Patent ID: 8289815
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: G04B

Abstract:
1. A timepiece comprising: (a) a stationary outer case; and (b) a pivoting inner case, the pivoting inner case carrying a movement, a display for time related data or non time related data, and, on a middle part thereof, control members, wherein the pivoting inner case is hinged around an axis parallel to a direction in which the data is displayed and is arranged in the bottom part of the display, wherein the pivoting inner case is held in a locked position in the stationary case by locking means and able to occupy, via the action of a spring, an inclined position when said locking means are deactivated, wherein the locking means comprise a mobile element associated with the inner case of the timepiece that can be manipulated in a plane of the timepiece in order to protect said control members in the outer case in the locked position, and wherein the mobile element is a rotating bezel including at least one lug able to be positioned opposite a groove formed in an inner wall of the outer case and to be engaged in said groove to lock said inner case when said bezel is rotated.