Process for the selective decoration of a timepiece component

    公开(公告)号:US11259609B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US15774035

    申请日:2016-10-20

    Inventor: Nicolas Francois

    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a timepiece or jewellery component, the component being manufactured from a first material, the process including: obtaining the component, having undergone, at a very latest during the obtaining, a treatment directed toward combining the component with a chromic element, the chromic element including at least one pigment capable of reacting to an energy supply and a matrix for binding the pigment; placing the component in a machine capable of at least locally supplying energy to the component; using the energy supply machine in a predefined operating program at least locally to provide energy to the chromic element to bring about a reaction of its pigment; removing the component from the energy supply machine.

    Removable bracelet for horology or jewellry

    公开(公告)号:US10691073B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-23

    申请号:US16103063

    申请日:2018-08-14

    Abstract: A removable bracelet for horology or jewellery, with a bracelet portion arranged to confine a watch or jewellery bar, including, at the end thereof a chamber arranged for housing the bar, the chamber including a lateral opening on a first side of the bracelet portion for the insertion or removal of the bar, the bracelet portion including a pusher controlling a tongue movable in a longitudinal direction against a spring, the pusher is movable in a transverse direction and includes a first profile arranged to cooperate with a second profile of the tongue to transform the transverse motion of the pusher into a longitudinal motion of the tongue, the bracelet includes a closure arranged on the first side for retaining the pusher in the depth of the bracelet portion.

    Horological component
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    公开(公告)号:US11988994B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-21

    申请号:US16939116

    申请日:2020-07-27

    CPC classification number: G04B19/32 C09K11/02 G04B45/0076

    Abstract: A horological component including a substrate and at least one first decoration component including at least one first photoluminescent material configured to procure a phosphorescent appearance. The horological component includes a second decoration component including at least one second material, the second material being metallic and configured to procure a metallic appearance, or variochromic and configured to procure a color that varies under the effect of a stimulus, the first decoration component and the second decoration component being arranged relative to one another on the substrate to form a decoration having a metallic appearance or a color that varies under the effect of a stimulus when the horological component is exposed to light and a phosphorescent appearance when the horological component is in the dark. A timepiece can include such a horological component.

    Plastic bracelet and a method of making

    公开(公告)号:US11117304B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-14

    申请号:US16589295

    申请日:2019-10-01

    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a bracelet made of synthetic material for watches or jewellery including at least one strand, the method including a step of making, by moulding or extrusion, a band of synthetic material intended to form at least one strand, the method being wherein it then includes a step of chemical mechanical polishing the band. A bracelet made of synthetic material for watches or jewellery includes at least one strand formed of an extruded or injection moulded band, wherein at least one strand has a roughness Rp less than or equal to 3 μm and preferably less than or equal to 2 μm.

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