An Improved Combined Watch and Barometer.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Sept., 1892--Accepted, 15th Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combined Watch and Barometer.
1, ALEXANDRE THÉODORE HUE, of 45 Rue St. Sébastien, Paris, in the
Republic of France, Optician, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My invention relates to a combined watch and barometer, and comprises the
arrangement of a watch work and a barometer movement in a comparatively small
case in such a manner that the hands having a common axis shall indicate both the
time and atmospheric pressure on the same dial.
I fix the watch work, which may be of any construction, in a metallic ring pro-
vided with a stem winder and with a push piece or simply with a ring according to
circumstances.
The axis of the minute-wheel has a hole throughout its length and carries the
hour and minute hands in the ordinary manner. These hands move in front of a
fixed dial which is graduated as usual and provided with barometric divisions and
indications.
Upon the aforesaid ring is held a movable nonius with a glass the edge of which
has graduations upon it for enabling the heights at various barometric pressures to
be ascertained.
Upon the same ring, on the side of the nonius carrying the said glass is
fixed a lid serving as a support for the mechanism of an aneroid barometer of any
desired kind.
The movements of this barometer are transmitted by any suitable means to a
central rod which traverses the axis of the minute wheel of the watch work and
projects slightly from the side of the dial where it receives a hand adapted to turn
in front of the barometric indications on the said dial.
In this manner is obtained a combined watch and barometer enabling the
time and atmospheric pressure to be read off at a single glance. Moreover, by
means of the movable nonius a person can ascertain the height to which he has
ascended.
Both the watch work and the barometer movement may be varied in their
arrangements. I preferably use the Vidy barometer movement, but any other
system may be employed, the indicating hand of which is arranged to pass through
the axis of the watch hands. It is also optional to make the case of the combined
watch and barometer of any desired shape and metal.
Dated this 3rd day of December 1901
.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combined Watch and Barometer.
I, ALEXANDRE THÉODORE HUE, of 45 Rue St. Sebastien, Paris in the
Republic of France, Optician, 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:-
My invention relates to a combined watch and barometer, and comprises the
arrangement of a watch work and a barometer movement in a comparatively small
case in such a manner that the hands having a common axis shall indicate both the
time and atmospheric pressure on the same dial.

page_text: In the accompanying drawing I have shown how my said invention may be con-
veniently and advantageously carried into practice.
In carrying out my invention I fix the watch work, which may be of any suitable
construction in a metallic ring a provided with a stem winder and with a push piece
or simply with a ring according to circumstances.
The axis 6 of the minute-wheel is made hollow throughout its length and carries
the hour and minute hands in the ordinary manner. These hands move in front of
a fixed dial c which is graduated as usual and provided with barometric divisions
and indications.
Upon the aforesaid ring a is held a movable nonius d with a glass e the edge of
which has graduations upon it for enabling the heights at various barometric
pressures to be ascertained.
Upon the same ring on the side of the nonius d carrying the said glass, is fixed
a lid serving as a support for the mechanism of an aneroid barometer of any
desired kind.
The movements of this barometer are transmitted by any suitable means to a
central rod t which traverses the axis of the minute wheel of the watch work and
projects slightly from the side of the dial where it receives a hand g adapted to
turn in front of the barometric indications on the said dial.
In this manner a combined watch and barometer is obtained enabling the
time and atmospheric pressure to be read off at a single glance. Moreover by
means of the movable nonius a person can ascertain the height to which he has
ascended.
.
Both the watch work and the barometer movement may be varied in their
arrangements. I preferably use the Vidy barometer movement, but any other
system may be employed, the indicating hand of which is arranged to pass through
the axis of the watch. It is also optional to make the case of the combined watch
and barometer of any desired shape and metal.
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 :-
First. A combined watch and barometer having, for the purpose of facilitating
the reading, all its indications or graduations situated on the same side, that is to
say, engraved on a single dial, in connection with which move the different time
and barometric hands.
Second. A combined watch and barometer in which the combination of the watch
mechanism and barometer mechanism is obtained by passing the hand-carrying axis
of the barometer through a hole passing through the entire length of the axis of
the minute-wheel, for the purpose of having all the indications situated on the
same side.
Third. In a combined watch and barometer the combination of a time dial and
of a barometric dial with a movable nonius d, for the purpose of ascertaining
altitudes and in what time the ascension has been effected.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1892.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.