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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1993
Frank Vaucher, Cormoret, CH;
Compagnie des Montres Longines Francillon S.A., St-Imier, CH;
Abstract
The invention concerns a timepiece including a horometric movement (M) with a dial train (8, 46), at least one hours hand (4) which is mounted on an hours pipe (4a) driven by the dial train, a rotary ring (48) driven by the hours pipe so as to effect one revolution per twenty-four hours, a first display means (3) including a twenty-four-hour hours circle and a second display means including geographic indications respectively indicating various time zones, one of the display means (3) being arranged on the rotary ring (48) in order to be displaced facing the other (5) and in order to furnish with the latter a universal time display, characterized in that it includes a correction mechanism (MC) adapted to act on the hours hand (4) independently from the driving of the rotary ring (48).