Patent ID: 6385138
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: G04B,G09B

Abstract:
A time keeper such as a clock or watch, said time keeper having a front and comprising:a time keeper mechanism; a second hand physically connected to said time keeper mechanism such that said time keeper mechanism can urge said second hand to rotate, and said second hand having an axis of rotation; two or more discs having respective axes that are substantially parallel to said axis of rotation of said second hand, said two or more discs being positioned apart from each other so as to be at least partly visible from the front of said time keeper, and said two or more discs being located in a plane selected from the group consisting of the same plane as the front of said time keeper and a plane that is substantially parallel to the front of said time keeper; and means for urging said two or more discs to rotate about their respective said axes such that said two or more discs rotate at the same angular velocity and direction as each other and at the same angular velocity and direction as said second hand.