Eta Sa Manufacture Horlogere Suisse

Yves Girardin

Ivan Villar

A shock-absorber bearing for a staff of a moving part of a timepiece, the bearing including a support including a housing configured to receive a pivot module configured to cooperate with the staff, and an elastic mechanism configured to exert at least one axial force on the pivot module to retain the module in its housing.

Non-dismantlable shock-proof system for timepiece

A shock-absorber bearing for a staff of a moving part of a timepiece, the bearing including: a support including a housing configured to receive a pivot module configured to cooperate with the staff; an elastic mechanism configured to exert at least one axial force on the pivot module to retain the pivot module in its housing, the pivot module and the housing having a geometry of revolution defined to have freedom of angular orientation, one relative to the other; and a fixing mechanism for fixing the elastic mechanism.

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Courtetelle, Switzerland

Yves Girardin