Patent ID: 7031228

Claim:
A timepiece with touch reading and control of time data including: a case formed of a back cover and a middle part closed by a glass arranged above a dial with analogue display including hands, said glass being surrounded by a fixed bezel mounted on the middle part including a crown-push-button; a timekeeping circuit disposed in the case; at least one stepping motor for driving each hand individually; a non-acoustic vibration generator; at least one energy source connected to power the timekeeping circuit, the stepping motors and the vibration generator device; a set of twelve sensors arranged on the periphery of the glass facing twelve time positions and over which a finger has to run; and an electronic interpretation and coding circuit associated with the timekeeping circuit and connected to receive, from the sensors and the crown-push-button, signals for driving the vibration generator, wherein the bezel is provided with only four markings, identifiable by feel, arranged facing the four 3 o'clock, 6 o'clock, 9 o'clock, and 12 o'clock time positions, wherein the electronic circuit recognises and differentiates a brief application of pressure from a long application of pressure on the crown-push-button, recognises the activation of any individual sensor in a group of contiguous sensors, and recognises the clockwise or anti-clockwise direction in which contiguous sensors are activated.