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Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 21, 2014
Applicant:

Eta SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse, Grenchen, CH;

Inventor:

Raphael Courvoisier, Corcelles, CH;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B 17/32 (2006.01); G04B 18/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B 18/06 (2013.01); G04B 17/325 (2013.01);
Abstract

An assembly for holding or supporting a timepiece balance spring includes a balance spring stud and a stud-holder. The stud-holder includes a device to secure the stud-holder to an escapement mechanism. The balance spring stud includes a lateral bearing surface defining a direction of holding or supporting the balance spring. The stud-holder is in two parts, and includes a rigid structure carrying the securing device, and a strip spring pressed against this rigid structure and including at least one elastic lip defining, with this structure, a chamber for receiving this stud and cooperating with this lateral bearing surface of this stud to hold this stud in an indexed locking position.


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