Patent ID: 7532546
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: G04B

Abstract:
1. A timepiece with calendar mechanism comprising: a drive mechanism for driving the timepiece with calendar mechanism; a time indicator for indicating time by undergoing rotation in accordance with a driving operation of the drive mechanism; a first date indicator having date characters and mounted to undergo intermittent rotation; a second date indicator having date characters and mounted to undergo intermittent rotation relative to the first date indicator so that combinations of the date characters of the first and second date indicators indicate a units numeral of a date, the second date indicator having a separate and independent structure from that of the first date indicator, and the first date indicator having a notch portion for indicating the date characters of the second date indicator; a third data indicator having date characters for indicating a tens numeral of the date; and a program wheel for intermittently rotating the first date indicator, the second date indicator, and the third date indicator in accordance with a drive operation of the drive mechanism; wherein the timepiece with calendar mechanism indicates a date by one of the date characters of the first date indicator and one of the date characters of the third date indicator with peripheral portions of the first date indicator and the third date indicator being positioned proximate to each other, or the timepiece with calendar mechanism indicates a date by one of the date characters of the second date indicator and one of the date characters of the third date indicator with peripheral portions of the second date indicator and the third date indicator being positioned proximate to each other.