications particulières en cours de programme.We know different analog measuring devices comprising at least one needle moving opposite a dial and a rotating bezel. The Swiss patent CH - 585 424, more particularly concerning a watch, describes an apparatus allowing to program at will a sequence of events function of time, however, the modification of the programs requires a relatively complicated handling, which makes certain corrections or specific applications during the program.

Dans le but d'obvier à ces inconvénients, l'objet de l'invention est un appareil comprenant un cadran constitué, au moins partiellement, par au moins deux couronnes distinctes, identiques, concentriques à l'aiguillage, fendues radialement, l'une passant à travers la fente de l'autre de telle sorte qu'elle lui soit partiellement superposée et détermine deux secteurs de couronne constituant des zones particulières du cadran, chaque couronne étant solidaire, par un bras périphérique radial proche de la fente, d'une couronne de commande concentrique susceptible d'être entrainée par un correcteur manuel, d'une part, simultané­ment avec l'autre couronne afin de changer la disposition des secteurs sans modifier ceux-ci, ou, d'autre part, lorsque l'autre couronne est maintenue immobile par un dispositif de sélection, de façon à modifier la valeur angulaire d'au moins un secteur qu'elle détermine.In order to obviate these drawbacks, the object of the invention is an apparatus comprising a dial constituted, at least partially, by at least two separate crowns, identical, concentric to the switch, split radially, one passing through the slot of the other so that it is partially superimposed on it and determines two crown sectors constituting particular zones of the dial, each crown being secured, by a radial peripheral arm close to the slot, with a concentric control crown capable of being driven by a manual corrector, on the one hand, simultaneously with the other crown in order to change the arrangement of the sectors without modifying them, or, on the other hand, when the other crown is kept stationary by a selection device, so as to modify the angular value of at least one sector which it determines.

Lesapplications les plus importantes touchent, d'une part, les appareils à lunette tournnante ou fixe permettant de repèrer un certain nombre de paramètre et d'autre part, certains appareils pour l'aspect esthétique et la possibilité de varier cet aspect sont essentiels.

  • Les fig. 1, 2, 3 et 4 représentent respectivement des vues en coupe, en perspective et en plan d'une première forme d'exécution constituée par une montre
  • Les fig. 5 et 6 représentent de la même façon une deuxième forme d'exécution dérivée de la première.
  • Les fig. 7 et 8 représentent en coupe et en plan une troisième forme d'exécution.
The most important applications affect, on the one hand, devices with a rotating or fixed bezel making it possible to identify a certain number of parameters and, on the other hand, certain devices for the aesthetic appearance and the possibility of varying this aspect are essential.
  • Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively represent sectional, perspective and plan views of a first embodiment constituted by a watch
  • Figs. 5 and 6 likewise represent a second embodiment derived from the first.
  • Figs. 7 and 8 show in section and in plan a third embodiment.

Il est fait réserve quant-à la possibilité d0'utiliser certains caractères de la description, isolément ou en combinaison, fain d'élaborer toute nouvelle revendication susceptible de renforcer la protection.It is reserved as to the possibility of using certain characters of the description, individually or in combination, in order to elaborate any new claim likely to strengthen the protection.

Sur la fig. 1, on remarque sous la glace de la boîte 1, l'aiguillage 3.1 se déplaçant au dessus du cadran 3.2 et en regard d'une lunette tournante intérieure dont la face visible est constituée par des zones particulières déterminées par les trois secteurs 2.1, 2.2 et 2.3 de couleurs différentes comprenant chacun un repère d'identification particulier 2.12 ainsi qu'une graduation 2.11. Chaque secteur est solidaire d'une couronne de commande susceptible dêtre entrainée par la couronne de manipulation du correcteur manuel 4.1 alors que la couronne de manipulation du dispositif de sélection 5.1 permet de sélec­tionner à tout instant quel secteur doit être maintenu immobile dans la position qu'il occupe. Le dispositif de sélection permet uncertain nombre de combinaisons allant du déplacement simultané, à la même vitesse,de tous les secteurs ce qui permet de modifier leur disposition par rapport au cadran central sans modifier la valeur angulaire de chacun d'eux, jusqu'à l'immobilisation totale de tous les secteurs, ce qui constitue une sécurité en cas de manipulation accidentelle de la couronne de manipulation du correcteur manuel.In fig. 1, we notice under the glass of the box 1, the switch 3.1 moving above the dial 3.2 and opposite an inner rotating bezel whose visible face is constituted by particular zones determined by the three sectors 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 of different colors, each including a specific identification mark 2.12 and a graduation 2.11. Each sector is integral with a control crown capable of being driven by the manipulation crown of the manual corrector 4.1 while the manipulation crown of the selection device 5.1 makes it possible to select at any time which sector should be kept stationary in the position that he keeps busy. The selection device allows a certain number of combinations ranging from the simultaneous movement, at the same speed, of all the sectors which makes it possible to modify their arrangement relative to the central dial without modifying the angular value of each of them, up to l total immobilization of all sectors, which constitutes security in the event of accidental manipulation of the manipulation crown of the manual corrector.

Sur la fig. 2, on remarque la couronne 2.1. dont la face 2.1 de secteur est colorée et dont l'extrémité libre déterminée par la fentre radiale comprend le repère d'identification particulier 2.12 ainsi qu'une languette de retenue 2.16, faisant saillie perpendi­culairement, alors que l'autre extrémité est rendue solidaire, par un bras radial 2.13 proche de la fente, d'une couronne de commande 2.14, concentrique, comprenant une denture 2.15, le tout venu d'une seule pièce et pouvant être de très faible épaisseur ( de l'ordre de 0.05 mm ) ce qui permet une déformation élastique de la couronne, en forme hélicoidale afin de permettre le passage dans la fente des autre couronnes complémentaire de façon à constituer les différents secteurs désirée.In fig. 2, note the crown 2.1. whose sector face 2.1 is colored and whose free end determined by the radial window includes the specific identification mark 2.12 as well as a retaining tab 2.16, projecting perpendicularly, while the other end is made integral, by a radial arm 2.13 close to the slot, a crown of command 2.14, concentric, comprising a toothing 2.15, the whole coming from a single piece and being able to be very thin (of the order of 0.05 mm) which allows an elastic deformation of the crown, in helical shape in order to allow the passage in the slot of the other complementary crowns so as to constitute the different desired sectors.

Sur la fig. 3, on remarque les trois couronnes 2.1 , 2.2. et 2.3 superposées ( imbriquées hélicoidalement ) solidaires des couronnes de commande respectives 2.11, 2.21 et 2.31 ajustées par le sommet de leur denture dans un logement cylindrique de la carrure situé sous la glace 1.1 et maintenues intérieu­rement par un réhaut 1.3 entourant l'aiguillage 3.1 et la cadran 3.2 supporté par le mouvement 3.La couronne de manipulation 4.1 est solidaire de l'arbre de correcteur 4 dont l'extrémité supé­rieure comprend un carré autour duquel sont ajustés, alternati­vement, les pignons de correcteur 4.3 à trou cylindrique, séparés et entrainés par friction par les rondelles de correcteur 4,21, 4,22 et 4,23 à trou carré, sous l'action élastique de la rondelle-ressort 4.5, les dites rondelles de correcteur dépassant le diamètre totale des pignons afin d'enserrer chaque denture respectives des couronnes de commande de telle sorte qu'elles restent toujours en prise malgré la faible épaisseur de ceux-ci. Le fond de la boîte 1.2 est fixé contre la base de la carrure et comprend le palier inférieur de l'arbre de correcteur et est façonné de telle sorte qu'il constitue également un organe de protection pour la couronne de manipulation. La couronne de manipulation dépasse le pourtour de la carrure afin de faciliter sa commande manuelle afin d'entrainer à la même vitesse toutes les couronnes pour autant qu'aucune d'entre elles ne soit maintenue immobile par le dispositif de sélection susceptible d'immobiliser un pignon de correcteur par la pénétration d'un verrour dans sa denture. Lorsque le dispositif de sélection maintient toutes les couronnes immobiles, il constitue un organe de sécurité évitant de toute déplacement des couronne lors d'une action acci­dentelle sur la couronne de manipulation. D'autre il est possible de concevoir l'entrainement d'au moins une couronne à une vitesse différente, en modifiant le rapport d'engrenage concerné, ceci afin d'obtenir un déplacement angulaire différent fonction d'un paramètre particulier.In fig. 3, we note the three crowns 2.1, 2.2. and 2.3 superimposed (nested helically) integral with the respective control crowns 2.11, 2.21 and 2.31 adjusted by the top of their teeth in a cylindrical housing of the middle located under the glass 1.1 and held internally by a flange 1.3 surrounding the switch 3.1 and the dial 3.2 supported by the movement 3. The manipulation crown 4.1 is integral with the corrector shaft 4, the upper end of which comprises a square around which are corrected, alternately, the corrector pinions 4.3 with cylindrical hole, separated and driven by friction with the corrector washers 4,21, 4,22 and 4,23 with square hole, under the elastic action of the spring washer 4.5, the said corrector washers exceeding the total diameter of the pinions in order to grip each respective teeth of the control crowns so that they always remain in engagement despite their small thickness. The bottom of the box 1.2 is fixed against the base of the middle part and includes the bearing bottom of the corrector shaft and is shaped so that it also constitutes a protective member for the handling crown. The handling crown extends beyond the circumference of the middle part in order to facilitate its manual control in order to drive all the crowns at the same speed, provided that none of them is held stationary by the selection device capable of immobilizing a corrector pinion by the penetration of a bolt into its teeth. When the selection device keeps all the crowns stationary, it constitutes a safety device preventing any displacement of the crowns during an accidental action on the handling crown. On the other hand, it is possible to design the drive of at least one ring gear at a different speed, by modifying the gear ratio concerned, this in order to obtain a different angular displacement depending on a particular parameter.

Sur la fig. 4, on remarque la couronne de manipulation du sélecteur 5.1 solidaire de l'arbre de sélection 5, identique à l'arbre d'entrainement, mais dont le carré supèrieur supporte et entraine trois cames superposées 5.21, 5.22 et 5.23 travaillant respectivement avec les extrémités de commande des verrous de sélection 6.21, 6.22 et 6.23 faisant,également office de ressort de positionnement, afin de commander la libération ou le verrouillage des différentes couronnes selon des possibilités prédéterminées. Le pourtour de la couronne de manipulation du sélecteur comprend une denture caractéristique, symbolique 5.11 et 5.12, donnant une indication sur les fonctions sélection­nées.In fig. 4, we note the selector 5.1 handling ring secured to the selection shaft 5, identical to the drive shaft, but whose upper square supports and drives three superimposed cams 5.21, 5.22 and 5.23 working respectively with the ends for controlling the selection locks 6.21, 6.22 and 6.23 also serving as a positioning spring, in order to control the release or the locking of the different crowns according to predetermined possibilities. The circumference of the handling crown of the selector includes a characteristic toothing, symbolic 5.11 and 5.12, giving an indication of the selected functions.

Dans cette première forme d'exécution le déplacement angulaire de chaque couronne est limité dans un sens jusqu'au moment ou le bras prend appui sur le bras d'une couronne contigue, qu'il en­traine alors ou, dans l'autre sens, losqu'un ergot de retenue prend également appui contre un élément d'une couronne contigue pour éviter qu'il ne se dégage de la fente.In this first embodiment, the angular displacement of each crown is limited in one direction until the moment when the arm bears on the arm of a contiguous crown, which it then causes or, in the other direction, when 'A retaining lug also bears against an element of an adjoining crown to prevent it from coming out of the slot.

Dans certains cas, il peut être nécessaire d'assurer une indépen­dance totale entre les différentes couronnes, c'est pourquoi une deuxième forme d'exécution dérivée est décrite ci-après.In some cases, it may be necessary to ensure complete independence between the different crowns, this is why a second derivative embodiment is described below.

Sur les fig. 5 et 6, on remarque que trois couronnes 2.1, 2.2 et 2.3 , chacune étant venue d'une seule pièce avec une couronne de commande dentée en prise avec un pignon du correcteur manuel solidaire de la couronne de manipulation 4.1, les foncti ons de sélection étant toujours définies par la couronne de manipulation du selecteur 5.1.In fig. 5 and 6, it is noted that three crowns 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3, each having come in one piece with a toothed control crown engaged with a pinion of the manual corrector secured to the manipulation crown 4.1, the selection functions always defined by the selector handling crown 5.1.

Les formes d'exécution décrites peuvent être appliquées égalemnet pour des instruments de bords ou compteurs divers , de même les graduations peuvent etre remplaçées par des inscrip­tions ou des symboles, la fonction étant alors davantage la lecture d'une indication déterminée plutôt que la détermi nation angulaire d'un secteur déterminé.The described embodiments can also be applied for various instruments or counters, similarly the graduations can be replaced by inscriptions or symbols, the function then being more the reading of a given indication rather than the determination. angular of a given sector.

Enfin, les couronnes peuvent constituer une lunette tournant, complémentaire et indépendante d'un cadran central , la dite lunette tournante pouvant être logée sur la boite ou sur un tableau de bord, concentriquement à la boîte.Finally, the crowns can constitute a rotating bezel, complementary and independent of a central dial, the said rotating bezel being able to be housed on the box or on a dashboard, concentrically with the box.

Sue les fig. 7 et 8, on remarque la carrure de la boîte 1 sur laquelle pivote une lunette de commande 1.2 supportant la glace 1.1 et comprenant à sa base une cavité 1.21 dans laquelle est ajusté le bras 2.11 de la couronne 2.1 dont la fente 2.12 se développe en arc de cercle depuis le centre du cadran jusqu'à son pourtourde telle sorte qu'une deuxième courone , semblable 2.2, profilée par le bord de la fente 2.22, de couleur différente, détermine une esthétique particulière de la face du cadran. Cette deuxième courone comporte un bras comprenant un ressort sautoir susceptible de s'engager dans l'un des logements 1.01 de la carrure constituant un dispositif de sélection et d'immobilisation de celle-ci lorsque la première couronne se déplace par rapport à elle et pour autant que les deux bras respectifs ne soient pas en contact, car alors les deux couronnes sont déplaçées simulanément.ce qui permet de régler angulairement la position de la deuxième couronne par rapport à la boîte, puis en actionnant la lunette de commande dans le sens opposé, de déplacer alors uniquement la première couronne afin d'obtenir l'effet esthétique désiré. Il est possible de varier à volonté, l'aspect du cadran, les couronnes pivotent autour d'un noyau central solidaire d'une plaque de cadran 3.2 assemblée sur le mouvement 3According to fig. 7 and 8, we note the case middle 1 on which pivots a control window 1.2 supporting the glass 1.1 and comprising at its base a cavity 1.21 in which is adjusted the arm 2.11 of the crown 2.1 whose slot 2.12 develops in arc from the center of the dial to its periphery so that a second crown, similar 2.2, profiled by the edge of the slot 2.22, of different color, determines a particular aesthetic of the face of the dial. This second crown comprises an arm comprising a jumper spring capable of engaging in one of the housings 1.01 of the middle part constituting a device for selecting and immobilizing the latter when the first crown moves relative to it and for as far as the two respective arms are not in contact, because then the two crowns are moved simultaneously. which allows to angularly adjust the position of the second crown relative to the box, then by actuating the control telescope in the opposite direction , then move only the first crown in order to obtain the desired aesthetic effect. It is possible to vary at will, the appearance of the dial, the crowns pivot around a central core secured to a dial plate 3.2 assembled on the movement 3

Les couronnes peuvent être façonnées afin de présenter, des ouvertures a travers lesquelles apparaissent la face de la couronne inférieure. Ces couronnes peuvent être très minces ( de l'ordre de 0.05 mm ) et réalisées par électro-formage ou attaque chimique ce qui ouvre des possibilités très vastes pour leur façonnage ( fines raynures, trames diverses ) de même la coloration des faces et l'impression d'un motif apparaissant dans un guichet permet de réaliser un cadran fantaisiste ou aide -mémoire ( affichage d'un symbole sélectionné dans un guichet ), ou un jeu utilisant la possibilité de commander par la lunette la variation du graphisme du cadran.The crowns can be shaped to present openings through which the face of the lower crown appears. These crowns can be very thin (of the order of 0.05 mm) and produced by electro-forming or chemical attack, which opens up very wide possibilities for their shaping (fine stripes, various wefts) as well as the coloring of the faces and the printing a pattern appearing in a window makes it possible to create a whimsical dial or memory aid (display of a selected symbol in a window), or a game using the possibility of controlling the variation of the dial graphics by the bezel.

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1. Appareil de mesure analogique comprenant au moins une aiguille se déplaçant en regard d'un cadran, caractérisé par le fait que le cadran est constitué au moins partiellement par au moins deux couronnes distinctes, concentriques à l'aiguillage, détermi­nant des zones des-zones distinctes particulières, chaque couronne étant solidaire d'une couronne de commande concentrique susceptible d'être entrainée par un correcteur manuel, d'une part, simultanément avec l'autre couronne afin de changer leur position par rapport à l'aiguillage sans modifier la position de l'une par rapport à l'autre, ou d'autre part, lorsque l'autre couronne est maintenue immobile par un dispositif de sélection, de façon à modifier la position de l'une par rapport à l'autre.1. Analog measuring device comprising at least one needle moving opposite a dial, characterized in that the dial is constituted at least partially by at least two separate rings, concentric with the switch, determining areas of the specific distinct zones, each crown being integral with a concentric control crown capable of being driven by a manual corrector, on the one hand, simultaneously with the other crown in order to change their position relative to the switch without modifying the position of one relative to the other, or on the other hand, when the other crown is held stationary by a selection device, so as to modify the position of one relative to the other. 2. Appareil selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que les deux couronnes sont identiques et fendues radialement, l'une passant à travers la fente de l'autre de telle sorte qu'elle lui soit partiellement superposée et détermine deux secteurs de couronne constituant les zones particulières du cadran, chaque couronne étant rendue solidaire de la couronne de commande par un bras radial proche de la fente.2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the two crowns are identical and split radially, one passing through the slit of the other so that it is partially superimposed on it and determines two crown sectors constituting the particular zones of the dial, each crown being made integral with the control crown by a radial arm close to the slot. 3. Appareil selon la revendication 2, caractérisé par le fait que chaque couronne de commande comporte une denture engrenant avec un pignon de correcteur à trou cylindrique ajusté librement sur un arbre de correcteur unique et serré élastiquement entre deux rondelles d'embrayage concentriques, à trou carré ajusté sur l'arbre, de telle sorte qu'il soit entrainé par l'arbre de correcteur lorsqu'il n'est pas maintenu immobile par le dispositif de sélection, le pourtour des rondelles d'embrayage dépassant le diamètre total du pignon de correcteur de façon à constituer un guide assurant l'engrenement avec la denture de la couronne de commande.3. Apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that each control ring has toothing meshing with a corrector pinion with cylindrical hole freely adjusted on a single corrector shaft elastically clamped between two concentric clutch washers, with square hole adjusted on the shaft, so that it is driven by the corrector shaft when it is not held stationary by the selection device, the periphery of the clutch washers exceeding the total diameter of the corrector pinion so as to constitute a guide ensuring the gear with the teeth of the control crown. 4. Appareil selon les revendications 2 et 3, caractérisé par le fait que le correcteur manuel entraine simultanément toutes les couronnes à la même vitesse angulaire.4. Apparatus according to claims 2 and 3, characterized in that the manual corrector simultaneously drives all the crowns at the same angular speed. 5. Appareil selon les revendications 2 et 3, caractérisé par le fait que le correcteur manuel entraine simultanément les couronnes à des vitesses différentes définies en fonction de valeurs particulières à programmer.5. Apparatus according to claims 2 and 3, characterized in that the manual corrector simultaneously drives the crowns at different speeds defined according to particular values to be programmed. 6. Appareil selon les revendications 2 et 3, caractérisé par le fait que le dispositif de sélection comporte, entre autre, une position de verrouillage de toutes les couronnes qui restent immobiles si l'on actionne accidentellement le correcteur manuel.6. Apparatus according to claims 2 and 3, characterized in that the selection device comprises, among other things, a locking position of all the crowns which remain stationary if the manual corrector is accidentally actuated. 7. Appareil selon les revendications 2 et 3, caractérisé par le fait que les couronnes constituent une lunette tournante disposée sur la périphérie d'un cadran central.7. Apparatus according to claims 2 and 3, characterized in that the crowns constitute a rotating bezel disposed on the periphery of a central dial. 8. Appareil selon la revendication 2, caractérisé par le fait qu'il constitue une montre.8. Apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that it constitutes a watch. 9. Appareil selon les revendications 7 et 8,caractérisé par le fait que la lunette tournante est logée dans la face frontale de la carrure de la boite qui porte également les arbres du correc­teur manuel et du dispositif de sélection dont les axes, paral­lèles,sont perpendiculaires au plan du cadran, chacun comprenant une couronne de manipulation dépassant le pourtour de la boîte.9. Apparatus according to claims 7 and 8, characterized in that the rotating bezel is housed in the front face of the middle part of the case which also carries the shafts of the manual corrector and of the selection device whose axes, parallel, are perpendicular to the plane of the dial, each comprising a manipulation crown extending beyond the periphery of the case. 10. Appareil selon la revendication 9 caractérisé par le fait que chaque arbre est logé dans un logement comprenant au moins un logement, ouvert dans la base de la carrure ( Côté fond ) et est maintenu en place par le fond de la boîte façonné de telle sorte qu'il constitue également un organe de protection pour chacune des couronnes de manipulation.10. Apparatus according to claim 9 characterized in that each shaft is housed in a housing comprising at least one housing, open in the base of the middle part (bottom side) and is held in place by the bottom of the box shaped such so that it also constitutes a protective member for each of the handling crowns. 11. Appareil selon la revendication 8, caractérisé par le fait que les couronnes sont façonnées avec des motifs décoratifs distincts afin de créer une esthéthique particulière au cadran, susceptible d'être modifiée pour changer l'aspect de la montre.11. Apparatus according to claim 8, characterized in that the crowns are shaped with separate decorative patterns in order to create a particular aesthetic on the dial, capable of being modified to change the appearance of the watch. 12. Appareil selon la revendication 11, caractérisé par le fait que l'une des couronnes comporte une couronne de commande constituée par une lunette pivotant dans un logement de la face frontale de la boîte et supportant la glace, alors que l'autre couronne est en prise, élastiquement, avec un logement intérieur de la carrure qui constitue un selecteur particulier la maintenant immobile lorsqu'elle n'est pas entrainée par l'autre couronne, les bras des dites couronnes étant façonnés de telle sorte qu'ils puissent, dans certaines positions angulaires relatives, prendre appui l'un contre l'autre, da façon à entrainer les deux couronnes à la même vitesse.12. Apparatus according to claim 11, characterized in that one of the crowns comprises a control crown constituted by a pivoting bezel in a housing on the front face of the box and supporting the glass, while the other crown is engaged, elastically, with an interior housing of the middle which constitutes a particular selector keeping it stationary when it is not driven by the other crown, the arms of said crowns being shaped so that they can, in certain relative angular positions, bear against one another, so as to drive the two crowns at the same speed. 13. Appareil selon la revendication 11, caractérisé par le fait que l'une des couronnes comprend au moins une ouverture à travers laquelle apparait l'autre couronne afin de gréer un effet esthétique complémentaire particulier.13. Apparatus according to claim 11, characterized in that one of the crowns comprises at least one opening through which the other crown appears in order to create a particular complementary aesthetic effect.
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