for Use as Ornaments.
Year: 1885

page_text: for Use as Ornaments.
We, ANTON KAINDL and GUSTAV BURSE of Helder in the Kingdom of Holland
do hereby declare the nature of our invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATCHES
WHEREBY THEY ARE RENDERED APPLICABLE FOR USE AS ORNAMENTS
follows:-
"
to be as
In constructing a watch according to our invention for improvements in watches
whereby they are rendered applicable for use as ornaments, the hands or pointers
of the watch are contained or mounted in a case provided with a dial and capable
of being worn as a brooch a solitaire or other article of jewellery. This case is 80
formed that it can be easily connected to or disconnected from the case of the
clockwork mechanism which when the watch is worn as an ornament is not visible
and the parts of the watch are so arranged that when the aforesaid connection is
made, the pointers or hands will be actuated by the clockwork mechanism.
In one method of carrying out our invention as applied to a pin on a necktie,
the case of the clockwork mechanism is sewn in or secured at any suitable part of
the lower portion of the neck tie and is formed at its upper end with a part
projecting through to the front side of the necktie. This projecting part serves to
carry the minute axle of the clockwork mechanism, the said axle having its outer
projecting end tapered.
The dial case has firmly secured to it a sleeve in which the hollow axle of the
minute hand can rotate loosely. This hollow axle when the clockwork and dial
case are connected together receives the tapered end of the minute axle, and is
driven by it.
.
In order to render this connection secure any suitable locking contrivance may
be employed; for instance that applied to solitaires for cuffs in which the head is
secured by a spring to the lower part. In another method a sleeve formed with
or secured to the clockwork case and surrounding the sleeve of the dial case has its
outer end squared and has a circular groove formed at the inner end of the squared
part. A plate secured to the back of the dial case so that it can be slightly rotated
independently of the said case has formed in it a square hole through which is
passed the squared end of the sleeve until the plate comes opposite the groove; the
plate being then rotated to such a position that the angles of the squared end of

page_text: the sleeve bear against or overlap the sides of the square hole in the plate and thus
firmly secure together the clockwork and dial cases.
The front of the dial case may be provided with a ring of gold silver or other
metal adapted to cover the edges of the casing and to receive a watch glass.
The rear side of the clockwork case is provided with the usual boles for winding
the watch and setting the hands. The said holes are covered by a flat moveable
plate to protect them from dirt and dust and are not covered by or sewn in
the necktie but are left free so that the watch can readily be wound up or set.
Doted this 7th don
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
Agents for the Applicants.
for Use as Ornaments.
We, ANTON KAINDL and GUSTAV BUHSE, of Helder, in the Kingdom of Holland, 1
clockmakers, 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:-
In a watch constructed according to our invention for improvements in watches
whereby they are rendered applicable for use as ornaments, the hands or pointers
of the watch are contained or mounted in a case provided with a dial and capable
of being worn as a brooch, a solitaire, or other article of jewellery. This case is
so constructed that it can be easily connected to or disconnected from the case
of the clockwork mechanism which when the watch is worn as an ornament is
not visible; and the parts of the watch are so arranged that when the aforesaid
connection is made, the pointers or hands will be actuated by the clockwork
mechanism.
In one method of carrying out our invention as applied to a pin on a necktie,
the case of the clockwork mechanism is sewn in or secured at any suitable part of
the lower portion of the necktie and is formed at its upper end with a part pro-
jecting through to the front side of the necktie. This projecting part serves to
carry the minute axle of the clockwork mechanism the said axle having its outer
projecting end tapered. The dial case has firmly secured to it a sleeve in which
the hollow axle of the minute hand can rotate loosely. This hollow axle when the
clockwork and dial cases are connected together receives, the tapered end of the
minute axle and is driven by it.

page_text: with the case le outwardly invisible and containing the clockwork mechanism, the
said pointers or hands and the said clockwork mechanism being connected by
means of the hollow axle b receiving the tapered end of the minute axle a which
axles rotate freely within the sleeve d fixed to the case c and the said cases k and o
being connected by any suitable locking contrivance so that they can be readily
and easily connected or disconnected substantially as described.
2. In a watch, locking the case c containing the pointers or hands and the dial
and capable of serving as a brooch, solitaire, scarf pin or other ornament to the
case k outwardly invisible and containing the clockwork mechanism by means of
the moveable plate e having a square hole through which passes the squared end g
of the sleeve h secured to the case k, the said squared end g having a groove of 80
that the plate e can be rotated to secure the said cases together and the said
pointers or hands and the said clockwork mechanism being connected by means
of the hollow axle 6 which receives the tapered end of the minute axle a substan-
tially as described.'
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