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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2006
Beat Gilomen, Grenchen, CH;
Beat Gilomen, Grenchen, CH;
ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse, Grenchen, CH;
Abstract
The present invention proposes an electronic dive watch () including a water resistant case () containing a watch movement () on which there is mounted a dial () provided with at least one first and one second coaxial hand (), each hand () being driven independently by an associated motor (), of the type wherein the watch movement () includes an electronic circuit () that controls the first and second hands () in accordance with a first operating mode in which each hand () indicates a distinct item of data and in accordance with a second operating mode, called the dive mode, in which at least the first hand () indicates an instantaneous depth value (Pi), characterized in that, in the dive mode, the first and second hands () are controlled such that they simultaneously indicate the same instantaneous depth value.