Patent ID: 6304518
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: G04R

Abstract:
A clockworks for use in a timepiece, the timepiece including a housing providing a face having indicators corresponding to respective time increments, and a plurality of hands rotatably supported on the face, the plurality of hands being rotatably positionable relative to the indicators to indicate a time, one of the plurality of hands being a sweep hand; said clockworks comprising:a drive mechanism supported by the housing and connectable to the plurality of hands to rotatably drive the plurality of hands, said drive mechanism being connectable to a power source operable to power said drive mechanism,a time register to store information corresponding to the time indicated by the plurality of hands; anda switch member connected with said time register, said switch being operable when the sweep hand rotates by one of the indicators and when the sweep band rotates by an other one of the plurality of hands to provide the information to said time register corresponding to the time indicated by the plurality of hands.