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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Takayasu Machida, Iruma, JP;
Takanori Nanya, Sayama, JP;
Shigeyuki Takahashi, Kodaira, JP;
Kazuo Suzuki, Tokorozawa, JP;
Takeaki Shimanouchi, Hannou, JP;
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pair of parallel rectangular windows are punched out in a thin sheet base material having the same thickness as that of a short hand part ( ) including a weight part ( ) of a second hand ( ) so as to form a hand forming part between the pair of windows and a part in the hand forming part forming a long hand part and a mounting part of a hand is pressed so as to form a thin wall part. Then, the second hand in a final shape is punched out from the base material so that a long hand part ( ) and a mounting part ( ) are formed with the thin wall part of the hand forming part and the short hand part ( ) is formed with an original thickness part. Consequently, the second hand for an analog electronic timepiece in which the weight part ( ) is provided on the short hand part ( ) can be easily and securely manufactured only by a press working.