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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2022
Manufacture D'horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA, Le Brassus, CH;
Giulio Papi, La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH;
José-Manuel Fernandez, Le Brassus, CH;
MANUFACTURE D'HORLOGERIE AUDEMARS PIGUET SA, Le Brassus, CH;
Abstract
A multi-function control member of a timepiece movement includes a crown and rotationally integral control stem that is integral in rotation with a first actuating device of a first function. Under pressure, the crown moves axially between rest and depressed positions in which a second function is actuated, and to return to its rest position when the pressure is released. In rest position, the crown moves in axial rotation between stable and actuating angular positions to actuate, by crown rotation, the first function via control stem rotation. The control stem is integral axially with the crown to move in axial translation with it during movement into its depressed position, and to be free in axial translation relative to the first actuating device. The control stem cooperates with a second actuating device of the second function when the crown moves into its depressed position to actuate the second function.