into Bezel-winding Watches
Year: 1888

page_text: into Bezel-winding Watches
1, CARL AUGUST HERZOG of 24 Southborough Road, South Hackney, London E
Watch & Chronometer Maker 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
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My invention refers particularly to watches commonly used for ornamental purposes
in connection with Jewellery, and other articles such as bracelets, cigar cases walking
stacks, scent bottles, and the like For these purposes it has hitherto been usual to
employ keyless movement watches, having a projecting knob for the purpose of
winding This arrangement does not however prove satisfactory inasmuch as it
frequently happens that the watch is awkward to wind and moreover the knob or
projection upon the winding stem 19 liable to become broken and the watch 18
consequently rendered useless
By my invention an ordinary keyless movement watch may be readily converted
into a bezel-winding watch in a neat and inexpensive manner, which will entirely
overcome the objections above referred to
Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, Fig 6 is a detail view shewing
the keyless motion staff with steel bar and pinion Fig 7 is a plan view of the steel
pinion Fig 1 is a front elevation of the plate of the watch movement, shewing the
position of the hey less staff and Fig 2 is a side elevation on Fig 1 Fig 3 is a
front elevation of the winding wheel and Fig 4 is a side view of Fig 3 Fig 5 18
a side sectional elevation of a plate which holds the winding wheel and movement plate
together
In order to convert a keyless movement watch into a bezel-winding watch the plate
of the watch movement A is turned with a shoulder B and the periphery of the plate A
is then filed or cut away as shewn, and in such a manner that a steel or other bar C
may be fitted therein flush with the shoulder B and held firmly in place by
screws D
The plate C has a hole E through which projects a portion of the keyless staff
which is formed square as shewn at F When the square portion F of the keyless

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staff has been shortened to come flush with the periphery of the watch movement
plate A, small pinion G (Figs 1 and 2) is fitted theicon in any suitable way
winding wheel is turned to fit over the shoulder B in such manner that it will
gear with the pinion G
The winding wheel H is also turned with inside shoulders J and K (Fig 4) which
ue adapted to receive the plate L (Fig 5) which is held in place by screws M
which enter the face of the movement plate A as shewn in Fig 2 and by means of
which plate L the winding wheel H is kept in place The winding wheel H 1S
conveniently attached to the bezel of the witch by means of smill set screws fitted
into its periphery and by turning the bezel or face of the watch it is wound in
convenient manner
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my sud inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is
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1st The plate of a heyless watch movement turned with shoulder round its
periphery, said plate cut or filed way is shown, a steel bar, having hole for the staff
fitted and recessed into the shoulder formed upon the plate of the watch movement
the square of the staff made flush with the periphery of the watch movement plate
and the pinion fitted upon the square of the staff all substantially is and for the
purpose hoi ein before set forth
2nd The winding wheel turned to fit over the shoulder of the watch movement
plate and adapted to gear with the pinion recesses turned into the winding wheel and
a plate to fit into sud recesses and to retun the winding wheel in position all
substantially is and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth
Dated this Seventh day of June One thousand eight hundred and eighty eight