公开(公告)号：US11921460B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-05

申请号：US17246579

申请日：2021-04-30

Applicant: ROLEX SA

Inventor： Pierre-Alain Graemiger

IPC: G04B13/02 ,  G04B19/20 ,  G04B19/253 ,  G04F7/08

CPC classification number: G04B13/027 ,  G04B19/202 ,  G04B19/25333 ,  G04F7/089 ,  G04F7/0876

Abstract: A device (100) for display of an indication of the time or derived from the time includes: a first display mobile unit (10) including a first toothing (11b), a second toothing (11c) and a first disk (12) carrying digits (13) intended to indicate the units of indication of time or derived from time; a second display mobile unit (20) including a third toothing (21b), a fourth toothing (21c) and a second disk (22) carrying digits (23) intended to indicate the tens of indication of time or derived from time; and a mechanism (90) for driving the first and second mobile that includes a command mobile unit (30) including a fifth toothing (30a) adapted to cooperate by obstacle, in particular by meshing, with the first and third toothings, and a second command mobile unit (40) including a sixth toothing (40a) adapted to cooperate by obstacle with the second and fourth toothings.

公开(公告)号：US11914328B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US16418023

申请日：2019-05-21

Applicant: ROLEX SA

Inventor： Susana del Carmen Tobenas Borron

IPC: G04B17/06 ,  C23C16/40 ,  C23C16/455 ,  C23C16/32 ,  C23C16/34

CPC classification number: G04B17/066 ,  C23C16/32 ,  C23C16/34 ,  C23C16/40 ,  C23C16/45525 ,  Y10T428/24942

Abstract: A method for treating a surface (2) of a base (1) of a timepiece component (10), in particular a balance spring, e.g. a balance spring made of a paramagnetic NbZr alloy, includes: a first step of depositing a first layer (41) of a first oxide or first nitride or first carbide; and a second step of depositing a second layer (51) of a second oxide or second nitride or second carbide.

公开(公告)号：US20240036522A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US18357096

申请日：2023-07-21

Applicant: ROLEX SA

Inventor： Florian Calame ,  Valentin Gäumann

IPC: G04B45/00 ,  G04B19/04

CPC classification number: G04B45/0061 ,  G04B19/042

Abstract: The method for manufacturing a horological component (1) having at least one portion having a surface (11), in particular a top surface, includes: engraving (E3) the surface (11) of the horological component (1) or of a blank (1a) of the horological component (1) to form at least one cavity (7); depositing (E7) a metal or metal alloy layer (22) on the surface (11), both in the at least one cavity (7) and outside of the at least one cavity (7); and engraving a material (E4) on the metal or metal alloy layer (22), at least within the at least one cavity (7), to form a layer of material (8), this material being different from the metal or the metal alloy of the metal or metal alloy layer (22), and forming an adhesion layer of the layer of material (8).

公开(公告)号：US11809139B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US16373931

申请日：2019-04-03

Applicant: ROLEX SA

Inventor： Mesut Kanmaz

IPC: G04B3/04 ,  G04B37/08 ,  G04B37/10 ,  G04C3/12

CPC classification number: G04B3/043 ,  G04B37/081 ,  G04B37/10 ,  G04C3/12

Abstract: A watch case having a locking system for at least one control element of a timepiece, the locking system including a manipulable element, a locking element for the at least one control element, and a kinematic link linking the manipulable element to the locking element, the locking system being arranged on the outside of a chamber (63), more particularly on the outside of a water-resistant chamber, defined by the case, the locking element being rotatably mounted, more particularly rotatably mounted about a second axis (A1) of the at least one control element.

公开(公告)号：US11745536B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-05

申请号：US16567198

申请日：2019-09-11

Applicant: ROLEX SA

Inventor： Carine Bienvenu ,  Patrice Nagel ,  Quoc-Hien Nguyen ,  Alexandra Roulet

IPC: B44C1/00 ,  A44C27/00 ,  G04B37/00 ,  B44C1/22

CPC classification number: B44C1/005 ,  A44C27/003 ,  A44C27/006 ,  B44C1/221 ,  G04B37/0058

Abstract: Method of manufacturing a watch component (10) for a timepiece, wherein it comprises a first stage of manufacturing a watch component (10) comprising a first surface (1), in which there is arranged at least one recess (20), that is to say a surface recessed from the first surface (1), and wherein it comprises a second finishing stage the watch component, leading to a change in the surface condition, more particularly the roughness, more particularly measured by the parameters Ra and/or Str, and/or the gloss, of the first surface (1) but not of the at least one recess (20) or of a portion exclusively of this at least one recess (20).

公开(公告)号：US20230141715A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-11

申请号：US17974352

申请日：2022-10-26

Applicant: ROLEX SA

Inventor： Martin Christian ,  Stéphane Dufour

IPC: A44C5/14

CPC classification number: A44C5/14

Abstract: The device for fixing a wristband to a watch middle includes a connecting element (11) for connection to a wristband (10) or a watch middle (20), at least one pin (1) able to occupy two positions, one projecting from the connecting element (11) and another retracted into a housing (11a) of the connecting element (11), and a receiving element (21) for connection to a watch middle (20) or a wristband (10), having at least one bore (21a). The fixing device includes at least one insert (5), and is designed to occupy at least two configurations: a first configuration in which the at least one pin (1) occupies a position retracted into the connecting element (11), enabling a wristband to be separated from a watch middle, and a second configuration in which the at least one pin (1) occupies a position projecting from the connecting element and is positioned in the at least one bore (21a) of the receiving element (21), the at least one insert (5) forming an interface between the at least one pin (1) and the at least one bore (21a) and/or the housing (11a) to minimize frictional wear on rotation of the at least one pin (1) relative to the receiving element (21) and/or the connecting element (11) respectively.

公开(公告)号：US11604436B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-14

申请号：US16184113

申请日：2018-11-08

Applicant: ROLEX SA

Inventor： Benoit Junod ,  James Rejzner

IPC: G04B37/05

Abstract: The system (10) for fixing a timepiece movement (2) to a watch case (30) element (3) includes at least one clamp (1), in particular at least two clamps, preferably three clamps or four clamps, which is intended to come into contact firstly with the movement and secondly with the watch case element, and a device (2a′; 3a′) for modifying the stiffness of the at least one clamp, particularly for modifying the bending stiffness of the at least one clamp, when the movement is fixed and/or displaced relative to the watch case element.

公开(公告)号：US11449011B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-20

申请号：US16419735

申请日：2019-05-22

Applicant: ROLEX SA

Inventor： Adrien Catheline ,  Benoit Junod ,  Sébastien Perseguers

IPC: G04B39/00 ,  G02B3/04 ,  G02B27/00

Abstract: A timepiece glass, in particular a watch glass, wherein it comprises an optical device comprising at least one lens intended to enlarge an indication supplied by a timepiece, said lens comprising at least one aspherical face comprising at least one section passing through a vertical plane comprising an optical axis of vertical direction z, of which at least one outline can be defined by the following equation: z ⁡ ( r ) = r 2 R ⁡ ( 1 + 1 - ( 1 - κ ) ⁢ ⁢ r 2 R 2 ) + α 4 ⁢ r 4 + α 6 ⁢ r 6 + … in which R is the nominal radius of curvature, k is the constant of conicity, and α(4,6, . . . ) is or are coefficient(s) of asphericity, and in which at least the constant of conicity k and/or at least one coefficient of asphericity is different from zero.

公开(公告)号：US11429065B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US16202284

申请日：2018-11-28

Applicant: ROLEX SA

Inventor： Richard Bossart ,  Nima Merk

IPC: G04B19/04 ,  G04B15/14 ,  G04B13/02 ,  G04B17/06

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a clock or watch component (19; 29) includes (i) providing (E11; E21) a wafer (11; 21) having a single slice (12; 22) including a material of the component, notably silicon, diamond, quartz, sapphire or ceramic, optionally first coating the lower surface of the slice (22) with a lower layer (24), (iii) etching (E12 to E14; E22 to E24) the slice (12; 22) starting from its upper surface to form at least one clock or watch component, (iv) revealing (E15; E25) at least one clock or watch component (19; 29), by removing a layer that served as a mask for etching (E15; E25) and (y) optionally releasing (E26) the slice and the at least one etched clock or watch component by removing the lower layer (24).

公开(公告)号：US11422512B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-23

申请号：US17105898

申请日：2020-11-27

Applicant: ROLEX SA

Inventor： Claude Hauser

IPC: G04D3/02 ,  G04D3/00 ,  G04D1/06 ,  B23B5/08 ,  B23B31/18 ,  B25B5/08

Abstract: A support system (1) for a horological component (9), in particular for a horological component comprising a surface (91) generated by revolution and/or an axis (A9), includes a positioning device (2), in particular a centering device, for the horological component (9) in relation to an axis (A) of the system, and a holding device (3) for the horological component (9), the positioning device and holding device being independent and/or different and/or distinct.