Eta Sa Manufacture Horlogere Suisse

Christe Laurent

François Klopfenstein

There is disclosed an electronic instrument intended to be worn on a user's wrist, such as a wristwatch (), including a case () and a wristband () secured to the case. The case encloses an electronic module (), a display device () and an electric power source () powering the electronic module and the display device. This instrument further includes an antenna () arranged in an off-centre position with respect to the centre (&#x25ef;) of the instrument. The instrument is configured to be worn on the wrist in a first, so-called normal position, and in a second, so-called opposite position, rotated through 180&#xb0; with respect to the first position about an axis (&#x3b1;) substantially perpendicular to the general plane (&#x3a0;) of the electronic instrument. The instrument further includes control means for switching the display device into a first so-called normal display mode, when the instrument is worn in the first position, and into a second so-called reverse display mode, when the instrument is worn in the second position, the data displayed by the display device being shifted through 180&#xb0; from one display mode to the other.

Electronic instrument intended to be worn on the wrist and including, in particular, an antenna for receiving and/or transmitting radio-frequency signals

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Bienne, Switzerland

Christe Laurent