Patent ID: 7517139
Filing Date: 2009-04-14
Classification: G04B

Abstract:
1. A portable timepiece comprising: a timepiece armor assembly comprised of an armor case having a case bottom wall and a case barrel part formed monolithically to provide a one-piece structure, the armor case having a taper face formed in a peripheral part back face thereof; a timepiece movement disposed in the timepiece armor assembly, the timepiece movement having a dial; a movement interlock axle connected to the timepiece movement and configured to be insertable/removable from a side of the timepiece armor assembly so as to be movable in a direction intersecting a thickness direction of the timepiece armor assembly, the movement interlock axle having a stopper engagement part; an external operation body connected to the case barrel part so as to be detachable from a side thereof while being connected to the movement interlock axle; a stopper member disposed in the timepiece armor assembly; and an engagement/disengagement operation body disposed in the case barrel part so as to be operable from a side of the case barrel part for undergoing movement in a first direction intersecting the thickness direction of the timepiece armor assembly to engage the stopper member and cause the stopper member to engage with the stopper engagement part of the movement interlock axle, and for undergoing movement in a second direction in which the engagement/disengagement operation body is disengaged from the stopper member to cause the stopper member to disengage from the stopper engagement part of the movement interlock axle.