The piezo-electric device (9) which connects a glass (8) to a movement (3) of the timepiece (1) is arranged in such a way as to deform in flexion in response to an exciting signal applied to its electrodes. The attachment zones (9a,9b) of this device (9) to this glass (8) and respectively to this movement (3) are distinct one from the other when the timepiece (1) is looked at in a direction perpendicular to the planes of the principal faces of the device (9). Thanks to this arrangement, the soun...

An electricity supply structure for a piezoelectric vibrator includes a circuit board and a coil spring having one end positioned in contact with the circuit board and the other end with a portion extending toward the center of the spring and a rising contact portion which stands on the extending portion at a central portion of the coil spring. A piezoelectric vibrator is in contact with the free end of the rising contact portion of the coil spring and a positioning rod for positioning the coil ...

The present invention concerns a portable object such as, in particular, a timepiece (1), including means (16) for displaying at least one data item and a case (2) formed of a top portion including a crystal (14) covering the display means (16) and a bottom portion delimited by a back cover (6) located below said display means (16), this object including a piezoelectric transducer (32) generating an electric voltage when mechanical pressure is exerted on said top portion, the voltage generated b...

A small electronic equipment with a vibration alarm has, as a drive source, a flat stator type bipolar stepping motor, which has a rotor having high durability, can be assembled easily, requires low power consumption, is started constantly stably, and can be rotated at a high speed. In this electronic equipment with the vibration alarm, a rotor (1) is rotated by a rotary drive system including a drive pulse generating means (112, 113, 114), a drive circuit (110), a flat stator (6), a counter ele...

A small electronic equipment with a vibration alarm has, as a drive source, a flat stator type bipolar stepping motor, which has a rotor having high durability, can be assembled easily, requires low power consumption, is started constantly stably, and can be rotated at a high speed. In this electronic equipment with the vibration alarm, a rotor (1) is rotated by a rotary drive system including a drive pulse generating means (112, 113, 114), a drive circuit (110), a flat stator (6), a counter ele...

A wristwatch with an oscillation alarm uses an ultrasonic motor as its drive source. A vibration member has a piezoelectric element adhered thereto on one side and comb-like projections on the other side. A rotor has a sliding member composed of resin at its contacting portion with the comb-like projections and an eccentric weight at its outer circumferential portion. Shock absorbers are sandwiched between the weight and the rotor to absorb shocks applied to the rotor and thus prevent rotor dama...

Winding and setting mechanism for watch movements, characterized by a drive pinion rigidly connected with the stem, by a sliding crown wheel mounted between the drive pinion and the center of the movement and cooperating with the ratchet wheel for the winding of the drive spring, and by a setting wheel mounted between the drive pinion and the periphery of the movement. The crown wheel has a circular opening engaged on a fixed pivot element of circular shape and of a diameter less than that of sa...

A watch with an electronic buzzer which comprises a double-constructed back cover including an inner back cover on which a piezoelectric element is mounted to produce a mechanical buzz sound when a voltage is applied thereto and an outer back cover provided with a plurality of small holes for enhancing transmission of the buzz. A driving circuit for actuating or energizing the piezoelectric element is disposed in the watch case releasably from the back cover and the piezoelectric element. This c...

A small alarm timepiece having a timepiece movement, an electrically operating buzzer as an acoustic alarm signal delivery means, a battery detachably mounted on the timepiece movement for energizing said buzzer for its operation, and an alarm switch for on-off control of the operation of the buzzer. This alarm switch is operatively connected with the movement so as to be closed at a preset time point and to remain closed for a certain predetermined operation period. The drive circuit for the bu...

A hand-setting mechanism for a watch having a winding stem axially displaceable freely to a hand-setting position. The winding stem is used for winding the watch in its normal winding position and is displaceable axially by a crown thereon for coupling a transmission gear driven by the winding stem to a hand-setting gear of a hand-setting gear train for setting the hands of a watch. Semi-automatic means in the form of a spring biasing one of the two gears to be coupled by axial movement under co...