Patent ID: 6052338
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: G04B

Abstract:
A new and improved wristwatch with an illuminated ornamental display system comprising, in combination:a case having a bottom wall in a circular configuration with an upstanding side wall and with an open top to form a chamber therewithin, the bottom wall having a threaded periphery for releasably coupling with the remainder of the case;a support plate having a peripheral edge coupled to the interior of the side wall of the case at an intermediate elevation thereof, the support plate including two laterally spaced hemispheres with a small circular opening in the center of the first hemisphere and an enlarged oval opening in the center of the second hemisphere;a timing assembly having a container coupled with respect to the support plate beneath the small opening with upstanding concentric rods extending through the small opening and with a long minute hand and a short hour hand coupled to the rods above the support plate for the indication of time and with a battery removably received in the bottom of the timing assembly and accessible through the temporary removal of the bottom wall of the case;an illuminatable ornamental display assembly including a cameo of a translucent material with an oval base received within the enlarged opening of the support plate and a raised surface above the upper surface of the support plate carved ornamentally for the refraction of light transmitted through the cameo, the display assembly also having a light bulb coupled with respect to the support plate centrally beneath the cameo with a receptable for removably supporting the light bulb with respect to the display assembly and with a battery removably received in the bottom of the display assembly and accessible through the temporary removal of the bottom wall of the case;a rotatable stem having an interior end coupled with respect to the timing assembly and extending through a first aperture in the side wall there adjacent and with an exterior end for the adjustment of the position of the hands;an axially shiftable rod having an interior enc coupled to the display assembly and extending through a second aperture in the side wall there adjacent diametrically opposed to the first aperture and with an exterior end adapted to be depressed by a user for activating the display assembly to illuminate the bulb and transmit light through the cameo to the region adjacent to the upper surface of the support plate and the hands; anda transparent crystal positioned over the upper face from the upper edge of the case to protect the face, hands and cameo of the watch.