Chinese mechanical calendar timepiece

The wristwatch has a calendar mechanism (50) driven by a moon indicator and actuating Chinese calendar indicators. The mechanism has a month mobile (70) driven by a lever (60) so as to complete one revolution for every common year of twelve months and for every leap year of thirteen months. The moon...

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Main Authors VUILLEUMIER, ALAIN, MEYLAN, FREDERIC
Format Patent
LanguageChinese
English
Published 01.12.2011
Subjects
HOROLOGY
MECHANICAL PARTS OF CLOCKS OR WATCHES IN GENERAL
MECHANICALLY-DRIVEN CLOCKS OR WATCHES
PHYSICS
TIME PIECES USING THE POSITION OF THE SUN, MOON OR STARS
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Summary:The wristwatch has a calendar mechanism (50) driven by a moon indicator and actuating Chinese calendar indicators. The mechanism has a month mobile (70) driven by a lever (60) so as to complete one revolution for every common year of twelve months and for every leap year of thirteen months. The moon indicator displays a lunar date on a scale and is driven by clock movement to complete one revolution over one or two synodic lunations.
Bibliography:Application Number: TW200594147632