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Quartz crystal wristwatch

US4351040A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Filing dateMay 15, 1980
Grant dateSep 21, 1982
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04C3/008
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An improved quartz crystal wristwatch having an analog display and a reduced thickness is provided. The wristwatch includes a battery for powering a circuit and driving coil of a step motor for operating a gear train which are all arranged on a main plate so as not to overlap in plan view. The battery is disposed adjacent to a winding stem which is provided in the longitudinal direction of a diameter or line bisecting the main plate. A center wheel bridge is mounted on the main plate and a pillar-shaped member having a tubular region and a perpendicular disc-shape region is mounted in an opening in the center wheel bridge for supporting the cannon pinion which passes through the main plate about the tubular portion of the pillar-shaped member.

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