US3901023A - Wrist-watch case - Google Patents

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US3901023A
US3901023A US497832A US49783274A US3901023A US 3901023 A US3901023 A US 3901023A US 497832 A US497832 A US 497832A US 49783274 A US49783274 A US 49783274A US 3901023 A US3901023 A US 3901023A
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B37/00—Cases
    • G04B37/14—Suspending devices, supports or stands for time-pieces insofar as they form part of the case
    • G04B37/1486—Arrangements for fixing to a bracelet

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  • a wrist-watch case comprises a middle, means defining a groove about the external periphery of the middle, a winding-stem tube disposed in the middle and passing through said groove, and a bracelet-attachment member in the form of a two-ended split resilient ring clipped in said groove with the ends of the ring disposed about said tube, said tube having means for securing the ends of the ring.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view partly in median cross-section at the level of the peripheral groove in the middle;
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged-scale cross-section taken along line llll of FIG. 1.
  • the wrist-watch case shown comprises a middle 1 provided about its external periphery with a groove 2, and a bracelet-attachment member in the form of a split (i.e. open) resilient ring 3 clipped in the groove 2.
  • the outer diameter of ring 3 is equal to the outer diameter of middle 1, and the depth of groove 2 is equal to the radial thickness of ring 3.
  • the two ends of the resilient ring 3 are disposed about a tube 4 for passage of a winding stem, not shown.
  • This tube 4 has means for securing the ends of the ring 3, these means in the example shown consisting of a flange or collar 5 integral with the tube 4 and having a dove-tailed profile 6.
  • the ends of the resilient ring 3 are formed to mate withthe flange of tube 4 when the latter is force fitted in a corresponding bore in the middle 2.
  • the contacting ends of ring 3 are pierced with a bore for passage of the tube 4, the outer end of this bore being provided with a dove-tailed recess 7 of complementary shape to the profile 6 of flange 5.
  • Diametrally opposed horns 8 integral with the resilient ring 3 receive in a known manner male lugs or pins 9 for attachment of a bracelet, not shown.
  • the middle I and resilient ring 3 may be formed of different materials having different colors, thus producing an unusual aesthetic effect, or in the same materials but with different surface treatments, each of these two parts being separately machined.
  • the resilient split ring 3 could have a greater radial thickness then the depth of groove 2, so that the ring 3 protrudes from the middle 1 giving the case a particular aesthetic aspect.
  • An advantage of the described watch resides in the simplicity of mass production of the components, notably the open resilient ring which does not have securing lugs or pins and the middle which does not have housings for such lugs or pins. Assembly of the case is also simple.
  • a wrist-watch case comprising a middle, means defining a groove about the external periphery of the middle, a winding-stem tube disposed in the middle and passing through said groove, and a bracelet-attachment member in the form of a two-ended split resilient ring clipped in said groove with the ends of the ring disposed about said tube, said tube having means for securing the ends of the ring.
  • a wrist-watch case according to claim 1 in which said tube has a dove-tailed flange, and the ends of the ring are formed with a dove-tailed profile complementary to that of the tube.

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USD734174S1 (en) * 2012-11-30 2015-07-14 Lvmh Swiss Manufactures Sa Watch case
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USD740696S1 (en) * 2013-06-21 2015-10-13 Omega Ltd. Watch
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USD747977S1 (en) 2011-11-03 2016-01-26 Rolex Watch U.S.A., Inc. Watch
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USD756805S1 (en) * 2013-10-17 2016-05-24 La Montre Hermes S.A. Watch case
USD758889S1 (en) * 2014-02-28 2016-06-14 Tudor Watch U.S.A., Llc Watch
USD767411S1 (en) * 2014-01-21 2016-09-27 Cartier Creation Studio S.A. Wrist watch
USD773320S1 (en) * 2013-04-17 2016-12-06 Bell & Ross B.V. Watch
USD809513S1 (en) * 2014-08-11 2018-02-06 Apple Inc. Electronic device
USD836465S1 (en) 2016-12-15 2018-12-25 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD836464S1 (en) 2017-04-06 2018-12-25 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD848864S1 (en) 2017-08-09 2019-05-21 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD851504S1 (en) 2017-10-10 2019-06-18 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD857528S1 (en) 2017-02-16 2019-08-27 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD858312S1 (en) 2017-08-09 2019-09-03 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4417821A (en) * 1980-11-15 1983-11-29 Rodi & Wienenberger Ag Wrist watch
USD432024S (en) * 1999-09-24 2000-10-17 George Ray Hale Watch
US20020185863A1 (en) * 2000-09-13 2002-12-12 Hitoshi Uchida Wristwatch case and methos of fixing pipe of wristwatch case
US6920692B2 (en) * 2000-09-13 2005-07-26 Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. Wristwatch case and method of fixing pipe to wristwatch case
USD733580S1 (en) * 2011-03-16 2015-07-07 Tudor Watch U.S.A., Llc Watch case
USD732985S1 (en) * 2011-03-16 2015-06-30 Tudor Watch U.S.A., Llc Watch
USD761129S1 (en) 2011-11-03 2016-07-12 Rolex Watch U.S.A., Inc. Watch
USD747977S1 (en) 2011-11-03 2016-01-26 Rolex Watch U.S.A., Inc. Watch
USD735056S1 (en) * 2012-10-10 2015-07-28 Montblanc-Simplo Gmbh Watch
USD734174S1 (en) * 2012-11-30 2015-07-14 Lvmh Swiss Manufactures Sa Watch case
USD734175S1 (en) * 2012-11-30 2015-07-14 Lvmh Swiss Manufactures Sa Watch
USD702136S1 (en) * 2013-01-29 2014-04-08 Omega Ltd. Watch
USD773320S1 (en) * 2013-04-17 2016-12-06 Bell & Ross B.V. Watch
USD744354S1 (en) * 2013-04-25 2015-12-01 Graham SA Wristwatch
USD740696S1 (en) * 2013-06-21 2015-10-13 Omega Ltd. Watch
USD756805S1 (en) * 2013-10-17 2016-05-24 La Montre Hermes S.A. Watch case
USD733582S1 (en) * 2013-12-20 2015-07-07 Rolex Watch U.S.A., Inc. Watch case
USD734677S1 (en) * 2014-01-20 2015-07-21 Montblanc-Simplo Gmbh Watch case
USD767411S1 (en) * 2014-01-21 2016-09-27 Cartier Creation Studio S.A. Wrist watch
USD758889S1 (en) * 2014-02-28 2016-06-14 Tudor Watch U.S.A., Llc Watch
USD732983S1 (en) * 2014-03-25 2015-06-30 Sisyphus Trading LLP Watch case
USD732984S1 (en) * 2014-03-25 2015-06-30 Sisyphus Trading LLP Watch case
USD756240S1 (en) 2014-07-14 2016-05-17 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD809513S1 (en) * 2014-08-11 2018-02-06 Apple Inc. Electronic device
USD836465S1 (en) 2016-12-15 2018-12-25 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD857528S1 (en) 2017-02-16 2019-08-27 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD836464S1 (en) 2017-04-06 2018-12-25 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD848864S1 (en) 2017-08-09 2019-05-21 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD858312S1 (en) 2017-08-09 2019-09-03 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD851504S1 (en) 2017-10-10 2019-06-18 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD912540S1 (en) 2018-06-15 2021-03-09 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD912539S1 (en) 2018-06-15 2021-03-09 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD913118S1 (en) 2019-02-26 2021-03-16 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD900643S1 (en) 2019-02-26 2020-11-03 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD912542S1 (en) 2019-02-26 2021-03-09 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD900644S1 (en) 2019-03-12 2020-11-03 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD899957S1 (en) 2019-03-12 2020-10-27 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch bezel
USD899956S1 (en) 2019-03-12 2020-10-27 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch bezel
USD921625S1 (en) 2019-08-08 2021-06-08 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD928147S1 (en) 2019-08-08 2021-08-17 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD928633S1 (en) 2019-12-04 2021-08-24 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD927991S1 (en) 2020-06-18 2021-08-17 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display
USD951108S1 (en) 2020-09-01 2022-05-10 Garmin Switzerland Gmbh Watch with display

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JPS5073669A (it) 1975-06-17
FR2242716A1 (it) 1975-03-28

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