Citizen Watch Company, Ltd.

Nobuyuki Kanda

Yasuo Kamiyama

A watch movement mounting structure for fixing a watch movement in a watch case having a case body including a radially extending annular shoulder and a radially inwardly extending annular projection contiguous with the annular shoulder, which structure comprises a flexible annular support member including an annular wall adapted to rest on the annular shoulder of said case body, a plurality of circumferentially spaced, inwardly directed flange segments each of which extends upwardly of the annular wall to retain the watch movement, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced, outwardly directed flange segments each of which extends downwardly of the annular wall and adapted to engage the annular projection of the case body, whereby said watch movement is fixed in place in said case body and the axial displacement of the watch movement is prevented.

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Tokorozawa, Japan

Nobuyuki Kanda