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Control stem device for a watch

US7563020B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 26, 2006
Grant dateJul 21, 2009
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04B27/04
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The control stem device for a watch includes a first stem (1) rotating about its longitudinal axis and provided with means (32) for securing it to a manual control crown on the exterior of the watch, and a second stem (2), substantially parallel and shifted in relation to said first stem and secured to an axially mobile sliding pinion (8) for selectively driving in rotation a mechanism for a first function (20) and a mechanism for a second function (242), the first and second stems being connected in rotation by a transmission device (5). The first stem is mounted to be axially mobile at least between an operating position associated with said first function and an operating position associated with said second function, so as to activate, by sliding between said positions, a pull-out mechanism (6) which cooperates with said sliding pinion (8) to make said pinion pass from one axial position to another, said sliding pinion (8) being meshed with the mechanism for the first function in one of its positions and with the mechanism for the second function in the other position. The first stem (1) slides in the first pinion (35) of the gear and can be removed. This device allows the cont…

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