Improvements in Securing Watch-bows to the Pendants of Keyless and other Watches.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 12th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 13th Dec., 1888
Improvements in Securing Watch-bows to the Pendants of Keyless
and other Watches.
We HENRY EAST, of 56, Broad Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Watch Maker,
and FRED LLEWELLYN TURNER, of 94, Constitution Hill, Birmingham, aforesaid,
Watch case maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in the improvements herein described in securing watch-bows
to the pendants of keyless watches more particularly, but which can also be applied to
securing the bows of other kinds of watches.
In carrying out this invention we provide at each side of the pendant a circular
recess for the ends of the bow to fit into. Each of these circular recesses is connected
by a longitudinal slot with one end of the pendant so that the ends of the bow can be
inserted in the open ends of the longitudinal slots and moved along them until the
bow arrives at the circular recesses, where it is maintained by two loose pieces which
are then fitted into the slots and there secured by a small screw passing through each.
These filling up pieces and the longitudinal slots in which they fit are preferably made
of a dovetailed shape so that the former will be the more firmly secured. The ends of
the bow are enlarged or headed these enlarged parts or heads fitting in the said
recesses in the pendant and by the filling up pieces taking over them the bow cannot
spring open and become detached from the pendant. Or instead of forming a head
on each end of the bow a neck may be formed a short distance from each end into
which the ends of the filling up pieces take and thus secure the bow and pendant
together.
Instead of making the two filling up pieces separate from each other as above
described they may be made in one piece of a U form the prongs of the U forming
the filling up pieces which fit in the side slots where they are secured by a screw
passing through the central part of the U into the top of the pendant.
In a further modification of our invention the side slots are dispensed with and the
circular recesses are joined by a slot extending round one side of the pendant from

page_text: one recess to the other. In this modification the headed or necked ends of the bow
are inserted in the recesses from the side of the pendant and are there secured by
a filling up piece fitting in the above mentioned slot which connects the two recesses
together.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Securing Watch Bows to the Pendants of Keyless
and other Watches.
WE, HENRY EAST, of 56, Broad Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, Watch Maker,
and FRED LLEWELLYN TURNER, of 94, Constitution Hill, Birmingham, aforesaid,
Watch case 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 :-
This invention consists of the improvements herein described in securing together
the bows and pendants of keyless and other watches so as to prevent the watch and
pendant being wrenched from the bow but allow of the bow and pendant being readily
taken apart when required for repairs.
On the accompanying drawings:-
Fig. 1 is an elevation of a watch bow and pendant constructed according to this
invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation and Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of the same;
Fig. 4 is a cross section of the upper part of the same. Fig. 5 is a separate view of
the bow; Fig. 6 represents in vertical sections and in plan the pendant of the same
separately and Fig. 7 shews separate views of the filling up part of the pendant.
Fig. 8 represents a front vertical section, Fig. 9 in sectional plan and Fig. 10 in
side section a modified form of the said bow and pendant, Fig. 11 shews the pendant
part of the same separately in vertical sections and in plan and Fig. 12 represents
in vertical sections and in plan the filling up part or cap of the same separately.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the Figures.
Referring firstly more particularly to Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, A is the pendant
and B is the bow or ring. The ends of the bow or ring B are for the purpose
hereinafter described made larger than their necks 6 which can be done either by
reducing the necks as seen in Fig. 5 or by upsetting the ends of the bow so as to
form heads. In the pendant A are two circular recesses c¹ opposite each other in

page_text: which the necks 6 of the bow fit and these recesses extend as longitudinal slots c² to
the top of the pendant. This is shewn more clearly by Fig. 6. The ends of the bow
can be inserted in the open ends of the longitudinal slots e² and pushed down to the
circular part c¹ where the bow is maintained by a tubular filling up piece D which fits
inside the pendant and has two projecting parts d' d' which fit in the longitudinal
slots c², the lower ends of the parts d'd being hollowed to fit on to the necks of
the bow.
The filling up piece D is fixed in the pendant A by any convenient means such as
by the two wire pins e which pass through the pendant and the filling up piece. By
the ends of the bow being larger than the recesses c' in the pendant the bow cannot
be wrenched from the pendant as it can only be removed therefrom by first removing
the filling up piece D.
In the modification illustrated by Figs. 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 a filling up piece or
cap F is employed to keep the bow in the recesses c¹ which filling up piece or cap fits
on to the outside of the pendant instead of the inside thereof the outside of the
pendant being reduced in diameter to receive it. This filling up piece or cap F is
cylindrical and has hollowed out notches fat opposite sides to bear on the necks of
the pendant and it is secured to the pendant A by screws or pins at ee or by other
like means so as to be readily removable when required and readily replaced.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :
1st. The combination with a watch bow having headed ends as described, of a
pendant provided with side slots in which the necks of the bow fit, the bow being
secured in the said side slots by a removable filling up piece D fitting in the pendant
and provided with two projecting parts d' d' which fit in the said side slots, substan-
tially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the
accompanying drawings.
2nd. The combination with a watch bow having headed ends as described, of a
pendant provided with side slots in which the necks of the bow fit, the bow being
secured in the said side slots by a removable filling up piece or cap F fitting outside
of the pendant, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by Figs. 8, 9,
10, 11 and 12 of the accompanying drawings.
Date : 9041 Jf t 1000