Universo S.a.

The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd

Gerard Rossier

Simon Springer

Cedric Faure

Christian Manasterski

Marine Débois

Packaging () for clock hands () with a pipe () and a body (), including a pallet () for receiving, holding, storing and carrying hands () having the same height, including bores () for receiving the pipes () according to a constant pitch, adjacent to recesses () for housing the hand bodies () resting on an upper surface (), each pallet () including a position index device (), and a spacer () for cooperating such that it bears against a lower surface () of another pallet () and extending, from the upper surface (), over a height which exceeds that of the hand bodies (), each pallet () having a transverse bearing surface () for receiving the bearing surfaces () of the hands (), and, parallel thereto, oblong pieces (), the width whereof is adapted for the insertion of robotic grippers or tweezers for loading/unloading hands.

Packaging for clock hands

The invention relates to a method for decorating a timepiece component comprising: According to the invention, at least step b) and step c) are achieved by a physical vapour deposition method.

Method for decorating a timepiece component

A pointer hand for a watchmaking part including a body and a cannon configured to be driven onto a cylindrical arbor, the cannon having an internal diameter that is greater than the diameter of the cylindrical arbor. The cannon includes a flat on its internal diameter that is configured to cooperate with the cylindrical arbor, to elastically deform the cannon on both sides of the flat to fix the hand onto the cylindrical arbor.

Watch hand

A support for cleaning and/or galvanic deposition including a carrier structure including attachment points for watch hands each provided with a hole. The attachment points include at least one rigid pin, if necessary a conductive pin, onto which the hands are threaded via their hole and held apart from each other by a spacer.

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