EP1063574A1 - Watch with an additional electrical apparatus - Google Patents

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EP1063574A1
EP1063574A1 EP99112103A EP99112103A EP1063574A1 EP 1063574 A1 EP1063574 A1 EP 1063574A1 EP 99112103 A EP99112103 A EP 99112103A EP 99112103 A EP99112103 A EP 99112103A EP 1063574 A1 EP1063574 A1 EP 1063574A1
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    • G04G13/00—Producing acoustic time signals
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  • the present invention relates to a watch comprising a case, a electric clock movement and an electric battery supplying the movement and housed in a mobile drawer engaged in the box.
  • a device such as a calculator, a database electronic, a pager-type radio message receiver (patent CH 672 870), an audible or silent alarm (EP 0 349 230), a sensor physical parameter such as temperature, pressure or field magnetic, a lamp (GB 2 226 661, US 5 838 639), a camera electronic, or a data transmission device, in particular by infrared radiation (GB 2 238 146, WO 96/34343, WO 97/19448).
  • a device such as a calculator, a database electronic, a pager-type radio message receiver (patent CH 672 870), an audible or silent alarm (EP 0 349 230), a sensor physical parameter such as temperature, pressure or field magnetic, a lamp (GB 2 226 661, US 5 838 639), a camera electronic, or a data transmission device, in particular by infrared radiation (GB 2 238 146, WO 96/34343, WO 97/19448).
  • the patent EP 0 460 525 provides for a watch of the kind indicated in the preamble, provided a receiver of broadcast messages ("pager") and a drawer allowing insert a relatively large stack through a small side opening height in the middle of the watch. This construction is especially advantageous in the case of a watch with "pager” because the bottom of the box can then be fixed and devoid of battery door, which allows it to pass the turns of the antenna.
  • a basic idea of the present invention is to use such a drawer battery to also house a device consuming electrical energy, in particular a device of the types mentioned above.
  • the invention relates to a watch of the kind indicated in the preamble, characterized in that it further comprises an apparatus electric mounted in the drawer and powered by the battery.
  • this solution makes it possible to directly supply the additional device, which can consuming a relatively large current in certain cases, without this current necessarily passes through internal circuits of the watch.
  • the watch manufacturer can plan to combine a basic model of the watch case with different drawers containing different additional appliances.
  • the drawer preferably being removable, the manufacturer can market a watch with several different drawers that the user can place in his choice watch.
  • the drawer is engaged in a lateral opening of the box, the battery being inside the box when the drawer is engaged.
  • the drawer can advantageously have a projecting external part with inside the box, the device extending at least partially in this external part. This makes it possible to integrate into the watch a device which could not normally not find a place entirely inside the box.
  • Electronic control circuits of the device can advantageously be arranged inside the box, out of the drawer, and be connected to the drawer by means of electrical contact.
  • Watch 1 shown in the drawings includes a box 2 provided with display members 3 on its upper face and a crown of command 4 on one side of the middle 5 of the box.
  • a removable drawer 6 receiving an electric battery 7 is engaged in a lateral opening of the middle 5 to a service position where it partly extends inside box 2 and partly outside.
  • the external part 8 of the drawer 6 is located between the middle part 5 and one end 9 of the bracelet 10, which it is attached by projecting fastening members 11 and a bar metallic 12 like a usual watch box and as it has been described in Patent EP 0 460 525.
  • the drawer 6 is retained in the service position by a or two spring bolts 14, each engaging a hole 15 in the bottom 16 of the box 2.
  • the watch shown has a silent alarm device, functioning as an alarm clock and comprising a tactile alarm organ 18 housed in drawer 6. Setting the current time and the alarm time, as well as the activation of the alarm mode are controlled so conventional by means of the control crown 4.
  • the display means 3 are here of the numerical type and allow to indicate on the one hand the hour current and on the other hand the alarm time and the switch-on state of the alarm.
  • Figures 3 to 5 show more particularly the arrangement of the drawer 6, which comprises a part 20 with a U-shaped cross section, forming a receptacle for the battery 7 and extending inside the box 2 above the bottom of it.
  • a central part 21 of the drawer fits into an opening corresponding side of the middle part 5, where it cooperates with a seal sealing.
  • This part contains the locks 14.
  • a housing 22 is provided in the external part 8 of the drawer for receive the tactile alarm organ 18, comprising an electric motor 23 whose shaft 24 carries a rotary element 25 having an unbalance, that is to say that the center of gravity of the element 25 is off-center with respect to the axis of rotation of the shaft 24, in order to produce vibrations.
  • An alarm organ such touchscreen is marketed for example by LG Electro-components Ltd. under the reference GPV-041A.
  • Housing 22 opens onto the face lower part of drawer 6, where it is closed by a cover 26. In FIG. 4, this cover has been removed to clarify the drawing.
  • connection blades 28 and 29 crossing the central part 21 of the drawer.
  • the blade 28 has a horizontal part flexible 30 which is applied against the earth pole of the battery 7.
  • the blade 29 has a flexible vertical part 31 which bears against a contact lateral provided on the edge of the printed circuit board 32 of the watch.
  • This card is powered by the battery 7 as in the case of the patent EP 0 460 525 and it carries, in addition to the electronic timepiece circuits, electronic circuits 33 for controlling the alarm unit 18 via the connection blade 29.
  • the tactile alarm signal produced by the rotation of the element 25 makes vibrate not only the drawer 6, but the whole of the box 2, the bottom 16 transmits the signal to the carrier. It is therefore not necessary that the drawer 6 touches the wearer's skin.
  • the drawer 6 described above is attached to one end of the bracelet 10, this arrangement is not essential.
  • the opening the middle 5 receiving the drawer 6 could be in another place, in particular opposite the control rod 4.
  • the applications of the present invention are not limited to a watch fitted with a silent alarm device, but extend to all other electrical device mounted in the watch drawer and powered by the battery housed in this drawer.
  • the electrical apparatus may consist of any of the additional electrical devices mentioned in the introduction.
  • the drawer can contain control circuits for the apparatus it contains and include manual means for controlling the device, for example keys. This allows you to arrange the drawer specifically depending on the device it contains and using it in combination with a watch of a standard type, allowing to change the device at the option of the manufacturer or user.

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A watch (1) has a body (2), display (3), strap (9,10) and control crown (4). A drawer (6) is able to enter the lower watchcase leaving an external visible portion (8). The drawer houses a common battery which enters the watchcase first and also an additional electrical equipment such as a silent alarm which may use part of the external drawer (8). The drawer is secured to the watchcase by spring bolts which may be released by pressure

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La présente invention concerne une montre comportant une boíte, un mouvement d'horlogerie électrique et une pile électrique alimentant le mouvement et logée dans un tiroir mobile engagé dans la boíte.The present invention relates to a watch comprising a case, a electric clock movement and an electric battery supplying the movement and housed in a mobile drawer engaged in the box.

Il est courant d'ajouter, dans une montre électrique, un ou plusieurs dispositifs électriques alimentés par la même pile que le mouvement d'horlogerie et offrant des fonctions additionnelles, avec ou sans rapport direct avec le mouvement d'horlogerie. Par exemple, on connaít des montres combinées avec un dispositif tel qu'une calculatrice, une banque de données électronique, un récepteur de messages radiodiffusés du type "pager" (brevet CH 672 870), une alarme sonore ou silencieuse (EP 0 349 230), un capteur de paramètre physique tel que la température, la pression ou le champ magnétique, une lampe (GB 2 226 661, US 5 838 639), une caméra électronique, ou un dispositif de transmission de données, notamment par rayonnement infrarouge (GB 2 238 146, WO 96/34343, WO 97/19448).It is common to add, in an electric watch, one or more electrical devices powered by the same battery as the movement of watchmaking and offering additional functions, with or without report direct with the watch movement. For example, we know watches combined with a device such as a calculator, a database electronic, a pager-type radio message receiver (patent CH 672 870), an audible or silent alarm (EP 0 349 230), a sensor physical parameter such as temperature, pressure or field magnetic, a lamp (GB 2 226 661, US 5 838 639), a camera electronic, or a data transmission device, in particular by infrared radiation (GB 2 238 146, WO 96/34343, WO 97/19448).

Comme ces appareils additionnels consomment souvent plus d'énergie électrique que le mouvement d'horlogerie, il est nécessaire de changer la pile plus souvent ou d'utiliser une pile plus grosse. A cet effet, le brevet EP 0 460 525 prévoit une montre du genre indiqué en préambule, pourvue d'un récepteur de messages radiodiffusés ("pager") et d'un tiroir permettant d'insérer une pile relativement large à travers une ouverture latérale de faible hauteur ménagée dans la carrure de la montre. Cette construction est spécialement avantageuse dans le cas d'une montre avec "pager" parce le fond de la boíte peut alors être fixe et dépourvu de trappe de pile, ce qui permet d'y faire passer des spires de l'antenne.As these additional devices often consume more energy electric than the clockwork, it is necessary to change the battery more often or use a larger stack. To this end, the patent EP 0 460 525 provides for a watch of the kind indicated in the preamble, provided a receiver of broadcast messages ("pager") and a drawer allowing insert a relatively large stack through a small side opening height in the middle of the watch. This construction is especially advantageous in the case of a watch with "pager" because the bottom of the box can then be fixed and devoid of battery door, which allows it to pass the turns of the antenna.

Une idée de base de la présente invention consiste à utiliser un tel tiroir de pile pour loger aussi un appareil consommateur d'énergie électrique, notamment un appareil des types mentionnés plus haut.A basic idea of the present invention is to use such a drawer battery to also house a device consuming electrical energy, in particular a device of the types mentioned above.

Plus particulièrement, l'invention concerne une montre du genre indiquée en préambule, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte en outre un appareil électrique monté dans le tiroir et alimenté par la pile.More particularly, the invention relates to a watch of the kind indicated in the preamble, characterized in that it further comprises an apparatus electric mounted in the drawer and powered by the battery.

En plus des avantages intrinsèques du montage de la pile dans un tiroir, cette solution permet d'alimenter directement l'appareil additionnel, qui peut consommer un courant relativement important dans certains cas, sans que ce courant passe nécessairement par des circuits internes de la montre. Un autre avantage notable réside dans le fait que le fabricant de la montre peut prévoir de combiner un modèle de base de la boíte de montre avec différents tiroirs contenant des appareils additionnels différents. De même, le tiroir étant de préférence amovible, le fabricant peut commercialiser une montre avec plusieurs tiroirs différents que l'utilisateur placera à choix dans sa montre.In addition to the intrinsic advantages of mounting the battery in a drawer, this solution makes it possible to directly supply the additional device, which can consuming a relatively large current in certain cases, without this current necessarily passes through internal circuits of the watch. A another notable advantage is that the watch manufacturer can plan to combine a basic model of the watch case with different drawers containing different additional appliances. Similarly, the drawer preferably being removable, the manufacturer can market a watch with several different drawers that the user can place in his choice watch.

De préférence, le tiroir est engagé dans une ouverture latérale de la boíte, la pile se trouvant à l'intérieur de la boíte lorsque le tiroir y est engagé.Preferably, the drawer is engaged in a lateral opening of the box, the battery being inside the box when the drawer is engaged.

Le tiroir peut avantageusement présenter une partie externe saillante à l'intérieur de la boíte, l'appareil s'étendant au moins partiellement dans cette partie externe. Ceci permet d'intégrer à la montre un appareil qui ne pourrait normalement pas trouver place entièrement à l'intérieur de la boíte.The drawer can advantageously have a projecting external part with inside the box, the device extending at least partially in this external part. This makes it possible to integrate into the watch a device which could not normally not find a place entirely inside the box.

Des circuits électroniques de commande de l'appareil peuvent avantageusement être disposés à l'intérieur de la boíte, hors du tiroir, et être reliés au tiroir par des moyens de contact électrique.Electronic control circuits of the device can advantageously be arranged inside the box, out of the drawer, and be connected to the drawer by means of electrical contact.

D'autres caractéristiques avantageuses de l'invention apparaítront dans la description suivante d'une forme de réalisation particulière, présentée à titre d'exemple non limitatif en référence aux dessins annexés, dans lesquels :

  • la figure 1 est une vue en plan d'une montre-bracelet électronique équipée d'un tiroir de pile contenant un organe d'alarme silencieuse du type tactile,
  • la figure 2 est une vue en élévation latérale de la montre,
  • la figure 3 est une vue agrandie du dessus du tiroir,
  • la figure 4 est une vue agrandie du dessous du tiroir, et
  • la figure 5 est une vue en coupe suivant la ligne V-V de la figure 4.
Other advantageous characteristics of the invention will appear in the following description of a particular embodiment, presented by way of nonlimiting example with reference to the appended drawings, in which:
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of an electronic wristwatch equipped with a battery drawer containing a silent alarm organ of the tactile type,
  • FIG. 2 is a side elevation view of the watch,
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the top of the drawer,
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the underside of the drawer, and
  • FIG. 5 is a sectional view along the line VV in FIG. 4.

La montre 1 représentée dans les dessins comporte une boíte 2 pourvue d'organes d'affichage 3 sur sa face supérieure et d'une couronne de commande 4 sur un côté de la carrure 5 de la boíte. Un tiroir amovible 6 recevant une pile électrique 7 est engagé dans une ouverture latérale de la carrure 5 jusqu'à une position de service où il s'étend en partie à l'intérieur de la boíte 2 et en partie à l'extérieur. Dans le présent exemple, la partie externe 8 du tiroir 6 se trouve entre la carrure 5 et une extrémité 9 du bracelet 10, à laquelle il est rattaché par des organes d'attache saillants 11 et une barrette métallique 12 comme une boíte montre usuelle et comme il a été décrit dans le brevet EP 0 460 525. Le tiroir 6 est retenu en position de service par un ou deux verrous 14 à ressort, s'engageant chacun dans un trou 15 du fond 16 de la boíte 2. Pour extraire le tiroir, notamment pour changer la pile, l'utilisateur presse sur chacun des verrous 14 pour le dégager du trou 15 et il tire le bracelet ou le tiroir lui-même. Un tel système de verrouillage est décrit dans le brevet EP 0 460 525, auquel le lecteur pourra se référer pour plus de détails.Watch 1 shown in the drawings includes a box 2 provided with display members 3 on its upper face and a crown of command 4 on one side of the middle 5 of the box. A removable drawer 6 receiving an electric battery 7 is engaged in a lateral opening of the middle 5 to a service position where it partly extends inside box 2 and partly outside. In this example, the external part 8 of the drawer 6 is located between the middle part 5 and one end 9 of the bracelet 10, which it is attached by projecting fastening members 11 and a bar metallic 12 like a usual watch box and as it has been described in Patent EP 0 460 525. The drawer 6 is retained in the service position by a or two spring bolts 14, each engaging a hole 15 in the bottom 16 of the box 2. To extract the drawer, in particular to change the battery, the user presses on each of the latches 14 to release it from the hole 15 and it pulls the bracelet or the drawer itself. Such a locking system is described in patent EP 0 460 525, to which the reader can refer for more details.

La montre représentée comporte un dispositif d'alarme silencieuse, fonctionnant comme un réveil et comprenant un organe d'alarme tactile 18 logé dans le tiroir 6. Le réglage de l'heure courante et de l'heure d'alarme, ainsi que la mise en fonction du mode alarme sont commandés de manière classique au moyen de la couronne de commande 4. Les moyens d'affichage 3 sont ici du type numérique et permettent d'indiquer d'une part l'heure courante et d'autre part l'heure d'alarme et l'état d'enclenchement de l'alarme.The watch shown has a silent alarm device, functioning as an alarm clock and comprising a tactile alarm organ 18 housed in drawer 6. Setting the current time and the alarm time, as well as the activation of the alarm mode are controlled so conventional by means of the control crown 4. The display means 3 are here of the numerical type and allow to indicate on the one hand the hour current and on the other hand the alarm time and the switch-on state of the alarm.

Les figures 3 à 5 montrent plus particulièrement l'agencement du tiroir 6, qui comporte une partie 20 à section transversale en U, formant un réceptacle pour la pile 7 et s'étendant à l'intérieur de la boíte 2 au-dessus du fond de celle-ci. Une partie centrale 21 du tiroir s'emboíte dans une ouverture latérale correspondante de la carrure 5, où elle coopère avec un joint d'étanchéité. Cette partie contient les verrous 14.Figures 3 to 5 show more particularly the arrangement of the drawer 6, which comprises a part 20 with a U-shaped cross section, forming a receptacle for the battery 7 and extending inside the box 2 above the bottom of it. A central part 21 of the drawer fits into an opening corresponding side of the middle part 5, where it cooperates with a seal sealing. This part contains the locks 14.

Un logement 22 est ménagé dans la partie externe 8 du tiroir pour recevoir l'organe d'alarme tactile 18, comprenant un moteur électrique 23 dont l'arbre 24 porte un élément rotatif 25 ayant un balourd, c'est-à-dire que le centre de gravité de l'élément 25 est décentré par rapport à l'axe de rotation de l'arbre 24, afin de produire des vibrations. Un organe d'alarme tactile de ce genre est commercialisé par exemple par LG Electro-components Ltd. sous la référence GPV-041A. Le logement 22 débouche sur la face inférieure du tiroir 6, où il est obturé par un couvercle 26. Dans la figure 4, ce couvercle a été enlevé pour clarifier le dessin.A housing 22 is provided in the external part 8 of the drawer for receive the tactile alarm organ 18, comprising an electric motor 23 whose shaft 24 carries a rotary element 25 having an unbalance, that is to say that the center of gravity of the element 25 is off-center with respect to the axis of rotation of the shaft 24, in order to produce vibrations. An alarm organ such touchscreen is marketed for example by LG Electro-components Ltd. under the reference GPV-041A. Housing 22 opens onto the face lower part of drawer 6, where it is closed by a cover 26. In FIG. 4, this cover has been removed to clarify the drawing.

Pour l'alimentation du moteur 23, les deux bornes du moteur sont raccordées respectivement à deux lames de connexion 28 et 29 traversant la partie centrale 21 du tiroir. La lame 28 comporte une partie horizontale flexible 30 qui s'applique contre le pôle de masse de la pile 7. La lame 29 comporte une partie verticale flexible 31 qui s'appuie contre un contact latéral prévu sur le bord de la carte à circuits imprimés 32 de la montre. Cette carte est alimentée par la pile 7 comme dans le cas du brevet EP 0 460 525 et elle porte, en plus des circuits électroniques garde-temps, des circuits électroniques 33 de commande de l'organe d'alarme 18 via la lame de connexion 29. For the supply of the motor 23, the two terminals of the motor are connected respectively to two connection blades 28 and 29 crossing the central part 21 of the drawer. The blade 28 has a horizontal part flexible 30 which is applied against the earth pole of the battery 7. The blade 29 has a flexible vertical part 31 which bears against a contact lateral provided on the edge of the printed circuit board 32 of the watch. This card is powered by the battery 7 as in the case of the patent EP 0 460 525 and it carries, in addition to the electronic timepiece circuits, electronic circuits 33 for controlling the alarm unit 18 via the connection blade 29.

Le signal d'alarme tactile produit par la rotation de l'élément 25 fait vibrer non seulement le tiroir 6, mais l'ensemble de la boíte 2, dont le fond 16 transmet le signal au porteur. Il n'est donc pas nécessaire que le tiroir 6 touche la peau du porteur.The tactile alarm signal produced by the rotation of the element 25 makes vibrate not only the drawer 6, but the whole of the box 2, the bottom 16 transmits the signal to the carrier. It is therefore not necessary that the drawer 6 touches the wearer's skin.

Bien que le tiroir 6 décrit ci-dessus soit rattaché à une extrémité du bracelet 10, cette disposition n'est pas indispensable. Par exemple, l'ouverture de la carrure 5 recevant le tiroir 6 pourrait se trouver à un autre endroit, en particulier à l'opposé de la tige de commande 4.Although the drawer 6 described above is attached to one end of the bracelet 10, this arrangement is not essential. For example, the opening the middle 5 receiving the drawer 6 could be in another place, in particular opposite the control rod 4.

Les applications de la présente invention se sont pas limitées à une montre équipée d'un organe d'alarme silencieuse, mais s'étendent à tout autre appareil électrique monté dans le tiroir de la montre et alimenté par la pile logée dans ce tiroir. En particulier, l'appareil électrique peut consister en l'un quelconque des dispositifs électriques additionnels mentionnés dans l'introduction. En outre, le tiroir peut contenir des circuits de commande de l'appareil qu'il contient et comporter des moyens manuels de commande de l'appareil, par exemple des touches. Ceci permet d'agencer le tiroir spécifiquement en fonction de l'appareil qu'il contient et de l'utiliser en combinaison avec une montre d'un type standard, en permettant de changer l'appareil au gré du fabricant ou de l'utilisateur.The applications of the present invention are not limited to a watch fitted with a silent alarm device, but extend to all other electrical device mounted in the watch drawer and powered by the battery housed in this drawer. In particular, the electrical apparatus may consist of any of the additional electrical devices mentioned in the introduction. In addition, the drawer can contain control circuits for the apparatus it contains and include manual means for controlling the device, for example keys. This allows you to arrange the drawer specifically depending on the device it contains and using it in combination with a watch of a standard type, allowing to change the device at the option of the manufacturer or user.

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Montre comportant une boíte (2), un mouvement d'horlogerie électrique et une pile électrique (7) alimentant ledit mouvement et logée dans un tiroir mobile (6) engagé dans la boíte,
   caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte en outre un appareil électrique (18) monté dans le tiroir et alimenté par la pile.Watch comprising a box (2), an electric clockwork movement and an electric battery (7) supplying said movement and housed in a movable drawer (6) engaged in the box,
characterized in that it further comprises an electrical device (18) mounted in the drawer and powered by the battery. Montre selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le tiroir (6) est engagé dans une ouverture latérale de la boíte, la pile (7) se trouvant à l'intérieur de la boíte lorsque le tiroir y est engagé.Watch according to claim 1, characterized in that the drawer (6) is engaged in a lateral opening of the box, the battery (7) being inside the box when the drawer is engaged. Montre selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le tiroir (6) présente une partie externe (8) saillante à l'extérieur de la boíte et en ce que l'appareil électrique (18) s'étend au moins partiellement dans ladite partie externe.Watch according to claim 1, characterized in that the drawer (6) has an external part (8) projecting outside of the box and in that that the electrical appliance (18) extends at least partially in said part external. Montre selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que le tiroir (6) est amovible.Watch according to claim 1, characterized in that the drawer (6) is removable. Montre selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que des circuits électroniques (33) de commande dudit appareil sont disposés à l'intérieur de la boíte, hors du tiroir (6), et sont reliés au tiroir par des moyens de contact électrique (29).Watch according to claim 1, characterized in that electronic circuits (33) for controlling said apparatus are arranged at inside the box, out of the drawer (6), and are connected to the drawer by electrical contact means (29). Montre selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisée en ce que ledit appareil est un organe d'alarme (18) commandé électriquement par le mouvement d'horlogerie.Watch according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that that said device is an alarm device (18) electrically controlled by the watch movement. Montre selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que l'organe d'alarme (18) est un organe d'alarme tactile, la montre étant une montre-bracelet.Watch according to claim 6, characterized in that the member alarm (18) is a tactile alarm organ, the watch being a wristwatch. Montre selon la revendication 7, caractérisée en ce que l'organe d'alarme tactile (18) comporte un moteur électrique (23) dont le rotor est couplé à un élément rotatif (25) ayant un balourd.Watch according to claim 7, characterized in that the member alarm system (18) comprises an electric motor (23) whose rotor is coupled to a rotary member (25) having an unbalance. Montre selon la revendication 6, caractérisée en ce que l'organe d'alarme est un organe d'alarme sonore.Watch according to claim 6, characterized in that the member alarm is an audible alarm. Montre selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que ledit appareil comporte des moyens indicateurs lumineux sur ladite partie externe du tiroir.Watch according to claim 3, characterized in that said device includes light indicator means on said external part of the drawer. Montre selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que ledit appareil comporte des moyens de communication optique comprenant des éléments émetteurs ou récepteurs sur ladite partie externe du tiroir. Watch according to claim 3, characterized in that said device comprises optical communication means comprising transmitting or receiving elements on said external part of the drawer. Montre selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisée en ce que ledit appareil comporte un capteur.Watch according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that that said device includes a sensor.
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