Electronic timepiece

Inventors: Tomoyasu Kurokawa (Kokubunji, JP); Takayuki Satou (Uenohara, JP)

Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

G04G17/08 G04G17/04 G04G21/04

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Patent No.: US 12675077
App. No.: 18/467,886
Granted: Jul 7, 2026
Kind: B2

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Abstract

An electronic timepiece includes a bezel that has a first region. In the first region, a metal material is discontinuously deposited on a base including a resin material.

Claims (32)

1 . An electronic timepiece comprising:

a bezel having a first region in which a metal material is discontinuously deposited on a base including a resin material, and a second region in which the metal material is not discontinuously deposited and includes the resin material,

wherein the first region and the second region are exposed from a visible side of the electronic timepiece.

2 . The electronic timepiece according to claim 1 ,

wherein an antenna is arranged on a back side of the first region of the bezel, the back side being a non-visible side of the electronic timepiece.

3 . The electronic timepiece according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second region has a second upper surface that protrudes more than a first upper surface of the first region from the visible side of the electronic timepiece.

4 . The electronic timepiece according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first region includes a plurality of first regions,

wherein the second region includes a plurality of second regions, and

wherein the first regions and the second regions are arranged alternately along a peripheral direction of the bezel on the visible side of the electronic timepiece.

5 . The electronic timepiece according to claim 4 ,

wherein the second region includes at least four second regions that are arranged at respective positions along the peripheral direction of the bezel, the respective positions being at 3 o'clock, 6 o'clock, 9 o'clock, and 12 o'clock of the electronic timepiece.

6 . The electronic timepiece according to claim 1 ,

wherein a first member including the first region and a second member including the second region are separate members.

7 . The electronic timepiece according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first region has a surface that is not exposed to outside and does not include discontinuously deposited metal.

8 . The electronic timepiece according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first region has a V-shaped groove.

9 . The electronic timepiece according to claim 8 ,

wherein the first region has a wall along an edge of a radial direction of the bezel, the wall having a predetermined height and preventing unevenness at the edge from being exposed.

10 . The electronic timepiece according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first member includes a first part and a second part, the first part being at a 3 o'clock position of the electronic timepiece, the second part being at a 9 o'clock position of the electronic timepiece.

11 . The electronic timepiece according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first member has one end and another end that are each fixed to a case with a screw.

12 . The electronic timepiece according to claim 1 ,

wherein the metal material is indium.

13 . The electronic timepiece according to claim 2 ,

wherein the antenna includes a top plate whose main surface is visible in a plan view, and a side wall that is hung from an outer edge of the top plate, and

wherein the side wall extends along a thickness direction of the electronic timepiece.

14 . The electronic timepiece according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first region includes a transparent coating formed on the discontinuously deposited metal layer.