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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
François Klopfenstein, Delémont, CH;
André Zanetta, Neuchâtel, CH;
Emmanuel Fleury, Moutier, CH;
ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse, Grenchen, CH;
Abstract
The invention relates to a timepiece () fitted with a glass () having an inside face and an outside face to the timepiece and a lighting device () comprising at least one ultraviolet or infrared light-emitting diode () to illuminate at least one zone () integrating fluorescent and/or phosphorescent pigments of an indicator element () visible through the glass, characterized in that the light-emitting diode is arranged on the periphery of the glass forming a waveguide capable of diffusing the ultraviolet or infrared light, and that means for diffusing ultraviolet or infrared light () from the glass towards the interior of the timepiece are arranged in the path of the ultraviolet or infrared light.