Patent · US Expired

Mechanical timepiece provided with a tourbillon

US5608694A · kind A · utility

24Cited by

3References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Omega SA · CH

Inventors

Maurice Grimm · Neuchâtel, CH
Andr e Beyner · Neuchâtel, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 25, 1995
Grant date	Mar 4, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 25, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG04B17/285
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A mechanical timepiece comprising a barrel meshing with a tourbillon, this timepiece being characterised in that the tourbillon is supported by its base solely by a bearing whose external ring comprises a toothing which acts as a fixed wheel for driving a satellite pinion of an escapement of the tourbillon.

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