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PATENT
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Date of filing: 24.01.89
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Priority: 25.01.88 PCT/JP88/00052
A 3
10/00
© Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
4-1, Nishishinjuku 2-chome
Shinjuku-ku Tokyo-to(JP)
@ Date of publication of application:
02.08.89 Bulletin 89/31
© Inventor: Nagao, Shoichi
3-5, Owa 3-chome
Suwa-shi§Nagano-Ken 392(JP)
© Designated Contracting States:
CH DE FR GB LI
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APPLICATION
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© Application number: 89300621.3
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Date of deferred publication of the search report:
20.03.91 Bulletin 91/12
© Representative: Miller, Joseph et al
J. MILLER & CO. Lincoln House 296-302 High
Holborn
London WC1V 7JH(GB)
(S) Electronic wrist watch.
© An electronic wrist watch comprising an electrical power source (2) for driving time indicating
means (10,11) characterised in that the electrical
power source (2) is arranged to be electrically
charged by an oscillatable weight (15) and converter
means (16-21) for converting mechanical energy obtained from the oscillatable weight (15) into electrical
energy for transmission to the electrical power
source (2).
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RELEVANT
Relevant
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Citation of document with Indication, where appropriate,
of relevant passages
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 1, no. 92, 25th
August 1977, page 2515 E 77;
& JP-A-52 27 669 (SUWA SEIKOSHA K.K.) 02-03-1977
DE-B-1 058 942
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CLASSIFICATION OFTHE
APPLICATION (Int. CI.5)
G 04 C 10/00
1,9,10,12
(KIENINGER & OBERGFELL)
DE-U-1 770 196 (OMEGA LOUIS BRANDT & FRERE S.A.)
* Page 2, paragraph 2 - page 3, paragraph 1 *
1,3-5
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 12, no. 383 (P-770),
13th October 1988;
& JP-A-63 128 286 (SEIKO EPSON CORP.) 31-05-1988
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TECHNICALFIELDS
SEARCHED (Int. CI.5)
G04C
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12 December 90
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the filing date
D: document cited in the application
L: document cited for other reasons
&: member of the same patent family, corresponding
document