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Timepiece having a mechanical movement associated with an electronic regulator
   
Document Number
US Patent 7306364
Issued Date
December 11, 2007
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There is disclosed a wristwatch having a case containing a mechanical watch movement (10) driven by a spring barrel (14) and provided with a mechanical regulator with a balance and balance-spring, which is associated, via electromagnetic coupling, with an electronic regulator driven by a quartz resonator. The rim of the balance (13) is provided with a pair of permanent magnets (38, 39). The electronic regulator includes a fixed coil (12) arranged for cooperating with said magnets via electromagnetic coupling, a rectifier (58) provided with at least one capacitor, and a circuit (60) for enslaving the frequency of the mechanical regulator to the frequency of the oscillator by braking obtained by briefly short-circuiting the coil. In order to enable a common type of mechanical movement to be used, only the balance of which is altered, the electronic regulator is formed by a structural module (11) that is entirely separate from the mechanical watch movement (10). This module can be fixed to the movement plate, or, conversely, carried by the watchcase independently of said movement, in particular via a casing ring (26). Apart from the coil, all of the rest of the electronic module (11) is preferably located outside the mechanical movement.
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Owner
Asulab S.A. (Marin,CH)
Published
December 11, 2007
Application Number
10/952,939
Filed
September 30, 2004
US Classification
368/148   368/204
Int'l Classification
G04B   25/02   (20060101)   G04B   1/00   (20060101)  
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Priority Data
Oct 01, 2003 [EP] 03022031
USPTO Field of Search
368/161   368/162   368/163   368/164   368/170   368/171   368/127   368/129   368/140   368/204   368/203   368/151  
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