US 12,455,538 B2
Wrist watch and strap
Yuichi Ozawa, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/898,831.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-140982 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0064602 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G04B 45/00 (2006.01); A44C 5/00 (2006.01); G04B 37/00 (2006.01); G04B 45/02 (2006.01)
CPC G04B 45/0092 (2013.01) [A44C 5/00 (2013.01); G04B 37/0008 (2013.01); G04B 45/02 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wrist watch comprising:
a watch body including:
a case body having a cylindrical shape;
a movement disposed inside the case body;
a front cover member covering a front opening of the case body and including a first transmissive region through which light passes; and
a case back covering a rear opening of the case body and including a second transmissive region through which the light passes, the second transmissive region overlapping with the first transmissive region in a plan view; and
a strap attached to the watch body, the strap being configured with:
a base facing an external surface of the case back of the watch body; and
a strap body coupled to the base, wherein
the base includes a decoration at a position overlapping the second transmissive region of the case back, and the decoration is configured to be visually recognized through the first transmissive region of the front cover member,
the base includes a first region and a second region,
the first region includes a surface that is in contact with the case back,
the second region is a recessed region having a recess opening and a recess bottom, and the recess opening is located closer to the case back than the recess bottom, and
the decoration is provided in the recessed region.