Horology: time measuring systems or devices – With calendar indicator – Movable ring or disk
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-09
2007-10-09
Miska, Vit (Department: 2833)
Horology: time measuring systems or devices
With calendar indicator
Movable ring or disk
C368S028000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11427839
ABSTRACT:
A timepiece, includes a Chinese calendar display device indicating lunar date and lunar month, taking account of bissextile months, and: a control lever actuated each day by a drive wheel of the timepiece movement; a lunar month indicator associated with a month star-wheel; a lunar date indicator associated with a date wheel set including a date wheel moved forward one step each day by the control lever, a lunar month length indicator coupled to a selector, having two positions manually controlled and alternately defining two different stop positions for the lever, respectively corresponding to a long month and to a short month, the control lever moves the date wheel forward one extra step at the end of short months; and a month indicator coupled to a bissextile month selector, having two positions manually controlled and that moves the month star—wheel back one step at the start of bissextile months.
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Frederic Piguet S.A.
Goodwin Jeanne-Marguerite
Griffin & Szipl, P.C.
Miska Vit
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