Horology: time measuring systems or devices inventions 05/06

20060109747 - Electronic timepiece: To provide an electronic timepiece having a simple constitution, being excellent in durability in an electronic timepiece and made to change date display of date display means in accordance with rotation of a time hand. A 24 o'clock detecting switch detects 24 o'clock. A crown rotation switch is made ON...

20060109748 - Device for protecting access to the winding mechanism of a pocket watch: The present invention concerns a mechanical watch (1), preferably of the pocket watch type, wound by a key. More specifically, the present invention concerns a protective device for the aperture (6) allowing access to the winding mechanism of such a watch, particular to the winding stem (7). For this purpose,...

20060109749 - Unified digital time displays: A unified digital time display is presented in an expanded display field and configured for compatibility with prior balanced, quadribalanced, enhanced quadribalanced or unidirectional segmented displays by positioning hour display elements generally in the center of the field, minute display elements in a space beside the right flank of the...

20060109750 - Electronic reminder device and related method: An electronic reminder, the alert feature of which uses visual and/or audible alert signals, with customizable surface areas. The surface areas include an area onto which a distributor of the reminder can apply information specific to a known end user or user group. A surface area of the housing also...

20060104160 - Visual indicating device: A visual indicating device comprising two or more discs (1, 2) each disc having a radial discontinuity (3, 4) to thereby form a surface of which the plane progresses in a helical manner, said discs being superposed and interleaved and lying in mutually parallel helical planes, each disc being independently...

20060104161 - Watch case base and method for making same: Back of a watch case including a cover (4) that defines the external surface of the back, and a false back (11) that is mounted against the internal surface of the cover. The false back can be provided with an engraved decoration and can be manufactured by stamping from a...

20060098535 - Gear for watch movement: P

20060092768 - Time zone displays using circular timing elements: A clock display includes at least seven circular timing elements, each timing element configured to indicate time in a time zone....

20060092769 - Clock display with circular timing elements: A clock display includes at least six circular timing elements, at least one of the circular timing elements including one or more display devices, and a processor configured to activate the display devices, to indicate time. A method of indicating time includes generating a signal of real time, and activating...

20060092770 - Information displays and methods associated therewith: In one embodiment, an information display includes timing elements arranged in a circle about a center, the timing elements overlapping each other, and other elements arranged in a second circle around the first circle. The information display has an hour hand, a minute hand and, optionally, a third hand, each...