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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2012
Applicants:
Pascal Grossenbacher, Neuchatel, CH;
Thomas Froelicher, Le Landeron, CH;
Inventors:
Pascal Grossenbacher, Neuchatel, CH;
Thomas Froelicher, Le Landeron, CH;
Assignee:
The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd., Marin, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B 19/10 (2006.01); G04B 19/12 (2006.01); G04B 19/28 (2006.01); G04B 47/04 (2006.01); A44C 17/04 (2006.01); G04B 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B 47/042 (2013.01); A44C 17/04 (2013.01); G04B 45/0076 (2013.01); G04B 19/103 (2013.01); G04B 19/12 (2013.01); G04B 19/283 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method for securing a decoration () to an external timepiece element () coated with a galvanically deposited metallic layer (). Instead of the decoration (), a dummy part () is temporarily placed in the hole () pierced in the external element (), and the galvanic deposition () is then carried out. After the deposition has been levelled, the dummy part () is removed and the decoration is placed in the hole ().