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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2023
The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;
Ahmad Odeh, Renens, CH;
Simon Springer, Berne, CH;
Gérard Rossier, La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH;
Gilles Vuilleumier, Pieterlen, CH;
The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin, CH;
Abstract
A timepiece hand and method for manufacturing same, including: obtaining a single-piece part, the part extending along a longitudinal axis; rotating the single-piece part; emitting a first modulation of the laser light; exposing a first portion of the single-piece part to the first modulation of the laser light to form a first volume with a circular cross-section with a length Land with a mean diameter D, the ratio being less than or equal to 20 or 10; emitting a second modulation of the laser light; and exposing a second portion of the single-piece part to the second modulation of the laser light, to form a second volume with a circular cross-section with a length Land with a mean diameter D, the ratio being less than or equal to 10.