Patent ID: 7742364

Claim:
A display apparatus for a timepiece, comprising: a drive wheel that is rotated by a power source; a transfer wheel that is driven by the drive wheel; a driven wheel that is driven by the transfer wheel; a cam fixed to said driven wheel and rotates with said driven wheel; a lever that can move circularly and is urged in contact with the cam; a rack that moves according to rotation of the cam by means of the intervening lever; and a pinion that rotates in conjunction with the rack and to which an indicating member can be attached; wherein referenced to a hypothetical arc centered on the rotary axis of the lever and passing through the rotary axis of the cam, the rack is disposed on the opposite side of the arc as the center of the arc; the rotary axis of the cam is located between the rack and the rotary axis of the lever; and wherein the lever forms a closed-loop around the cam.