US 12,449,770 B2
Case cap retainer for a watch having a case cap
Joseph Wein, Chicago, IL (US); Marc Cain, Nashville, TN (US); Cathy Lennox, Cape Town (ZA); Nicole Kaestner, Chicago, IL (US); and Alan Grunwald, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Hampden Corp., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by Hampden Corp., Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/898,804.
Application 18/898,804 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/882,519, filed on Jan. 16, 2023, granted, now D1072657.
Prior Publication US 2025/0021052 A1, Jan. 16, 2025
Int. Cl. G04B 37/00 (2006.01); G04B 27/08 (2006.01); G04B 47/04 (2006.01)
CPC G04B 37/005 (2013.01) [G04B 27/08 (2013.01); G04B 37/0033 (2013.01); G04B 47/046 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watch, comprising:
a housing having a first face and a second face and a cavity extending therebetween, wherein the first face comprises a first bezel coupled to a first transparent watch crystal;
a disc disposed within the cavity between the first face and the second face and coupled to the housing, wherein the disc comprises a watch face for indicating time;
a case cap removably coupled to the second face of the housing, wherein the case cap comprises a casing having a first side configured to mate with the second face of the housing and a second side configured to be engraved; and
a case cap retainer coupled to the second face of the housing, wherein the case cap is removably coupled to the case cap retainer, and wherein the case cap has an opening arranged on the first side of the casing and is configured to receive the case cap retainer therethrough, wherein the casing defines a cavity in communication with the opening, wherein the cavity is sized and shaped to receive at least a portion of the case cap retainer and to permit rotation of a retention rim of the case cap retainer to a locked position on the housing such that the retention rim of the case cap retainer is out of alignment with the opening of the casing of the case cap.