Patent ID: 8174936
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: G04B

Abstract:
1. A timepiece comprising a movement and a current-time ringing mechanism comprising an hour cam for providing information on the hour of the current time to an hour feeler-spindle, a quarter cam for providing information on the quarters of the current time to a quarter feeler-spindle, a minute cam for providing information on the minutes of the current time to a minute feeler-spindle, said cams being designed to be driven by the movement, the quarter cam and the minute cam being mounted pivotally and being free in relation to each other, and the minute cam being made up of a snail comprising a single row of 60/N stages and designed to be driven by the movement at a rate of N revolutions per hour, wherein the energy transmitted by the movement to said cams is brought to a train coaxial to the minute cam, then transmitted to a train coaxial to the quarter cam and, lastly, transmitted to a train coaxial to the hour cam.