Patent ID: 6519853
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: G04B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a hand for an analog electronic timepiece in which a long hand part for indicating time, a mounting part to be mounted to a hand shaft, and a short hand part, including a weight part, extending to the opposite side of the long hand part with respect to the mounting part are integrally formed, comprising:a first step of forming a hand in a hand forming part of a thin sheet base material, by forming a thin wall part in said hand forming part, said thin wall part being thinner than said thin sheet base material; a second step of punching out the hand into a final shape from said base material, such that the long hand part and mounting part are formed from said thin wall part and the short hand part is formed from the base material that is not a part of the thin wall part, wherein said first and second steps are performed in order, and the long hand part and the mounting part are thinner than the short hand part.