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EP 1564608 B1 20090415 - Timepiece with tourbillon

Title (en)

Timepiece with tourbillon

Title (de)

Uhr mit Tourbillon

Title (fr)

Pièce d'horlogerie munie d'un tourbillon

Publication

EP 1564608 B1 20090415 (FR)

Application

EP 05405060 A 20050208

Priority

CH 2202004 A 20040213

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1564608A2] The movement has a tourbillion (16) including a cage (20) on which a balance wheel and hairspring combination (29) and a mobile escapement part (34) are mounted. A fixed wheel (19) having gear teeth with flanges, is mounted on a frame (10). The wheel cooperates with pinion (34a) of the mobile escapement part, to form clutching in which flanges are tangential to each other.

IPC 8 full level

G04B 17/06 (2006.01); G04B 17/28 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G04B 17/285 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

CH DE FR GB LI

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1564608 A2 20050817; EP 1564608 A3 20071010; EP 1564608 B1 20090415; CH 697781 B1 20090213; DE 602005013836 D1 20090528

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 05405060 A 20050208; CH 2202004 A 20040213; DE 602005013836 T 20050208