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EP1892590A1
EP1892590A1 EP06017345A EP06017345A EP1892590A1 EP 1892590 A1 EP1892590 A1 EP 1892590A1 EP 06017345 A EP06017345 A EP 06017345A EP 06017345 A EP06017345 A EP 06017345A EP 1892590 A1 EP1892590 A1 EP 1892590A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B19/00—Indicating the time by visual means
    • G04B19/02—Back-gearing arrangements between gear train and hands
    • G04B19/025—Back-gearing arrangements between gear train and hands for simultaneous indicating on several dials
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B45/00—Time pieces of which the indicating means or cases provoke special effects, e.g. aesthetic effects
    • G04B45/04—Time pieces with invisible drive, e.g. with hands attached to a rotating glass disc
    • G04B45/046—Time pieces with invisible drive, e.g. with hands attached to a rotating glass disc the driving mechanism of the hands being invisible because of special shielding
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04B—MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES; MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL; TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
    • G04B47/00—Time-pieces combined with other articles which do not interfere with the running or the time-keeping of the time-piece
    • G04B47/06—Time-pieces combined with other articles which do not interfere with the running or the time-keeping of the time-piece with attached measuring instruments, e.g. pedometer, barometer, thermometer or compass
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04F—TIME-INTERVAL MEASURING
    • G04F7/00—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by non-electric means
    • G04F7/04—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by non-electric means using a mechanical oscillator
    • G04F7/08—Watches or clocks with stop devices, e.g. chronograph

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  • the present invention relates to a timepiece comprising a time display and at least one other display for example a chronograph display, a power reserve display, a ring time, an altimetric display or temperature, etc.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore to facilitate reading, in particular of the time display and / or of an additional display, by appropriate means in a timepiece comprising at least one other display than the time display.
  • Such a device is however complex and causes a significant increase in the volume of the timepiece, including its thickness which is a significant disadvantage.
  • the user must manually open or close the diaphragm to switch from a view of the single time display to the visibility of all the displays of the watch.
  • the position of the diaphragm does not correspond to what the user wishes to visualize and the user must therefore modify the position of the diaphragm manually before reading the desired display which is inconvenient and constitutes a waste of time.
  • the purpose of the present invention is to facilitate the reading of the displays of a timepiece comprising a time display and at least one other display while avoiding the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art that is to say without it is necessary to make a manual adjustment before reading the displays.
  • the subject of the present invention is a timepiece, in particular a wristwatch, comprising a time display and at least one other display making it possible to attain the proposed goal while avoiding the aforementioned drawbacks which are distinguished by the features listed in the claim. 1.
  • the accompanying drawing illustrates an embodiment of the timepiece according to the invention comprising a time display and at least one other display that can be read instantly and without risk of error by the user.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of a wristwatch according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a partial section of the watch illustrated in Figure 1.
  • Figure 3 is a schematic view of the dials and switches of the timepiece.
  • the timepiece illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 is a wristwatch comprising a watch case consisting of a middle part 1, a bezel 1a, a bottom 2, 2a and an ice cream 3.
  • This box shows 1, 2, 3 encloses a clockwork movement 4 whose upper face is provided with a lower dial 5 comprising a peripheral display area 6 preferably having an annular shape as shown in the drawing, carrying a graduation of hours and minutes 7 of a time display.
  • This graduation 7 is surrounded by an hour circle 8.
  • This peripheral display area 6 of the lower dial 5 cooperates with a lower hourly switch comprising an hour hand 10 and a minute hand 11.
  • the hour hand 10 is integral with a gun of the hours 12 while the needle minutes 11 is integral with a minute gun 13, concentric and pivoting inside the barrel hours 12.
  • This time switch is driven in the usual way by the watch movement 4.
  • the timepiece further comprises an upper dial 14 located above the time switch 10,11 and fixed by its periphery to the watch case 1,2,3.
  • This upper dial 14 has an opaque internal display area 15 surrounded by a transparent peripheral zone 16 revealing at least a large portion of the display area 6 of the lower dial 5 and the end of the minute hands 11 and hours 10.
  • This upper dial 14 is traversed in its center by a sixty-minute gun chronograph 17 carrying a sixty-minute chronograph needle 18, this gun being concentric with the gun minute 13.
  • a chronograph seconds hand 19 is secured to an axis of a chronograph second 20 located concentrically and inside the sixty minute chronograph gun 17.
  • the central opaque portion 15 of the upper dial carries one or more graduations 21 and a lap of minutes + seconds 9, cooperating with the needles of the upper switch 18,19.
  • the upper switch 18,19 and the central portion 15 of the upper dial constitute another display, in the example illustrated a chronograph display, displaying a different size than the time display.
  • This other display, higher, 15, 18, 19, 21 could in variants be a display of the calendar, power reserve, pressure, temperature, etc.
  • this other display is a chronograph display and the scale 21 carried by the upper dial is used in correspondence with the minute turn 9 carried by the lower dial.
  • the graduation 21 would include a number of steps other than sixty the upper dial 14 could comprise in its central zone 15 digits opposite the marks of its graduation 21.
  • the upper dial 14 and the upper switch 18, 19 form the time display, while the lower dial 5 and the lower switch 10, 11 form the additional display, for example that of seconds and minutes of a chronograph mechanism.
  • either the central portion 15 of the upper dial or the peripheral portion 6 of the lower dial, or each of the parts 15 and 6 could comprise the fixed parts of several distinct displays of the timepiece, for example a window date or other graduation.
  • This timepiece has great advantages related to the fact that the display consisting of the peripheral zone of the lower dial 6 and the visible end of the needles 10, 11 is especially well defined with respect to the other display or other displays located in the central area of the upper dial.
  • the central portions of the hands of the time display are hidden behind the opaque central portion 15 of the upper dial so that they do not interfere with the central display (s).
  • the user only looks at, and focuses on, the peripheral part of the timepiece where only the display is located schedule.
  • the central display (s) other than that may comprise the timepiece and which is exclusively located in the central area of the latter does not interfere with the reading of the peripheral time display reducing or totally avoiding any risk of reading error.
  • this timepiece is simple and has no mechanism that the user should operate to switch from reading the time display to reading other displays.
  • the timepiece can be less complicated and less bulky, especially less thick.
  • the upper dial 14 could have only its opaque central portion 15 and be fixed for example on a tube integral with the movement 4 disposed between the barrels 13 carrying the upper needle 11 of the lower switch 11,12 and the cannon 17 crossing the upper dial 14,15.
  • time display is located in the peripheral zone of the lower dial and formed by a graduation and the only visible ends of the needles of the time switch, the central portions of these needles being hidden under the central portion of the upper dial and that the other displays are located in the central part of the timepiece on the opaque portion 15 of the upper dial.
  • the chronograph display comprises an upper switch cooperating with a scale 21 carried by the opaque central portion 15 of the upper dial 14. This central part of the timepiece is entirely dedicated to the chronograph display and no element of the time display is visible in this central area avoiding reading confusion.
  • the time display is entirely located in the peripheral zone of the timepiece and comprises a scale carried by the lower dial cooperating with a lower switch. only the ends of the needles 10,11 are visible, the rest of these needles being hidden under the opaque central portion 15 of the upper dial.
  • the needles 10, 11 and 18, 19 are visible only in the peripheral or central zone of the timepiece, comprising the fixed part of the corresponding display.
  • the needles 10, 11 and 18, 19 are concentric.
  • the timepiece could comprise only one dial comprising the fixed elements of displays of at least two different magnitudes, for example a time display and a display.
  • the fixed elements of the time display are then located in a peripheral annular display area of the dial while the fixed elements of the chronograph display, or otherwise, are located in the central zone of this dial and cooperate with a chronograph switch or other.
  • the moving elements of the peripheral time display would then be carried by transparent disks and cover a radial extent limited to the peripheral display area so as not to interfere with the central chronograph switch.
  • the shape and conformation of the lower and upper displays could be non-annular and non-circular respectively.
  • the inner area 15 of the upper dial could be rectangular, and the inner and outer edges of the lower section portion 6 could also be rectangular.
  • Other shapes like oval or barrel are also conceivable, and both displays could even have dissimilar shapes, such as an upper dial that is circular and a lower dial having a square outer edge.
  • the upper dial be centered with respect to the lower dial and that the mobile indicator elements corresponding to each dial are concentric, eccentric or unsymmetrical displays are also possible.

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Abstract

The timepiece has two displays, where one display is a clock display driven by a timepiece movement. The clock display includes two mobile elements having an hour hand (10) and a minute hand (11). A lower dial, peripheral display zone (6), and hands are provided in a peripheral zone of the timepiece. An upper dial, inner opaque display zone (15), chrono hour hand (18) and chronograph minute hand (19) are provided in an internal zone of the timepiece. The mobile elements of the displays are simultaneously visible in the peripheral and internal zones, and visually not interfere with each other.

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La présente invention a pour objet une pièce d'horlogerie comportant un affichage horaire et au moins un autre affichage par exemple un affichage de chronographe, un affichage de réserve de marche, d'une heure de sonnerie, un affichage altimétrique ou de la température, etc.The present invention relates to a timepiece comprising a time display and at least one other display for example a chronograph display, a power reserve display, a ring time, an altimetric display or temperature, etc.

Dans ces pièces d'horlogerie, notamment pour des montres bracelet, comportant un ou plusieurs affichages autre que l'affichage horaire principal il est souvent difficile pour l'usager de lire l'heure d'un rapide coup d'oeil sans risque d'erreur car il faut d'abord bien localiser et sélectionner l'affichage horaire pour le distinguer des différents affichages présents. D'une façon similaire, il est souvent difficile pour l'usager de lire rapidement la position d'une aiguille de chronographe (ou autre affichage supplémentaire) sans interférence des aiguilles indiquant l'affichage horaire.In these timepieces, especially for wristwatches, with one or more displays other than the main time display it is often difficult for the user to read the time of a quick glance without risk of error because it is first necessary to locate and select the time display to distinguish it from the different displays present. In a similar way, it is often difficult for the user to quickly read the position of a chronograph hand (or other additional display) without interference of the hands indicating the time display.

Le but de la présente invention est donc de faciliter la lecture, notamment de l'affichage horaire et/ou d'un affichage supplémentaire, par des moyens adéquats dans une pièce d'horlogerie comportant au moins un autre affichage que l'affichage horaire.The object of the present invention is therefore to facilitate reading, in particular of the time display and / or of an additional display, by appropriate means in a timepiece comprising at least one other display than the time display.

On connaît du document EP 0 869 409 une montre analogique comportant des cadrans superposés, un premier cadran supérieur coopérant avec un aiguillage horaire, et un second cadran inférieur coopérant avec un aiguillage inférieur affichant une autre grandeur que l'heure. Pour éviter à l'usager de confondre ces affichages, cette montre est munie, entre le cadran supérieur et l'aiguillage inférieur, d'un diaphragme commandé par un organe de manoeuvre accessible à l'usager permettant lorsqu'il est en position obturée de cacher le cadran inférieur et l'aiguillage inférieur. Dans cette position obturée du diaphragme l'usager ne voit plus que l'affichage horaire formé par le cadran supérieur et l'aiguillage supérieur ce qui évite toute erreur de lecture.Document is known EP 0 869 409 an analog watch comprising superimposed dials, a first upper dial cooperating with a time switch, and a second lower dial cooperating with a lower switch displaying a size other than the hour. To avoid the user to confuse these displays, this watch is provided, between the upper dial and the lower switch, a diaphragm controlled by an actuator accessible to the user allowing when in the closed position of hide the lower dial and the lower switch. In this closed position of the diaphragm the user sees only the time display formed by the upper dial and the upper switch which prevents any reading error.

Un tel dispositif est toutefois complexe et provoque une augmentation importante du volume de la pièce d'horlogerie, notamment de son épaisseur ce qui est un inconvénient important. De plus l'usager doit procéder manuellement à l'ouverture respectivement la fermeture du diaphragme pour passer d'une vision de l'affichage horaire seul à la visibilité de la totalité des affichages de la montre. En pratique il s'avère très souvent que la position du diaphragme ne correspond pas à ce que l'usager désire visualiser et celui-ci doit donc modifier la position du diaphragme manuellement avant de lire l'affichage désiré ce qui est peu commode et constitue une perte de temps.Such a device is however complex and causes a significant increase in the volume of the timepiece, including its thickness which is a significant disadvantage. In addition, the user must manually open or close the diaphragm to switch from a view of the single time display to the visibility of all the displays of the watch. In practice, it is very often the case that the position of the diaphragm does not correspond to what the user wishes to visualize and the user must therefore modify the position of the diaphragm manually before reading the desired display which is inconvenient and constitutes a waste of time.

Le but de la présente invention est de faciliter la lecture des affichages d'une pièce d'horlogerie comportant un affichage horaire et au moins un autre affichage tout en évitant les inconvénients précités de l'art antérieur c'est-à-dire sans qu'il soit nécessaire de procéder à un réglage manuel avant de lire les affichages.The purpose of the present invention is to facilitate the reading of the displays of a timepiece comprising a time display and at least one other display while avoiding the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art that is to say without it is necessary to make a manual adjustment before reading the displays.

La présente invention a pour objet une pièce d'horlogerie, notamment une montre bracelet, comportant un affichage horaire et au moins un autre affichage permettant d'atteindre le but proposé tout en évitant les inconvénients précités qui se distinguent par les caractéristiques énumérées à la revendication 1.The subject of the present invention is a timepiece, in particular a wristwatch, comprising a time display and at least one other display making it possible to attain the proposed goal while avoiding the aforementioned drawbacks which are distinguished by the features listed in the claim. 1.

Le dessin annexé illustre une forme d'exécution de la pièce d'horlogerie selon l'invention comportant un affichage horaire et au moins un autre affichage pouvant être lu de façon instantanée et sans risque d'erreur par l'usager.The accompanying drawing illustrates an embodiment of the timepiece according to the invention comprising a time display and at least one other display that can be read instantly and without risk of error by the user.

La figure 1 est une vue en plan d'une montre bracelet selon l'invention.Figure 1 is a plan view of a wristwatch according to the invention.

La figure 2 est une coupe partielle de la montre illustrée à la figure 1.Figure 2 is a partial section of the watch illustrated in Figure 1.

La figure 3 est une vue schématique des cadrans et des aiguillages de la pièce d'horlogerie.Figure 3 is a schematic view of the dials and switches of the timepiece.

La pièce d'horlogerie illustrée aux figures 1 et 2 est une montre bracelet comportant une boîte de montre constituée d'une carrure 1, d'une lunette 1a, d'un fond 2, 2a et d'une glace 3. Cette boîte de montre 1,2,3 renferme un mouvement d'horlogerie 4 dont la face supérieure est munie d'un cadran inférieur 5 comportant une zone périphérique d'affichage 6 présentant de préférence une forme annulaire comme représenté au dessin, portant une graduation des heures et des minutes 7 d'un affichage horaire. Cette graduation 7 est entourée d'un tour d'heure 8.The timepiece illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2 is a wristwatch comprising a watch case consisting of a middle part 1, a bezel 1a, a bottom 2, 2a and an ice cream 3. This box shows 1, 2, 3 encloses a clockwork movement 4 whose upper face is provided with a lower dial 5 comprising a peripheral display area 6 preferably having an annular shape as shown in the drawing, carrying a graduation of hours and minutes 7 of a time display. This graduation 7 is surrounded by an hour circle 8.

Cette zone d'affichage périphérique 6 du cadran inférieur 5 coopère avec un aiguillage inférieur horaire comportant une aiguille des heures 10 et une aiguille des minutes 11. L'aiguille des heures 10 est solidaire d'un canon des heures 12 tandis que l'aiguille des minutes 11 est solidaire d'un canon des minutes 13, concentrique et pivotant à l'intérieur du canon des heures 12.This peripheral display area 6 of the lower dial 5 cooperates with a lower hourly switch comprising an hour hand 10 and a minute hand 11. The hour hand 10 is integral with a gun of the hours 12 while the needle minutes 11 is integral with a minute gun 13, concentric and pivoting inside the barrel hours 12.

Cet aiguillage horaire est entraîné de façon usuelle par le mouvement d'horlogerie 4.This time switch is driven in the usual way by the watch movement 4.

La pièce d'horlogerie comporte encore un cadran supérieur 14 situé au-dessus de l'aiguillage horaire 10,11 et fixé par sa périphérie à la boîte de montre 1,2,3. Ce cadran supérieur 14 comporte une zone interne opaque d'affichage 15 entourée d'une une zone périphérique transparente 16 laissant apparaître au moins une partie importante de la zone d'affichage 6 du cadran inférieur 5 et l'extrémité des aiguilles des minutes 11 et des heures 10.The timepiece further comprises an upper dial 14 located above the time switch 10,11 and fixed by its periphery to the watch case 1,2,3. This upper dial 14 has an opaque internal display area 15 surrounded by a transparent peripheral zone 16 revealing at least a large portion of the display area 6 of the lower dial 5 and the end of the minute hands 11 and hours 10.

Ce cadran supérieur 14 est traversé en son centre par un canon de soixante minutes de chronographe 17 portant une aiguille de soixante minutes chrono 18, ce canon étant concentrique au canon des minutes 13. Une aiguille de secondes de chronographe 19 est solidaire d'un axe de seconde de chronographe 20 situé concentriquement et à l'intérieur du canon de soixante minutes de chronographe 17.This upper dial 14 is traversed in its center by a sixty-minute gun chronograph 17 carrying a sixty-minute chronograph needle 18, this gun being concentric with the gun minute 13. A chronograph seconds hand 19 is secured to an axis of a chronograph second 20 located concentrically and inside the sixty minute chronograph gun 17.

La partie opaque centrale 15 du cadran supérieur porte une ou plusieurs graduations 21 et un tour des minutes + secondes 9, coopérant avec les aiguilles de l'aiguillage supérieur 18,19.The central opaque portion 15 of the upper dial carries one or more graduations 21 and a lap of minutes + seconds 9, cooperating with the needles of the upper switch 18,19.

L'aiguillage supérieur 18,19 et la partie centrale 15 du cadran supérieur constituent un autre affichage, dans l'exemple illustré un affichage de chronographe, affichant une autre grandeur que l'affichage horaire.The upper switch 18,19 and the central portion 15 of the upper dial constitute another display, in the example illustrated a chronograph display, displaying a different size than the time display.

Cet autre affichage, supérieur, 15, 18, 19, 21 pourrait dans des variantes être un affichage du quantième, de réserve de marche, de pression, de température, etc.This other display, higher, 15, 18, 19, 21 could in variants be a display of the calendar, power reserve, pressure, temperature, etc.

Dans la forme d'exécution illustrée cet autre affichage est un affichage de chronographe et la graduation 21 portée par le cadran supérieur est utilisée en correspondance avec le tour des minutes 9 porté par le cadran inférieur. Dans une variante où la graduation 21 comporterait un nombre de pas différent de soixante le cadran supérieur 14 pourrait comporter dans sa zone centrale 15 des chiffres en regard des repères de sa graduation 21. Dans une forme d'exécution alternative, le cadran supérieur 14 et l'aiguillage supérieur 18, 19 forment l'affichage horaire, tandis que le cadran inférieur 5 et l'aiguillage inférieur 10, 11 forment l'affichage supplémentaire, par exemple celui des secondes et minutes d'un mécanisme de chronographe.In the illustrated embodiment this other display is a chronograph display and the scale 21 carried by the upper dial is used in correspondence with the minute turn 9 carried by the lower dial. In a variant where the graduation 21 would include a number of steps other than sixty the upper dial 14 could comprise in its central zone 15 digits opposite the marks of its graduation 21. In an alternative embodiment, the upper dial 14 and the upper switch 18, 19 form the time display, while the lower dial 5 and the lower switch 10, 11 form the additional display, for example that of seconds and minutes of a chronograph mechanism.

Dans des variantes, soit la partie centrale 15 du cadran supérieur, soit la partie périphérique 6 du cadran inférieur, soit encore chacune des parties 15 et 6 pourrait comporter les parties fixes de plusieurs affichages distincts de la pièce d'horlogerie, par exemple un guichet de quantième ou une autre graduation.In variants, either the central portion 15 of the upper dial or the peripheral portion 6 of the lower dial, or each of the parts 15 and 6 could comprise the fixed parts of several distinct displays of the timepiece, for example a window date or other graduation.

Cette pièce d'horlogerie présente de grands avantages liés au fait que l'affichage constitué de la zone périphérique du cadran inférieur 6 et de l'extrémité visible des aiguilles 10, 11 est spécialement bien délimité par rapport à l'autre affichage ou autres affichages situés dans la zone centrale du cadran supérieur. De plus, les portions centrales des aiguilles de l'affichage horaire sont masquées derrière la partie centrale opaque 15 du cadran supérieur de sorte qu'elles ne viennent pas interférer avec le ou les affichages centraux.This timepiece has great advantages related to the fact that the display consisting of the peripheral zone of the lower dial 6 and the visible end of the needles 10, 11 is especially well defined with respect to the other display or other displays located in the central area of the upper dial. In addition, the central portions of the hands of the time display are hidden behind the opaque central portion 15 of the upper dial so that they do not interfere with the central display (s).

Dans la forme d'exécution illustrée pour lire l'heure d'un seul coup d'oeil, l'usager ne regarde que, et se concentre sur, la partie périphérique de la pièce d'horlogerie où ne se trouve que l'affichage horaire. Le ou les affichages centraux autres que peut comporter la pièce d'horlogerie et se trouvant exclusivement dans la zone centrale de celle-ci n'interférent pas avec la lecture de l'affichage horaire périphérique réduisant ou évitant totalement tout risque d'erreur de lecture.In the illustrated embodiment for reading the time at a glance, the user only looks at, and focuses on, the peripheral part of the timepiece where only the display is located schedule. The central display (s) other than that may comprise the timepiece and which is exclusively located in the central area of the latter does not interfere with the reading of the peripheral time display reducing or totally avoiding any risk of reading error.

De plus, cette pièce d'horlogerie est simple et ne comporte aucun mécanisme que l'usager devrait actionner pour passer de la lecture de l'affichage horaire à la lecture des autres affichages. La pièce d'horlogerie peut être moins compliquée et moins volumineuse, notamment moins épaisse.In addition, this timepiece is simple and has no mechanism that the user should operate to switch from reading the time display to reading other displays. The timepiece can be less complicated and less bulky, especially less thick.

Dans des variantes, le cadran supérieur 14 pourrait ne comporter que sa partie centrale opaque 15 et être fixé par exemple sur un tube solidaire du mouvement 4 disposé entre les canons 13 portant l'aiguille supérieure 11 de l'aiguillage inférieur 11,12 et le canon 17 traversant le cadran supérieur 14,15.In variants, the upper dial 14 could have only its opaque central portion 15 and be fixed for example on a tube integral with the movement 4 disposed between the barrels 13 carrying the upper needle 11 of the lower switch 11,12 and the cannon 17 crossing the upper dial 14,15.

Ce qui fait l'originalité de la présente pièce d'horlogerie et qui permet d'atteindre le but recherché d'une lecture sûre et rapide de l'affichage horaire sans être gêné par les autres affichages de la pièce d'horlogerie et vice versa est la présence de deux cadrans superposés. Par exemple dans la forme d'exécution illustrée l'affichage horaire est situé dans la zone périphérique du cadran inférieur et formé par une graduation et les extrémités seules visibles des aiguilles de l'aiguillage horaire, les portions centrales de ces aiguilles étant cachées sous la partie centrale du cadran supérieur et que le ou les autres affichages sont localisés dans la partie centrale de la pièce d'horlogerie sur la partie opaque 15 du cadran supérieur.What makes the present timepiece original and which makes it possible to achieve the desired goal of a safe and fast reading of the time display without being bothered by the other displays of the timepiece and vice versa is the presence of two superimposed dials. For example in the illustrated embodiment the time display is located in the peripheral zone of the lower dial and formed by a graduation and the only visible ends of the needles of the time switch, the central portions of these needles being hidden under the central portion of the upper dial and that the other displays are located in the central part of the timepiece on the opaque portion 15 of the upper dial.

Dans l'exemple illustré l'affichage de chronographe comporte un aiguillage supérieur coopérant avec une graduation 21 portée par la partie centrale opaque 15 du cadran supérieur 14. Cette partie centrale de la pièce d'horlogerie est entièrement dédiée à l'affichage de chronographe et aucun élément de l'affichage horaire n'est visible dans cette zone centrale évitant toute confusion de lecture.In the illustrated example the chronograph display comprises an upper switch cooperating with a scale 21 carried by the opaque central portion 15 of the upper dial 14. This central part of the timepiece is entirely dedicated to the chronograph display and no element of the time display is visible in this central area avoiding reading confusion.

Toujours selon cet exemple l'affichage horaire est quant à lui entièrement situé dans la zone périphérique de la pièce d'horlogerie et comporte une graduation portée par le cadran inférieur coopérant avec un aiguillage inférieur dont seules les extrémités des aiguilles 10,11 sont visibles, le reste de ces aiguilles étant cachées sous la partie centrale opaque 15 du cadran supérieur.Still according to this example, the time display is entirely located in the peripheral zone of the timepiece and comprises a scale carried by the lower dial cooperating with a lower switch. only the ends of the needles 10,11 are visible, the rest of these needles being hidden under the opaque central portion 15 of the upper dial.

Dans des variantes, on peut avoir l'affichage horaire dans la partie centrale de la pièce d'horlogerie formé par la partie opaque du cadran supérieur 14 et l'aiguillage supérieur 18,19 tandis que le ou les autres affichages pourraient être situés dans la zone périphérique de la pièce d'horlogerie formé par la zone périphérique du cadran inférieur 5 et de l'aiguillage inférieur 10,11 situé entre les deux cadrans 5,14.In variants, one can have the time display in the central part of the timepiece formed by the opaque portion of the upper dial 14 and the upper switch 18,19 while the other display or displays could be located in the peripheral zone of the timepiece formed by the peripheral zone of the lower dial 5 and the lower switch 10,11 located between the two dials 5,14.

Les parties mobiles des affichages, dans l'exemple illustré, les aiguilles 10, 11 et 18,19 ne sont visibles que dans la zone périphérique ou centrale de la pièce d'horlogerie, comportant la partie fixe de l'affichage correspondant. De préférence les aiguilles 10, 11 et 18, 19 sont concentriques.The moving parts of the displays, in the illustrated example, the needles 10, 11 and 18, 19 are visible only in the peripheral or central zone of the timepiece, comprising the fixed part of the corresponding display. Preferably the needles 10, 11 and 18, 19 are concentric.

Dans une forme d'exécution modifiée la pièce d'horlogerie pourrait ne comporter qu'un cadran comportant les éléments fixes d'affichages d'au moins deux grandeurs différentes, par exemple d'un affichage horaire et d'un affichageIn a modified embodiment, the timepiece could comprise only one dial comprising the fixed elements of displays of at least two different magnitudes, for example a time display and a display.

de chronographe. Les éléments fixes de l'affichage horaire sont alors situés dans une zone d'affichage périphérique, annulaire, du cadran tandis que les éléments fixes de l'affichage de chronographe, ou autre, sont situés dans la zone centrale de ce cadran et coopère avec un aiguillage de chronographe ou autre.chronograph. The fixed elements of the time display are then located in a peripheral annular display area of the dial while the fixed elements of the chronograph display, or otherwise, are located in the central zone of this dial and cooperate with a chronograph switch or other.

Les éléments mobiles de l'affichage horaire périphérique seraient alors portés par des disques transparents et couvriraient une étendue radiale limitée à la zone périphérique d'affichage afin de ne pas interférer avec l'aiguillage de chronographe central.The moving elements of the peripheral time display would then be carried by transparent disks and cover a radial extent limited to the peripheral display area so as not to interfere with the central chronograph switch.

Dans d'autres variantes, la forme et la conformation des affichages inférieur et supérieur pourraient être non-annulaire et non circulaire respectivement. Par exemple, dans un boîtier rectangulaire, la zone interne 15 du cadran supérieur pourrait être rectangulaire, et les bords interne et externe de la partie 6 du cadran inférieur pourraient également être rectangulaires. D'autres formes comme ovale ou tonneau sont également envisageable, et les deux affichages pourraient même avoir des formes dissimilaires, comme par exemple un cadran supérieur qui soit circulaire et un cadran inférieur ayant un bord externe carré. De plus, même s'il est préféré que le cadran supérieur soit centré par rapport au cadran inférieur et que les éléments indicateurs mobiles correspondant à chaque cadran soient concentriques, des affichages excentriques ou non symétriques sont également possibles.In other variations, the shape and conformation of the lower and upper displays could be non-annular and non-circular respectively. For example, in a rectangular case, the inner area 15 of the upper dial could be rectangular, and the inner and outer edges of the lower section portion 6 could also be rectangular. Other shapes like oval or barrel are also conceivable, and both displays could even have dissimilar shapes, such as an upper dial that is circular and a lower dial having a square outer edge. In addition, although it is preferred that the upper dial be centered with respect to the lower dial and that the mobile indicator elements corresponding to each dial are concentric, eccentric or unsymmetrical displays are also possible.

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Pièce d'horlogerie, en particulier montre bracelet comportant au moins deux affichages dont l'un est un affichage horaire, chacun de ces affichages présentant un élément fixe et au moins un élément mobile, caractérisée par le fait que l'un des affichages (5,6,10,11) est situé dans une zone périphérique de la pièce d'horlogerie; par le fait qu'au moins un autre affichage (14,15,18,19) est situé dans une zone interne de la pièce d'horlogerie; et par le fait que les éléments mobiles de ces affichages ne sont visibles que dans la zone périphérique respectivement interne correspondante et n'interfèrent en aucune façon, notamment visuellement, entre eux.Timepiece, in particular a wristwatch having at least two displays, one of which is a time display, each of these displays having a fixed element and at least one movable element, characterized in that one of the displays (5 , 6, 10, 11) is located in a peripheral zone of the timepiece; in that at least one other display (14, 15, 18, 19) is located in an internal zone of the timepiece; and in that the movable elements of these displays are visible only in the respective inner and corresponding peripheral area and do not interfere in any way, including visually between them. Pièce d'horlogerie selon la revendication 1, caractérisée par le fait qu'elle comporte un cadran inférieur (5) dont la zone périphérique (6) porte l'élément fixe (7,8,9) d'un affichage inférieur coopérant avec le ou les éléments mobiles de cet affichage inférieur, constitués par les extrémités libres d'une ou plusieurs aiguilles (10,11) d'un aiguillage inférieur; et par le fait qu'elle comporte un cadran supérieur comportant une zone interne opaque (15) entourée par la zone périphérique (6) du cadran inférieur (5) mais disposée dans un plan situé au-dessus de l'aiguillage inférieur (10, 11), ce cadran supérieur portant la partie fixe (21) d'un affichage supérieur coopérant avec un aiguillage supérieur (18,19).Timepiece according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a lower dial (5) whose peripheral zone (6) carries the fixed element (7,8,9) of a lower display cooperating with the or the movable elements of this lower display, constituted by the free ends of one or more needles (10,11) of a lower switch; and in that it comprises an upper dial comprising an opaque internal zone (15) surrounded by the peripheral zone (6) of the lower dial (5) but arranged in a plane situated above the lower switch (10, 11), this upper dial carrying the fixed part (21) of an upper display cooperating with an upper switch (18,19). Pièce d'horlogerie selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, caractérisé par le fait que la zone périphérique (6) du cadran inférieur (5) est annulaire; et par le fait que la zone interne opaque 15 du cadran supérieur 14 est circulaire.Timepiece according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the peripheral zone (6) of the lower dial (5) is annular; and in that the opaque inner area 15 of the upper dial 14 is circular. Pièce d'horlogerie selon la revendication 3, caractérisé par le fait que les éléments indicateurs mobiles (10, 11: 18, 19) correspondant à chaque cadran (5; 14) sont concentriques de même que la zone interne (15) est concentrique à la zone périphérique (6).Timepiece according to claim 3, characterized in that the movable indicator elements (10, 11: 18, 19) corresponding to each dial (5; 14) are concentric as is the internal zone (15) is concentric to the peripheral zone (6). Pièce d'horlogerie selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée par le fait que l'affichage inférieur périphérique est un affichage horaire comportant dans la zone périphérique (6) du cadran inférieur une graduation de soixante repères (7) entourée d'un tour des heures (8) et entourant un tours des minutes (9); ces indications coopérant avec l'extrémité des aiguilles des heures (10) et des minutes (11) de l'aiguillage inférieur.Timepiece according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the peripheral lower display is a time display comprising in the peripheral zone (6) of the lower dial a graduation of sixty marks (7) surrounded by a lathe hours (8) and surrounding one minute turns (9); these indications cooperating with the end of the hands hours (10) and minutes (11) of the lower switch. Pièce d'horlogerie selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée par le fait que le cadran inférieur (5) est fixé sur la face supérieure d'un mouvement (4) de la pièce d'horlogerie.Timepiece according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lower dial (5) is fixed on the upper face of a movement (4) of the timepiece. Pièce d'horlogerie selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée par le fait que le diamètre extérieur de la zone opaque (15) du cadran supérieur (14) correspond sensiblement au diamètre intérieur de la zone annulaire périphérique (6) du cadran inférieur (5).Timepiece according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the outer diameter of the opaque zone (15) of the upper dial (14) substantially corresponds to the inside diameter of the peripheral annular zone (6) of the lower dial ( 5). Pièce d'horlogerie selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée par le fait que le cadran supérieur (14) comporte une zone périphérique (16) transparente entourant la zone interne (15) opaque.Timepiece according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the upper dial (14) has a transparent peripheral zone (16) surrounding the opaque inner zone (15). Pièce d'horlogerie selon la revendication 6, caractérisée par le fait que la zone opaque (15) du cadran supérieur comporte une graduation de minutes et de secondes de chronographe (21) coopérant avec l'aiguillage-supérieur comprenant une aiguille de chronographe des secondes (19) et une aiguille de chronographe de minutes (18).Timepiece according to claim 6, characterized in that the opaque zone (15) of the upper dial comprises a scale of minutes and seconds chronograph (21) cooperating with the switch-upper comprising a second chronograph hand (19) and a minute chronograph hand (18).
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