Patent ID: 9354608
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: G04B

Claim Text:
1. A device for stopping a balance mounted in a tourbillon of a timepiece, wherein the device can be controlled by a setting device of the timepiece, wherein the device comprises at least two stop levers which are each pivotably attached to a respective lever pivot axis and which are not mounted on the tourbillon, the at least two stop levers pivotably attached in such a manner that the two stop levers can be brought from a rest position, in which the balance and the tourbillon are freely rotatable into a stop position, in which a free end of at least one of the stop levers acts on the balance such that said balance is stopped, wherein the device comprises for each of the stop levers pre-loading structure, in such a manner that the force exerted onto the balance by each of the stop levers can act separately.