Patent ID: 8547803

Claim:
A watch striking mechanism, the mechanism including: a gong that is connected to a gong-carrier, a hammer mounted on a plate to strike the gong at predetermined times, a damper counter-spring disposed to keep the hammer away from the gong in an idle mode, and a drive spring for the hammer that includes a fixed end and an end that is free to move, the spring being able to be wound to drive the hammer against the gong in a strike mode to produce an acoustic sound, means for actuating the damper counter-spring in a strike mode with a time lag after the hammer strikes the gong, so that after the hammer has struck the gong, the counter-spring pushes the hammer towards an idle position, wherein the means for actuating the damper counter-spring in the strike mode includes a lever-shaped stop member arranged on the path of the drive spring, wherein the lever-shaped stop member includes a first branch with a free end of that is arranged to enter into contact with an intermediate part of the drive spring when the hammer strikes the gong, and wherein the stop member is mounted on the counter-spring in order to actuate the counter-spring after the hammer has struck the gong.