Patent ID: 6754137
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: B63C,G04C,G04G

Abstract:
An electronic watch providing a barometer or altitude reading based on ambient pressure and including:a case including a middle part and a back cover, the interior of said case being divided by separating means into a sealed part and a pressure chamber which communicates with the outside of said case so as to receive the ambient pressure, said separating means including a separating wall extending substantially parallel to said back cover, an electric power source, a pressure sensor having one side exposed to the pressure prevailing in said pressure chamber, display means for supplying a time indication and said barometer or altitude reading, and a printed circuit board disposed in said sealed part of said case and provided with time-keeping circuits and electronic circuits arranged to receive and process an output signal from said pressure sensor and to control said barometer or altitude reading display means, wherein said pressure sensor is mounted on a back surface of said printed circuit board, to which it is directly connected by electric connections, said separating wall having an opening in which said sensor is placed.