US 11,886,148 B2
Timepiece bezel
Nicolas Boaron, Founex (CH); Julien Caillol, Geneva (CH); Benjamin Celant, Geneva (CH); Laurent Mincone, Jonzier-Epagny (FR); and Michael Nguyen, Geneva (CH)
Assigned to ROLEX SA, Geneva (CH)
Filed by ROLEX SA, Geneva (CH)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/822,248.
Claims priority of application No. 19164397 (EP), filed on Mar. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0301366 A1, Sep. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. G04B 19/28 (2006.01); G04B 19/22 (2006.01)
CPC G04B 19/283 (2013.01) [G04B 19/223 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watch component for a watch case, the watch component being a rotatable bezel comprising:
an axis,
a first ring,
a second ring, and
a connecting element for connecting the first and second rings,
the connecting element being elastic and positioned between the first and second rings,
the first ring comprising a substantially cylindrical portion oriented along the axis, a peripheral cylindrical surface of the substantially cylindrical portion forming a visible portion of the watch component,
wherein the first ring is arranged so that the first ring masks the second ring when the watch component is viewed in a direction parallel to the axis and so that the first ring masks the second ring when the watch component is viewed in a direction perpendicular to the axis,
the first ring being adapted for manipulation by a user, and
the second ring being adapted for retention on a base of the watch case.