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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2011
Vincent Beccia, Pully, CH;
Vincent Beccia, Pully, CH;
Blancpain SA, Le Brassus, CH;
Abstract
Timepiece wheel set () including a first guide surface () cooperating with a second guide surface () associated with a bridge (), for pivotally mounting the wheel set () relative to the bridge () about an axis (D). The first guide surface () is a single surface, located on a median plane (P) of said wheel set (), orthogonal to this axis (D), for holding the wheel set () careened or in a cantilever arrangement relative to this bridge (), and the wheel set () is free of any guide arbours on either side of this guide surface ().This wheel set () forms a ball bearing () wherein the first guide surface () forms an internal raceway () for balls () and wherein an external ball race () mounted on the bridge () includes the second guide surface () forming an external raceway for the balls ().