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Timepiece with a mobile display

US5455808A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 10, 1994
Grant dateOct 3, 1995
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Expiry dateNov 10, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04G9/06
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electronic timepiece having a mobile display (2) consisting of a motif (5) composed of n discrete elements P.sub.j that can be selectively activated by a microprocessor or a logic circuit receiving at least one base time signal, and making it possible both to impose the rhythm of increase of the number of activated elements P.sub.j and to effect a random selection of said activated elements, to progressively reveal or mask the motif (5) during the passage of a period of time T and/or the approach of an event E in relation to the functions or the operation of said timepiece.

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