Eta Sa Manufacture Horlogere Suisse

Xavier Berdat

Jean-Luc Helfer

Marc Stranczl

Thierry Conus

Raphaël Courvoisier

Laurent Jeanneret

Cyril Ruchti

An element for radial guiding of a pivot of a rod of a rotating wheel, for example a rod of a balance, for a bearing of an horological movement, in particular shock-absorbing, the guide element including a body configured to cooperate with a bearing unit in such a way as to be maintained in the unit, the body defining a space for radial retention of the pivot, to maintain the rod radially while allowing it to rotate. The radial guide element includes at least three localized radial-bearing parts distributed angularly, the three parts defining the radial retention space, each part having a face for contact with the pivot, each face locally having a cylindrical shape convex towards the inside of the radial retention space, the bearing parts having an elongated body.

Bearing of an horological movement, in particular shock-absorbing, for a rod of a rotating wheel

A resonator of the inertia/elasticity type includes a balance-spring coupled to an inertia flywheel and a system for adjusting the frequency of the resonator including an index-assembly arranged to cooperate with one coil of the balance-spring in order to selectively choose the active length of the balance-spring. The portion of the coil of the balance-spring cooperating with the index-assembly includes at least one area of larger cross-section than the other balance-spring coils for finer adjustment of the frequency of the resonator.

Resonator with fine adjustment via an index-assembly

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Delemont, Switzerland

Xavier Berdat