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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 1978
Filed:
May. 17, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Igor Scherrer, Colombier, CH;
Jean-Claude Berney, Lausanne, CH;
Jean-Claude Robert-Grandpierre, Colombier, CH;
Assignee:
Ebauches S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
58 855 ; 58 2 / ; 307279 ;
Abstract
An electronic watch having a circuit for permitting it to be stopped in a state of minimum consumption. The watch has an oscillator, a frequency divider comprising flip-flops and a display, with the display and at least some of said flip-flops being connected to a common line so that a signal applied to the common line places them in a state of minimum consumption. The circuit including a switch connected between the common line and a terminal of the power supply and at least two MOS transistors connected so as to apply the signal to the common line when the switch is closed.