Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Regulating system for a mechanical watch
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Application No.: US14784175Application Date: 2014-07-22
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Publication No.: US10222757B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Rudolf Dinger , Jean-Pierre Mignot , Jean-Jacques Born
- Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd.
- Applicant Address: CH Marin
- Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: CH Marin
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: CH1354/13 20130805
- International Application: PCT/EP2014/065736 WO 20140722
- International Announcement: WO2015/018636 WO 20150212
- Main IPC: G04C5/00
- IPC: G04C5/00 ; G04C3/08 ; G04C3/10

Abstract:
Regulating members for a mechanical timepiece, specifically a system based on magnetic interaction between a resonator, in a form of a tuning fork for example, and an escape wheel, as a magnetic escapement. In the system plural areas of magnetic interaction between the resonator and the escape wheel are arranged such that torques produced at the escape wheel by the interactions compensate each other if the escape wheel is not synchronized at the frequency of the resonator. This results in negligible torque in the escape wheel when the escape wheel rotates slowly in a direction of an arrow or opposite direction. This allows the timepiece to start with a low mainspring torque and without any start procedure or device and provides better resistance of the timepiece against a loss of synchronization in event of a shock.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180181072A2 REGULATING SYSTEM FOR A MECHANICAL WATCH Public/Granted day:2018-06-28
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