US 11,723,444 B2
Device for attaching a bracelet
Olivier Silvant, Macolin (CH)
Assigned to OMEGA SA, Biel/Bienne (CH)
Filed by Omega S.A., Biel/Bienne (CH)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/532,593.
Claims priority of application No. 20217855 (EP), filed on Dec. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0202146 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. A44C 5/14 (2006.01)
CPC A44C 5/14 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An attachment device for attaching a bracelet strand to a watch case, the device comprising said watch case and said bracelet, said bracelet being secured to the watch case by a central horn of the watch case, and an insert integral with an end of a bracelet, the insert having a recess of complementary shape to the horn to cooperate by clipping together forming removable assembly means capable of making the bracelet strand interchangeable,
wherein the insert comprises a movable pivot slidably mounted in a passage in the insert, said movable pivot being arranged to engage in a corresponding hole of the horn, and
wherein the device comprises handling means integral with the movable pivot and movable from a first position, called a handling position, in which said movable pivot is free to slidably move in translation in a longitudinal direction thereof with respect to the insert and the strand can be assembled and/or disassembled, to a second position, called a rest position, in which said movable pivot is stationary in translation with respect to the insert and the bracelet strand is locked on the watch case.