Richemont International S.a.

Denis Zimmermann

Ferdinand Speichinger

Gerd Plange

Philipp Buhler

Rene Larsonneur

Philipp Bühler

Kilian Eisenegger

Pius Brida

Laszlo Dancsecs

Stefan Ihnen

Pascal Schweizer

René Larsonneur

A lunar phase display mechanism includes an upper disc which is the lunar display disc and a lower disc mounted concentrically to this disc. One of the discs is mounted so that during normal operation of the mechanism that one disc rotates relative to the other disc, and the other disc is mounted in a stationary position during normal operation of the mechanism while this position can be changed by a rotary motion. The gear train driving the rotating disc allows that the direction of rotation of this disc can be reversed so that the different appearance of the lunar phases at the latitudes of the earth and, in particular, in the northern and southern hemisphere can be taken into account in the display.

Lunar phase display mechanism

A drive wheel for integration into a clock movement, in particular into the clock movement of wristwatches, with at least a dented section by whose teeth a downstream wheel is rotatably drivable and at least a non-dented section which has a diameter chosen in such a manner that the part-circular circumference of the drive wheel in the non-dented section blocks the downstream wheel against rotation while the teeth of the downstream wheel face this section. The non-dented section of the drive wheel includes at least a flexible element that is arranged, seen in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the drive wheel, immediately after the dented section and that includes an elasticity essentially directed in radial direction of the drive wheel for the change of the diameter of the non-dented section of the drive wheel in the range of the flexible element.

Drive wheel for integration into a clock movement

A device for the date indication in a watch, with a digit disk and a decimal disk, which each include a sequence of figures or numbers and are arranged next to each other in parallel in such a manner that they overlap within the region of an indicating position and thus allow to represent a two digit number visible through a corresponding date window in the dial. The disk of larger diameter is a circular disk and the axis of rotation of the disk of smaller diameter is arranged within the outer peripheral contour of the disk of larger diameter. The device includes a digit programme wheel and a decimal programme wheel, which control via a digit pinion and a decimal pinion the switching operation of the digit disk and the decimal disk, and a programme drive wheel, which passes on the driving force onto the digit and decimal programme wheels.

Device for date indication

A watch with an analog time display has at least one minute hand and one hour hand. This watch is moreover equipped with a fly back hand mechanism which has at least one minute fly back hand and/or hour fly back hand located coaxially to the hands of the normal time display. In the normal mode, the fly back hand or hands is/are moved synchronously with the hands of the normal time display and relative to them in an overlapping position. They can be stopped in a timer mode for marking of any instant of time and after expiry of any time interval, for again synchronously running with the hands of the normal time display. The actuated coupling of the fly back hand mechanism is located preferably non-coaxially to the axis of the motion work of the watch.

Watch with fly back hand function and corresponding fly back hand mechanism

An operating unit adapted to be incorporated into a watch with a main setting device, which comprises at least two engagement positions, namely one rest position and at least one pulled position, and with at least one auxiliary setting device. The invention is also concerned with all types of watches suitable for the integration of such an operating unit and comprising the unit, in particular a world time watch with an analogue indication of the time of the day and of a corresponding location for different time zones with an offset relative to the local time by a multiple of an hour or of half an hour and thus allowing a simultaneous and reliable reading of the time of the day for the indicated time zones and a simple, fast and reliable operation and setting of the watch.

Operating unit for the setting devices of a watch and watches incorporating such a unit

A mechanism for displaying the moon phases which has an upper disc or moon dial () and a lower disc or moon indicator () that is mounted concentrically to it. One of these discs is mounted rotatably relative to the other. The moon dial () has two windows () in order to account in the display for the different appearance of the moon phases in the northern and southern hemisphere of the earth.

Mechanism for displaying the moon phases

A control mechanism adapted to be incorporated into a watch with a main setting device, which comprises at least two engagement positions, namely one rest position and at least one pulled position, and with at least one auxiliary setting device. The invention is also concerned with all types of watches suitable for the integration of such a control mechanism and comprising the mechanism, in particular a world time watch with an analogue indication of the time of the day and of a corresponding location for different time zones with an offset relative to the local time by a multiple of an hour or of half an hour, which thus allows a simultaneous and reliable reading of the time of the day for the indicated time zones and which, in particular, avoids inadvertent modification of the settings of the watch.

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Kleinandelfingen, Switzerland

Denis Zimmermann