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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1999
Claude Ray, Montezillon, CH;
Christian Taillard, Les Fins, FR;
Girard-Perregaux S.A., La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH;
Abstract
A time-setting mechanism for a clock movement with perpetual Julian date comprising a device for driving a date indicator including driving means for moving forward said indicator by one jump every twenty-four hours. The movement has an adjusting device for automatically moving said indicator by a number of steps taking into account months with 28, 29 or 30 days, said device comprising a rotary cam driven by at least one step every twenty-four hours, said cam having a profile for steering a sensor bringing about: the oscillating movement of a moving mechanism provided with a pawl system for moving forward the date indicator by the required additional number of adjusting steps; and for moving forward said cam by a number of steps equal to the number of said indicator adjusting steps so as to make it move one complete cycle per year.