Single hand timepiece

US9086683B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Biegert & Funk Product GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Funk · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
• Marco Biegert · Trochtelfingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 16, 2014
• Grant date: Jul 21, 2015
• Expiry date: May 16, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G04B19/24
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention concerns a timepiece that has a single hand, which is movable into a plurality of hand positions. The timepiece has a clockwork for mechanically moving the hand so that the hand is located in a hand position which corresponds to a current time of day and an actuating element connected to the clockwork. The clockwork is designed to change, upon actuation of the actuating element, from a first operating state into a second operating state and to move the hand so that the hand position in the first operating state displays minute information and in the second operating state displays hour information.