Kabushiki Kaisha Daini Seikosha

Tadahiro Kikuchi

Masataka Ikenishi

Shozo Kushida

Yukio Ikehata

Yukio Ikihata

Second adjustment system in an electronic watch employing a quartz oscillator as a time base. The watch comprises a standard oscillating circuit including the quartz oscillator, a divider, a driving circuit, and a converter. The divider produces several oscillatory output signals of different frequency so as to produce diverse time signals. A time signal selection switch selects output among these outputs. The selected output time signal corresponds to the signal required for adjusting a time delay or a time advance of the seconds indicated by the watch. An incorrect time is corrected during normal watch operation by this second adjustment system.

Second adjustment system in an electronic watch

A watch movement comprises upper and lower spaced-apart plates between which are mounted the major components of the watch movement. Manufacturing indicia indicative of the manufacturer, date, serial number and other particulars of the watch movement are disposed on the top face of the lower plate, facing the upper plate, and corresponding openings are provided in the upper plate overlying the indicia so that the manufacturing indicia is readily visible through the openings. Magnifying lenses may be disposed over the openings to magnify the indicia visible therethrough.

Marking display assembly in a watch movement

A switching mechanism in an electronic watch including a clicking mechanism comprising a clicking cam which is mounted for rotation on an operative rod and a spring which is fixed to a base plate. The clicking cam is provided with a peripheral projecting portion. The spring is provided with a convex portion. In a switching operation, the projecting portion of the cam engages with the convex portion of the spring during the rotation of the cam which is rotated together with the operative rod. After passing through a dead point where the cam disengages with the spring, the cam continues to rotate due to the restoring force of the spring. Then, a click sound is produced at the engagement and the disengagement therebetween.

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Tadahiro Kikuchi