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Winding device for self-winding automatic watch

US9836027B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 20, 2014
Grant dateDec 5, 2017
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Expiry dateMar 20, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG04C1/028
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for winding automatic watches, including an electrical energy source and a receptacle support including a surface configured to receive in abutment a back cover of a watch, the device configured to generate a magnetic and/or electrostatic field or eddy currents, in a fixed position underneath the bearing surface and generate, on a substantially annular angular sector, a magnetic and or electrostatic field that varies as a function of time and whose direction is orthogonal to the bearing surface, or generating eddy currents that vary as a function of time. The device can be provided for a watch including an automatic winding mechanism with an oscillating weight including a first ferromagnetic inner part and a second heavy metal peripheral part, and possibly with a paramagnetic conductive disc coaxial to the oscillating weight.

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