Patent ID: 7614783
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: G04F

Abstract:
1. Chronograph mechanism which is designed to be mounted on a plate of a timepiece movement having a bridge side and a dial side, the mechanism comprising a minutes counter and an hours counter which are designed to be located both on the same side of the plate, first and second resetting members, each having a bearing surface and being designed to be mounted such that they can pivot with reference to the plate between a low position, in which each bearing surface cooperates with the periphery of a resetting cam of one of said counters, and a high position, in which each bearing surface is located at a distance from said corresponding cam, retaining means for keeping each of said resetting members in its high position, elastic means arranged so as to cause said resetting members to pivot towards their respective low positions in response to an action by a user aiming to release said retaining means, wherein said retaining means comprise a first retaining member acting directly on a first of said resetting members and able to be released in response to the action by the user, and a second retaining member acting directly on the second of said resetting members and able to be released in response to a pivoting of said first resetting member in the direction of its low position.