Patent ID: 7782717

Claim:
A display device for a timepiece intended to be driven from a base wheel of a horological movement in order to control movements of a display member displaying an indication relating to time or to functioning of said timepiece, said display device comprising a cam having a periphery of predefined shape and arranged to be driven by said base wheel, a lever arranged to be pivotally mounted, with reference to a frame element of said horological movement, between a standby position, associated with an idle position of said display member, and a stop position associated with an indication position of said display member, said lever carrying a sensing finger arranged to cooperate with said periphery of said cam in order to define said stop position, said lever also carrying a rack arranged in engagement with a pinion intended to drive said display member, an elastic organ exerting a force on said lever in order to tend to position the latter in said standby position, a control lever arranged to neutralise said elastic organ in response to action of a user of said timepiece and enable said lever to position itself in said stop position.