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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Egger, Pforzheim, DE;
Franz Mayer, Birkenfeld, DE;
Herbert Schwartz, Wurmberg, DE;
Walter Sodler, Pforzheim-Buchenbronn, DE;
Jean Suard, Besancon, FR;
Wilhelm Tilse, Birkenfeld, DE;
Assignee:
Timex Corporation, Waterbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
58 2 / ; 58-2 ; 58 59 ;
Abstract
A rocking motor for driving an indexing element in a quartz controlled analog wristwatch is impulsed once per minute. The indexing element and the indexed 'center' wheel are carried between parallel shunt plates holding the permanent magnet. The driving element is deflected by a pulse from its rest position to tension a spring, and the minute wheel is indexed when the driving element is returned by the reset spring.