Patent ID: 7778116

Claim:
A wristwatch, comprising: a housing; a watch face disposed in the housing; a crystal disposed on the housing over the watch face; a heading display disposed on the watch face and configured to indicate a direction of a reference axis of the timepiece; an actuator configured to set the direction of the reference axis; a visual indicator disposed on the watch face and configured to provide a first visual indication to a user when the reference axis is aligned with the set direction and a second visual indication when the reference axis deviates from the set direction; and a north display configured to visually indicate the direction of north relative to the reference axis, the north display comprising a plurality of lighting elements disposed on the watch face beneath the crystal proximate to a circumferential edge of the watch face and spaced evenly around the circumferential edge, wherein the lighting elements are configured such that each lighting element emits light when aligned with north.