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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2023
The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;
Loïc Oberson, Morges, CH;
Alexandre Netuschill, Le Cerneux-Péquignot, CH;
Stéphane Lauper, Cortaillod, CH;
Gregory Kissling, La Neuveville, CH;
Stewes Bourban, Chabrey, CH;
Pierre Sauret, Les Hauts-Geneveys, CH;
The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a timepiece component. The method includes: providing a timepiece component (1); breaking the timepiece component (1) into a plurality of pieces (10); and depositing the pieces (10) on a support (2) and creating a desired pattern to be reassembled having interstices (1). The support (2) is then transferred into a mould and a preform (3) is placed on the pieces (10). The assembly is then heated to a temperature higher than the vitreous transition temperature of the preform (3) and a force is applied on the preform to fill the interstices (11) and obtain a reassembled timepiece component (1'). The assembly is then cooled below the vitreous transition temperature of the preform (3) to form the reassembled timepiece component (1′) whereupon the timepiece component (1′) is machined to the required dimensions.