Solar skeleton watch
View Patent ↗A skeleton watch including a case provided with a back cover and a crystal, and a set of components forming a movement of the skeleton watch, the components being arranged inside the case between the back cover and the crystal and being wholly or partially visible through the crystal, wherein the skeleton watch comprises at least one solar cell.
1. A skeleton watch comprising a case provided with a back cover and a crystal, and a set of components forming a movement of the skeleton watch, said components being arranged inside the case between the back cover and the crystal and being wholly or partially visible through the crystal, wherein the skeleton watch comprises at least one solar cell, wherein one or more solar cells are disposed between the case back and the set of components, each cell being exposed to light through cutout portions formed between and/or in the components forming said movement, and wherein it comprises a solar cell covering the entire surface of the case back;
wherein one or more of the components is made in a transparent or translucent material; and
wherein the solar cell or cells are disposed on at least one component visible through the crystal.
2. The skeleton watch according to claim 1 , wherein one of the components carrying a solar cell is a fixed structure of the movement.
3. The skeleton watch according to claim 1 , wherein the component is a bridge or an integrated circuit or a printed circuit.
4. The skeleton watch according to claim 1 , wherein, in the case of a plurality of solar cells, each solar cell has the same surface area exposed to light through the crystal.
5. The skeleton watch according to claim 1 , wherein the light-exposed surface area of the solar cell or cells is comprised between 10 and 35% of the total surface area exposed to light through the crystal.
6. The skeleton watch according to claim 1 , wherein the solar cell or cells are made of amorphous silicon.
7. The skeleton watch according to claim 1 , wherein each solar cell is assembled by adhesive bonding inside the case.
8. The skeleton watch according to claim 1 , comprising a quartz movement or a mechanical movement.
9. The skeleton watch according to claim 1 , wherein said solar cells are connected in series.
10. The skeleton watch according to claim 9 , wherein said solar cells each have a substantially identical surface area.
11. The skeleton watch according to claim 1 , wherein said solar cells are connected in parallel.
12. The skeleton watch according to claim 1 , wherein the solar cells are coated with a semi-transparent decorative layer.
13. The skeleton watch according to claim 12 , wherein said solar cells are AsGa-based or CuInGaSe-based solar cells.