EP 0686897 B1 19970827 - Watch case with a rotating bezel
Title (en)
Watch case with a rotating bezel
Title (de)
Uhrengehäuse mit verdrehbarem Glasreif
Title (fr)
Boîte de montre à lunette tournante
Publication
Application
Priority
CH 181594 A 19940609
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0686897A1] The watch housing includes a turning rim (18) which is clipped onto a fixed ring (17) designed to be fixed to the watch housing. The rim (18) has teeth (21) into which the free end (22b) of a wire positioning spring (22) engages, the other end of the spring (22a) is bent and engages into a hole (23) in the fixed ring (17). The wire spring (22) has three segments, two end segments (22c,22d), which are practically straight and tangential to a concentric circle of the rim (18), and an intermediate segment (22e) arched at its centre of curvature inside the rim (18) but with a radius much smaller than that of the rim. The shape of the spring (22) provides the necessary force to permit the rim to turn in two practically equal directions. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G04B 19/28 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G04B 19/283 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (examination)
- EP 0403717 A1 19901227 - ROVENTA HENEX SA [CH]
- EP 0568059 A1 19931103 - EBAUCHESFABRIK ETA AG [CH]
- EP 0573386 A1 19931208 - MONDAINE WATCH LTD [CH]
- EP 0436468 A1 19910710 - ROLEX MONTRES [CH]
- EP 0450167 A1 19911009 - JAEGER LECOULTRE SA [CH]
- EP 0370947 A1 19900530 - REMY MONTAVON SA [CH]
- EP 0322511 A1 19890705 - INT WATCH CO IWC [CH]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
CH DE FR GB IT LI
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0686897 A1 19951213; EP 0686897 B1 19970827; CH 686470 B5 19961015; CH 686470G A3 19960415; DE 69500599 D1 19971002; DE 69500599 T2 19980205; US 5541895 A 19960730
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 95810365 A 19950602; CH 181594 A 19940609; DE 69500599 T 19950602; US 48886295 A 19950609