Improvements in and connected with Protecting Cases for Watches.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 18th May, 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Protecting Cases for Watches.
I ALBERT WACKER of 44 Landgrabenstrape, Nurnberg in the Empire of
Germany, 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 relates to improvements in cases or protecting shells for keyless
watches, the object being to provide a means of setting the hands of such watches
without the necessity of first removing the outer case or protector.
A watch placed inside of a protecting case as heretofore constructed could not
have its hands set without first removing the case in order to get at the press
button for moving the gearing pin.
Such being the nature and object of the said invention the following is a
complete description of same reference being made to the annexed drawings in
order to clearly illustrate same.
A inost simple method of carrying out the invention is represented in Figs. 1
to 3. According to these the halves of the protecting case are each provided with
a slit or hole near the thumb piece for winding up the watch or setting the hands
whilst a loose pin b or a spring hook e or other link of the watch chain with a pin d
attached thereto is employed for pressing the button down.
In lieu of the pins above described there can be fixed (see Figs. 4 and 5) upon
the upper cover of the protector case a small spring e with a bent end resting upon
the button f. In order that the button f may be exactly covered by the small
spring the latter can be adjusted by arranging the spring e moveably in a sliding
bed rivetted upon the cover of the protector case (see Fig. 6). The spring e can
be fixed in position by being carried through several notches h in the edge of
the case and may be moved forwards and backwards as desired (see Fig. 7).
According to Fig. 9 there is mounted upon the case a protecting piece i with a
pin the latter resting on the button. The piece i can be dispensed with if the
pink is joined to a tongue & cut out of the edge of the case as shewn by Fig. 10.
Instead of the tongue b a strip m with pink can be attached to the inside and
centre of the protector, this arrangement will allow the pin k to be moved
circumferentially nearer to or further from the thumb piece so that it can be
adjusted to the button for which purpose only the case is provided with a recess n
as shewn in Fig. 11.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and object of
the said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare
that what I claim is :-
CLAIMS.
1. A watch protecting case stem winding or keyless watches the edges of the
case being provided with notches above the button in order to enable a device such
as the pins or d to be employed as and for the purpose herein described and as
illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, and 3.
2. In a protecting case as herein described the small spring e moveably fixed
I and the hent and of such spring resting unon the button
h

page_text: 4. The connection with the watch protecting case herein described, a top piece i
carrying a moveable pink as and for the purpose herein described.
5. In a watch protecting case as herein described the pink jointed to a tongue b
cut out of the edge of the case as and for the purposes herein described.
6. In a protecting case as herein described the pin k fixed to a strip m adjustably 5
attached to the centre of the case as and for the purpose herein described.
Dated this 26th day of February 1895.
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicant.