EP 0171782 B1 19880720 - ELECTRONIC TIME PIECE WITH A POSSIBILITY OF ADJUSTING THE SECONDS INDICATION
Title (en)
ELECTRONIC TIME PIECE WITH A POSSIBILITY OF ADJUSTING THE SECONDS INDICATION
Publication
Application
Priority
CH 389584 A 19840814
Abstract (en)
[origin: US4611927A] A timepiece, able to indicate at least the hours, minutes and seconds, having a rotary stem movable into three axial positions: a stable neutral position in which the timepiece operates normally, a stable outer position and an unstable inner position. When the stem is pulled to the outer position the timepiece switches from the normal operating mode to a correction mode in which it is possible either to correct the minutes indication by rotating the stem slowly, or to perform a change of the hours indication done by rotating it rapidly. Whenever the stem is simply pulled out, or is pulled out followed by a correction of the minutes indication, and is then returned to the neutral position, the timepiece switches automatically and for a set maximum time, e.g. one minute, to a transitory mode in which it is possible to reset the seconds to zero and, at the same time, to cause a return to the normal operating mode by pushing in the stem. If after a set time, no pressure has been exerted, the timepiece resumes automatically normal operation. No transitory mode is provided when only a change of the hours indication is performed.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G04G 1/02 (2006.01); G04G 5/00 (2006.01); G04G 5/02 (2006.01); G04G 5/04 (2006.01); G04G 21/00 (2010.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G04G 5/00 (2013.01 - EP US); G04G 5/04 (2013.01 - EP US); G04G 5/045 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
CH DE FR GB LI
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0171782 A1 19860219; EP 0171782 B1 19880720; CH 657959G A3 19861015; DE 3563886 D1 19880825; HK 14092 A 19920228; JP H0354799 B2 19910821; JP S6162892 A 19860331; SG 55291 G 19910823; US 4611927 A 19860916
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 85110098 A 19850812; CH 389584 A 19840814; DE 3563886 T 19850812; HK 14092 A 19920220; JP 17779885 A 19850814; SG 55291 A 19910711; US 76146085 A 19850801