Eta Sa Fabriques D'ebauches

Eta Sa Ebauches

Pierre Schmidli

Bertrand Soltermann

Bruno Erni

Nicolas Jeannet

An analog electronic timepiece also having a display (4) for at least two other items of time information comprising a timekeeping circuit delivering a daily signal S.sub.j to a perpetual calendar circuit delivering, in response to a command signal S.sub.k, an order signal S.sub.c representing the ranking occupied by the information on the display (4), and a disc signal S.sub.D representing the value of the instantaneous ranking of the time information displayed, in which a comparator-subtractor analysing the signals S.sub.c and S.sub.D in recurring manner delivers a signal S.sub.R modifying the display (4) until S.sub.D =S.sub.C, said display (4) having at least two distinct zones (4a, 4b) provided with different symbols occupying successive rankings.

Analog electronic timepiece having a multifunctional calendar disc

The watch includes a time-keeping circuit, a first motor, hands driven by the motor to display the time, an index that moves forward by 1/35th of a revolution per 24 hours, a stationary graduation having inscribed thereon 35 days of 5 consecutive weeks, a mobile graduation divided into 35 parts and bearing numbers 1 to 31 for the ordinals of the month, a second motor that drives the mobile graduation in steps of 1/35th of a revolution, a calendar circuit issuing a signal that is representative of the month and a signal that is representative of the year, and a correction circuit connected to the calendar circuit and issuing a control signal to the second motor. At the end of each month, the mobile graduation is moved by the second motor through N steps (N=4,5,6 or 7) such that number 1 thereon comes to lie opposite the index at the beginning of the following month. The two graduations provide the correspondence between the days of the week and the ordinals of the month for the current month whereas the index indicates the actual day of the week and ordinal of the month.

Analog electronic watch that indicates the day of the week and the

This invention is concerned with an analogue calendar watch able to display the hour, the day of the month perpetually, and whenever required, the number of the month via the day of the month display. The watch includes a first motor driving the time display in response to a time base signal, a perpetual calendar circuit including a day counter, a month counter and a year counter and receiving a daily signal supplied by a contact, a control circuit connected to the calendar circuit, and a second motor driving the day of the month display in response to a signal from the control circuit. The display of the number of the month is achieved with a reading circuit that receives from the calendar circuit signals representative of the contents of the day and month counters. The reading circuit issues to the second motor, in response to a month call signal, a control signal to change the day of the month being displayed to the number of the month, and a further control signal to move the day of the month display back to its original position.

Perpetual calendar watch having two motors

A watch comprises a first motor (2) for driving a time display (4), a second motor (23) for driving means (20) for numerically indicating the day of the month, a perpetual-calendar circuit (30), a first transmission circuit (40), a non-volatile memory (41), a second transmission circuit (42), and a detection circuit (43) for generating a signal (S43) when an energy supply cell is being inserted to energize the circuits. The calendar circuit includes counters (31, 32, 33) generating a calendar signal (S30) representative of the date. This signal is periodically transferred to the non-volatile memory by the first transmission circuit in response to periodic signals (Sx, Sm, Sa). The date at which the watch stops at the end of the cell's life remains memorized in the non-volatile memory and in the day of the month indicating means. When a new cell is inserted, the signal representative of the date at which the watch stopped is transferred from the non-volatile memory to the calendar circuit by the second transmission circuit in response to the signal (S43) generated by the detection circuit.

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Evilard, Switzerland

Pierre Schmidli