Improvements in or relating to Watch Carriers for Personal Wear.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 25th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 31st Oct.. 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Watch Carriers for Personal Wear.
I, LOUIS FREDERIC AMEZ-DROz, of 23 Rue du Rhone, Geneva, Switzerland,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for object, the construction and arrangement of a watch carrier
for personal wear but which if so desired can also be used as a watch stand on a
dressing table, or otherwise.
The carrier is somewhat the style of a brooch with safety or brooch pin like
appliances for securing it to any article of dress, the watch being held in two forked,
pronged, or looped portions of the framing in addition to a spring clip acting on the
bow of the watch and in such manner that the rim of the watch is enclosed and also
the bow to prevent its abstraction or removal without certain manipulation.
For the purpose of my invention, I form a pair of side prongs or loops from or I
attach them to a base which constitute one half of a hinge joint for connection to a
back frame, so that the prongs or loops may fold forwardly from the upper part.
The back frame is shaped as a rest for the back of the watch and is provided with a
couple of fastening pins hinged at the upper part of the back frame and can be passed
into the pigtail twists on the lower portions of the back frame or into pockets thereof
for fixing and hiding the points.
The upper part of the back frame is surmounted by a yoke or bracing to which is
secured a spring clip piece for bearing against the bow of a watch when placed under..
it but which will yield when the watch has to be withdrawn from the two frames
when the front frame is moved forwardly from its hinge joint.
The two fastening pins when opened outwardly serve as props or struts to set the
watch frames at an angle, and as a support for the watch, say, on a dressing table
and not in wear.
The watch is preferably to be placed in the forks or loops with its face to the rear,
the back frame with the front carrier frame being then like a brooch with the centre
filled in.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Louis Frederic Amez-Droz.
I, LOUIS FREDERIC AMFZ-DROZ, of 23 Rue du Rhone, Geneva, Switzerland,"
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This invention' has for object, the construction and arrangement of a watch carrier
for personal wear but which if so desired can also be used as a watch stand on a
dressing table or otherwise.
The carrier is somewhat the style of a brooch with safety or brooch pin like.

page_text: appliances for securing it to any article of dress, the watch being held in one, two
or more forked, pronged, or looped portions of the framing in addition to a spring
clip acting on the button or pendant of the watch and in such manner that the rim of
the watch is enclosed and also the button or pendant to prevent its abstraction or
removal without certain manipulation.
For the purpose of my invention, I form a pair or more of side prongs or loops
from or I attach them to a base which constitute one half of a hinge joint for
connection to a back frame, so that the prongs or loops may fold forwardly from the
upper part.
The back frame is shaped as a rest for the face or the back of the watch and is
provided with a couple of fastening pins hinged at the upper part of the back frame
and can be passed into the pig tail twists on the lower portions of the back frame or
into pockets thereof for fixing and hiding the points.
The upper part of the back frame is surmounted by a yoke or bracing to which is
secured a spring clip piece for bearing against the button or pendant of a watch when
placed under it but which will yield when the said clip piece is tilted by pressure of
the finger when the watch has to be withdrawn from the two frames when the front
frame is moved forwardly from its hinge joint.
The two fastening pins when opened outwardly serve as props or struts to set the
watch frames at an angle, and as a support for the watch, say, on a dressing table and
not in wear.
The watch is preferably to be placed in the forks or loops with its face to the rear,
the back frame with the front carrier frame being then like a brooch with the centre
filled in.
My invention is clearly represented in the annexed drawings which show one
example, the exact condition of the framing being subject to variation as to size and
ornamentation to suit size of watch and the degree or kind of design on the back of
the watch that taste may dictate.
The invention consists as before stated of a watch carrier for personal wear for
attachment to any article of clothing with easy means for ascertaining the time of
day but which in ordinary wear has the appearance of and can be used as a brooch.
Figure 1, front view.
Figure 2, edge view of article as a brooch.
Figure 3, edge view of article as a watch stand.
A, A, are a pair of side prongs of loop pattern formed by bending wire into an
open order shape as to form spaces into which a watch can be lodged by a slight
pressure for location due to the springy nature of the wire, the touch being for
about three fourths of the watch's diameter both on the face rim and the back rim.
This prong or loop frame has a hinge joint at B of sufficient breadth to produce an
upright standing to support a watch when pintled by the hinge pin C to the base D
of a back frame E, the legs F, F, of which serve for the face of the watch to bear
against, the face being preferably placed rearwardly in order that the enameled,
painted, chased, engine turned, or other embellished back of the watch casing gives
the solid centre and brooch like appearance to the article when in wear.
The back frame E terminates upwardly in an ornamental head or yoke G, at the
apex of which I affix a spring clip device H for enclosing or gripping the bow, the
button, or the pendant of the watch. The flap H is surmounted by a knob I and
having a tail piece J shaped to bear on a spring K, this being otherwise enclosed in
a shield or box L.
Just above the part of the back legs F, F, where the side prong loops terminate is-
a stiff cross bar M serving also as a hinge joint to a couple of fastening pins N, N,
which depend therefrom by the connection of the pintle pin through the barrel
portion of the joint.
The pins N, N, are sufficiently wide apart to obtain a firm attachment to a garment
and to prevent swaying which would be the case if only one pin were fitted. The
points of these pins become fixed by being lodged behind pig tail or other catches P, P,
or in pockets, as at Q, like an ordinary safety pin..

page_text: The invention thus described will be found of great usefulness to ladies in evening
or ball costumes, for ordinary dress, garden parties, for boating, tennis, and other
games, and especially for lady cyclists, the article as a brooch being fixable at the
neck, to a scarf, a necktie, a shawl, a wrap, a crossover, a jacket, or mantle, or as an
ornament only with a watch to the front shoulder of a garment.
It will be understood that in placing a watch in position in the article, the prongs A
are first folded forwardly, the watch is pushed in by a downward push action to spread
the necks a, a, and allow the watch to be gripped around its band or rim by the
prongs, the watch occupying the position indicated by dotted lines in Figure 1.
When throwing the prongs backwardly towards the legs F, F, a pressure is exerted
on the knob I to permit of the bow or the upper part of the watch such as the
button or the pendant to pass under the clip H, the face of the watch simultaneously
resting against the legs F, F. The watch is thus securel in place ready for the
attachment of the article to the garment by the pins N, N, in the well known
manner.
If it be desired to take note of the hour by the watch, the wearer has only with
one finger to press on the knob I and with the thumb draw the upper part of the
watch forwardly by one of the prongs A to lie at the proper angle for viewing the
face and position of the hands, the prongs being with the watch then returned, and
in doing so a slight pressure on the knob I will allow the bow to pass in and the
watch becomes fixed.
I have described the clip H as being actuated from the knob I but by putting the
watch into the prongs A, A, at an angle out of the vertical, the bow button or
pendant could be clipped by the flap H by turning the watch circularwise for their
engagement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The invention as described above and as represented constituting a brooch like
appliance so jointed and united for carrying a watch for personal wear, as set forth.
2. The combination of three appliances A, F, N, so shaped and made and jointed
to open from and close towards each other from opposite ended joints and forming a
single article for use as a brooch or as a combined brooch and watch carrier, as.
hereinbefore specified.
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H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166 Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Louis Frederic Amez-Droz..