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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2018
Eta SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse, Grenchen, CH;
Rene Rufener, Bienne, CH;
ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse, Grenchen, CH;
Abstract
A timepiece movement including an analogue display, including a rotary indicator and a wheel secured in rotation to the rotary indicator, the wheel including a roller including a location element, a device for detecting at least one angular position of the location element, including a plate fixed relative to the roller, extending substantially parallel to the roller, and on which are arranged a first electrode, a second electrode and a common electrode positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode the electrodes being planar and being arranged in such a way that, in an angular position of the wheel, the location element is located above at least a portion of each electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode having the form of two segments of a ring centred on the intersection between the axis of the wheel and the plate.