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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
Alberto Papi, La Chaux-de-Fonds, IT;
Alberto Papi, La Chaux-de-Fonds, IT;
Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier S.A., Fleurier, CH;
Sowind S.A., La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH;
Abstract
A timepiece includes a movement and a current-time ringing mechanism that includes: an hour cam () for providing information on the hour of the current time to an hour sampler, quarter cam () for providing information on the quarters of the current time to a quarter sampler, a minute cam () for providing information on the minutes of the current time to a minute sampler, wherein the cams are adapted to be driven by the movement, the quarter cam () and the minute cam () being pivotally mounted and being free relative to each other, and the minute cam () including a snail including a single row of 60/N stages and being adapted to be driven by the movement at N revolutions per hour.