Horology: time measuring systems or devices – Cases – Adaptable
Patent
1984-05-11
1990-12-11
Roskoski, Bernard
Horology: time measuring systems or devices
Cases
Adaptable
368282, 224164, 224172, G04B 3700
Patent
active
049765485
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention relates to a watch which can be worn in a variety of ways. The watch comprises: a case for housing the movement, the dial and the hands; a chain; and a series of rings provided on the case and adapted to receive the chain in such a manner that it is possible to wear the watch either on the wrist or with the chain around the neck.
Watches which can be worn in a variety of ways are already known, that is to say watches which can selectively be worn on the wrist with the aid of a bracelet or suspended by means of a chain or ribbon passing around the neck. However, in order to change the manner in which these watches are worn, one of the devices for wearing the watch, for example the bracelet, must be removed, and the chain attached, or vice versa, which is not only complicated but also makes is necessary for the wearer to carry on his or her person the device not in use at the time in question.
The invention seeks to obviate this shortcoming by providing a watch which with the aid of one and the same device can be worn according to choice.
Details and features of the invention will became apparent from the description given below of a preferred form of construction of the watch forming the subject of the invention, with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:
FIG. 1 is a front view of the watch,
FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic illustration of the path followed by the chain relative to the watch when the latter is worn on the wrist.
FIG. 3 is a similar view to FIG. 1, but showing the other manner of wearing the watch, and
FIG. 4 is a partial section on the line IV--IV in FIG. 1.
The watch has a case 1 housing in the usual manner a movement (not shown), a dial 2 with hands 3 and a glass 4 for protecting the dial 2 and hands 3. The case may have various shapes; it is not confined to the circular shape illustrated.
On its periphery 5 the case 1 is provided with a number of hooking members. In the embodiment shown, six members 6a, 6a', 6b, 6b', 6c, 6c' are provided, the members 6a being situated on the left-hand side, the members 6b on the right-hand side, and the members 6c at the top and bottom of the case when the latter is in the suspended position. As can best be seen in FIG. 4, these members are rings joined by part of their periphery to the periphery 5 of the case 1. As can be seen in FIGS. 1 and 2, each ring 6 is situated in a plane which is perpendicular to the plane of the drawing and which passes through the center of the dial 2 and consequently through the axes of rotation the hands 3. For reasons of symmetry, an arrangement is preferred in which two members are always diametrically opposite, so that these members are situated in the same plane passing through the center 7.
Either all or some of the members 6 serve to attach the case 1 to a chain 8, and this can be done in two different ways, as will be explained in detail. This chain 8 passes through a number of rings 6, this number depending on the method of attachment, as can be seen from comparison of FIGS. 1 and 3. In order to wear the watch on the wrist, in accordance with FIG. 1, the chain is attached, by means of a first loop 9 at its end, to the top ring 6c. The chain a first time around the wrist, then through the left-hand members 6a', 6a, a second time around the wrist, through the right-hand members 6b', 6b, and, after a third turn around the wrist, ends at the bottom ring 6c', where it is attached with the aid of a second loop 10 at the other end. These loops 9, 10 may be equipped with safety devices, known per se and not illustrated, in order to prevent the chain 8 from being accidentally separated from the case 1. For the purpose of wearing the watch in the manner illustrated in FIG 3, the chain 8 is passed through the left-hand rings 6a, 6a', the bottom ring 6c' and the right-hand rings 6b', 6b. The top ring 6c is not used. The two loops 9, 10, which have been detached from their respective rings, are connected together as illustrated in FIG. 3. The watch is then ready to be worn with the chain placed around the wearer'
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