Patent ID: 7821879

Claim:
A mechanism for display of animated drawings, figures or signs on a dial of a timepiece having a basic movement, the mechanism comprising at least one series of toothed wheels, each of said toothed wheels in a first series of toothed wheels of said at least one series of toothed wheels being placed under an opening of the dial; wherein said each of said toothed wheels in said first series of toothed wheels meshes with two adjacent toothed wheels of said first series of toothed wheels to form a first continuous closed gear train; wherein said each of said toothed wheels in said first series of toothed wheels carries a plate located in the opening of the dial and bearing a drawing, figure or sign, at least one plate to be animated in relation to the dial; and wherein one of said toothed wheels in said first series of toothed wheels is driven by a first mobile, said first mobile being driven by the basic movement of the timepiece.