Patent ID: 7330403
Filing Date: 2008-02-12
Classification: G04B

Abstract:
1. A timepiece including a timepiece movement and a repeater striking mechanism, the striking mechanism being released either automatically by the timepiece movement, or manually by a manual control member, wherein the striking mechanism includes a release lever fitted with a click which is pivotably mounted on the release lever and which meshes with the teeth of a ratchet detent wheel such that, during automatic release, a release cam driven by a motion work of the timepiece movement causes the release lever to pivot towards the detent wheel and the click drives the detent wheel in rotation, wherein the release lever is fitted with a toggle lever which carries the click, wherein the toggle lever is pivotably connected to the release lever during automatic release, and wherein manual release is caused by the pivoting of the toggle lever relative to the release lever via the action of the manual control member.