Patent ID: 6698918
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: G04B,G04D,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for fixing jewels in parts of a watch movement by laser beam by means of a setting device, said parts being provided in the upper surface with at least a housing whose wall delimits an opening having a contour fitted with a slight play to the contour of the jewel to be fixed and whose bottom is provided, at least partially with a through passage joining an opening in the lower surface, wherein it includes the steps of:a) providing the setting device with spatial positioning means for one or several jewels with respect to one or several reference planes of said setting device and means for wedging a part, b) wedging the part in which the jewel is to be set on the setting device, c) setting one or several jewels in the respective housings securing their spatial position in the part with the positioning means of the setting device, d) focusing and moving a laser beam tip on the points of abutment of the jewel against the wall of a housing, on the periphery of the opening of a housing or on a fusible material added around said opening so as to secure the jewel to the housing, and e) releasing and removing the part from the setting device.