US 11,768,470 B2
Dial and method for manufacturing a watch dial
Matthias Imboden, St-Blaise (CH); and Alain Jornod, Neuchatel (CH)
Assigned to The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin (CH)
Filed by The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd, Marin (CH)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/926,847.
Claims priority of application No. 19196181 (EP), filed on Sep. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0072705 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. G04C 10/02 (2006.01); G04B 19/06 (2006.01)
CPC G04C 10/02 (2013.01) [G04B 19/06 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dial for a watch, comprising:
a semi-transparent photovoltaic layer having a lower face; and
an ink-based decorative layer printed on the lower face of the photovoltaic layer, the decorative layer including a pattern, the pattern comprising one or more time markers.