US 11,853,012 B2
Machine for winding a watch and/or horological movement
Jean-Luc Helfer, Le Landeron (CH); Cédric Decosterd, Bienne (CH); Nicolas Loetscher, Nidau (CH); and Philipp Schneider, Bern (CH)
Assigned to ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse, Grenchen (CH)
Appl. No. 17/259,716
Filed by ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse, Grenchen (CH)
PCT Filed Feb. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/053033
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/182381, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19161582 (EP), filed on Mar. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0232097 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. G04C 1/06 (2006.01); G04D 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G04C 1/065 (2013.01) [G04D 7/009 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machine for winding at least one of a watch and a horological movement, comprising:
at least one support configured to carry at least one object consisting of a watch or an automatic winding horological movement including at least one oscillating mass,
wherein
the machine is configured to move each support parallel to a surface with a starting position corresponding to one of a loading and an unloading of the at least one object on the at least one support, and
axes of a three-dimensional frame of reference specific to each support always remain parallel to oriented directions that the axes occupy in the starting position.