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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2023
The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;
Gianni Di Domenico, Neuchâtel, CH;
Baptiste Hinaux, Lausanne, CH;
Mohammad Hussein Kahrobaiyan, Boudevilliers, CH;
Jean-Luc Helfer, Le Landeron, CH;
Pascal Winkler, St-Blaise, CH;
The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;
Abstract
A regulating member () for a horological movement including a balance, a balance spring including a flexible strip () coiled on itself in several turns, the strip () having a predefined rigidity to enable the balance to perform a rotary oscillatory movement, the strip including an outer end (). The regulating member () includes a resilient device for compensating the direction of gravity with respect to the regulating member (), the resilient device adapting its stiffness according to gravity to compensate for the effect of gravity on the regulating member, the resilient device including a resilient element () connecting the outer end () to a first non-movable support () with respect to the horological movement, as well as prestressing means () for applying a variable force or torque on the resilient element () according to the direction of gravity with respect to the regulating member ().