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Granted Patent B2
US 12,366,829 · App. 16/211,476 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Clock calendar mobile

Inventors: Florian Calame (Epalinges, CH); Christophe Charbon (Geneva, CH); Vincent Lemosquet (Bons-en-chablais, FR); Alexandra Quennoz (Geneva, CH)
Assignee: ROLEX SA
G04B19/25333G04B13/02G04B19/247G04B19/2538B23K26/38B26F3/004
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,366,829
App. No.
16/211,476
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A calendar mobile ( 10 ) indicating time information or information derived from the time, comprising at least one first obstacle element ( 1 a, 2 a, 3 a ) intended to receive a driving contact action driving the calendar mobile and/or intended to transmit a driving contact action from the calendar mobile, the first obstacle element being made of titanium or of titanium alloy, the mobile being a disk or the mobile having substantially the shape of a disk or the mobile having substantially the shape of a disk ring.

Claims (27)

1. A mobile indicating time information or information derived from the time,

wherein the mobile comprises at least one first obstacle element intended to receive a driving contact action driving the mobile and/or intended to transmit a driving contact action from the mobile,

wherein the first obstacle element is made of titanium or of titanium alloy,

wherein the mobile has substantially annular shape,

wherein the mobile is a calendar mobile, and

wherein the mobile comprises a ring, on which openings are provided at an outer periphery of the ring so as to enable fine adjustment of the inertia of the mobile for a given geometry of the mobile in order to enable the mobile to be driven whilst limiting the energy the driving mobile is required to supply.

2. The mobile as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first obstacle element comprises or is a first set of teeth.

3. The mobile as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first set of teeth has at least 7 teeth.

4. The mobile as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first set of teeth is designed to cooperate with a first driving finger every hour or every 24 hours.

5. The mobile as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mobile comprises a second obstacle element and wherein the second obstacle element comprises or is a second set of teeth.

6. The mobile as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the second set of teeth is fixed relative to the rest of the mobile.

7. The mobile as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the second set of teeth comprises one tooth.

8. The mobile as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the second set of teeth is designed to cooperate with a second driving finger at the end of at least some months with fewer than 31 days.

9. The mobile as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the second set of teeth is movable relative to the rest of the mobile.

10. The mobile as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mobile comprises a third obstacle element and the third obstacle element comprises or is a third set of teeth.

11. The mobile as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mobile comprises a plurality of obstacle elements disposed on a plurality of levels or in a plurality of parallel planes relative to a rotation axis of the mobile.

12. The mobile as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mobile is made in one piece.

13. The mobile as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the mobile comprises a support bearing time information or information derived from the time, in particular numeric and/or alphabetic information, the support being integral with a ring.

14. The mobile as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mobile is an assembly of components.

15. The mobile as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the mobile comprises a support bearing time information or information derived from the time, the support being attached to a ring or the support being integral with the ring.

16. The mobile as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the mobile comprises a guide portion covered with an anti-friction material, or wherein the at least one obstacle element is obtained by laser cutting or by waterjet cutting or each obstacle element is attached to the rest of the mobile or made in one piece with a component of the mobile.

17. A clock system comprising a mobile as claimed in claim 1 .

18. The clock system as claimed in claim 17 ,

wherein the mobile comprises a first set of teeth and the system comprises a first finger driving the first set of teeth, the first finger being made of steel, and/or

wherein the mobile comprises a second set of teeth and the system comprises a second finger driving the second set of teeth, the second finger being made of steel.

19. A clock movement comprising a mobile as claimed in claim 1 .

20. A timepiece comprising a mobile as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2019
From: CALAME, FLORIAN; CHARBON, CHRISTOPHE; LEMOSQUET, VINCENT; QUENNOZ, ALEXANDRA
To: ROLEX SA
Reel/Frame 048275/0616 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 17207013 · Dec 13, 2017 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190179264A1 · Jun 13, 2019
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