Nivarox-Far S.a.

Omega Sa

Frédéric Vaucher

Pierre Cusin

Marco Verardo

Daniel Mallet

Marc Stranczl

Jean-Philippe Thiebaud

Emmanuel Graf

Alexandre Fussinger

Philomène Berger

Raymond Gabus

Romain Le Moal

Jean-Philippe THIÉBAUD

A method produces an assembly of an elastic holding member-timepiece component assembly with a support element. The elastic holding member is made of an electrically insulating material and the support element is made of an electrically conductive material. The method includes mounting the assembly with the support element aiming to define at least one zone for receiving at least one element for blocking a movement of the holding member relative to the support element, and producing by galvanic metal growth the at least one blocking element on at least one of the reception zones.

Method for producing an assembly of an elastic holding member-timepiece component assembly with a support element

An elastic holding organ for fastening a timepiece component on a support element, including a rigid portion provided with an inner face including at least three deformable arms provided with free ends defining an opening into which the support element can be inserted, the arms being configured to perform a coupling with the support element by an elastic clamping in compression of this support element in the opening.

Organ for elastically holding a timepiece component on a support element

The invention relates to pallets for an escapement of a clock movement including a pallet-stone support, pallet-stones mounted on the pallet-stone support, a fork including first and second horns, a safety pin and a rod connecting the pallet-stone support to the fork and to the safety pin, the pallet-stone support, the rod, the safety pin and the fork forming a monolithic body of the pallets, the pallet-stone support, the rod and the safety pin being formed by a main layer of constant thickness, the first and second horns of the fork having a greater height than the constant thickness and being formed by the main layer, and also by an additional layer, the main layer and the additional layer forming the monolithic body of the pallets.

Pallets for the escapement of a clock movement

Pallet lever () for the escapement mechanism of a watch movement including a fork portion (), a pallet-stone holder portion (), pallet-stones () mounted on the pallet-stone holder portion, and a lever () interconnecting the pallet-stone holder portion to the fork portion. The fork portion includes a fork (), guard pin () and a stud (), the lever and the pallet-stone holder portion are integral and form a one-piece main body () of the pallet lever, and the fork is an added part secured to the main body by means of the stud driven into a securing hole () in the main body and a securing hole () in the fork. The stud is manufactured from a hard material, particularly a sapphire.

Pallet lever for the escapement mechanism of a watch movement

The invention relates to a resonator () with a balance () and balance spring () including a balance () mounted on a staff (), a balance spring () integral with a collet () and mounted on said staff. According to the invention, the collet () includes an integral protruding portion or bump () forming a pin arranged for cooperating with an escape system. The invention concerns the field of timepiece movements.

Sprung balance resonator for a timepiece

The invention relates to a single piece coaxial escape wheel set () including a first toothing () formed at the periphery of a plate () and a second toothing (). According to the invention, the second toothing () is formed in a single piece with the plate () of the first toothing () so as to reduce any problems of alignment of one in relation to the other and to decrease the overall mass of the wheel set (). The invention concerns the field of timepieces.

Single piece wheel set for a timepiece

The part is made from a plate () made of a brittle material, such as glass, quartz or silicon and includes at least one aperture () for driving in a shaft (). This aperture is characterized in that it includes alternately rigidifying and positioning zones () and resilient deformation zones (). Application to securing a shaft onto the moving parts of a timepiece movement.

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La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

Frédéric Vaucher