Watch with rotatable case

• US 20090257323A1
• Filed: 04/09/2008
• Published: 10/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ritmo Mundo, LLC
• Original Assignee: Ritmo Mundo, LLC
• Inventors: Soltani, Ali
• Application Number:
  US12/082,140
• Publication Number:
  US 20090257323A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 368/281
• CPC Class Codes: G04B 37/0427 Mountings relative to pocket and wrist watches allowing a rocking movement about a hinge or any other movement covers and protective cases which may be removed completely either by direct removal or by sliding or turning G04B37/005; ornamentation and interchangeable parts of cases, modifying the external appearance of the clockwork G04B47/046

Abstract

A rotatable wrist watch is provided. The rotatable wrist watch includes a watch case, a dial, a crown, an outer periphery, a wrist strap and a spindle. The watch case has an exterior and an interior. The exterior includes two opposing faces and a side portion. A dial is located on each opposing face with a plurality of dials located on at least one of the opposing faces. Each dial indicates a time. A crown is provided for each dial. Each crown is located on the side portion and is movable to adjust the time indicated by the respective dial. The outer periphery is located a distance from and circumscribing the watch case. The wrist strap is coupled to the outer periphery. The spindle extends between the watch case and the outer periphery and is configured to permit the watch case to pivot about an axis between a first position where one of the watch faces is visible and a second position where the other watch face is visible.

Claims

1. A rotatable wrist watch comprising:

a watch case having an exterior and an interior, the exterior including two opposing faces and a side portion;

a dial located on each opposing face with a plurality of dials located on at least one of the opposing faces, each dial indicating a time;

a crown for each dial, each crown located on the side portion and movable to adjust the time indicated by the respective dial;

an outer periphery located a distance from and circumscribing the watch case;

a wrist strap coupled to the outer periphery; and

a spindle extending between the watch case and the outer periphery and configured to permit the watch case to pivot about an axis between a first position where one watch face is visible and a second position where the other watch face is visible.

2. The rotatable wrist watch of claim 1 wherein the watch case pivots without moving the watch case from the outer periphery.

3. The rotatable wrist watch of claim 1 wherein the outer periphery is a rigid and integral component.

4. The rotatable wrist watch of claim 1 wherein the watch case pivots about a 12-6 axis.

5. The rotatable wrist watch of claim 1 wherein one face includes two dials, each dial configured to indicate a different time zone and wherein the other face include two additional dials, one of the two additional dials indicating hours and the other of the two additional dials indicating minutes.

6. The rotatable wrist watch of claim 5 further comprising four separate crystals on the exterior of the watch with one crystal adjacent each dial.

7. The rotatable wrist watch of claim 5 further comprising four separate movements to permit each dial to indicate time.

8. The rotatable wrist watch of claim 1 further comprising a mechanical movement to keep time.

9. The rotatable wrist watch of claim 1 further comprising a quartz movement to keep time.

10. The rotatable wrist watch of claim 1 wherein when the dial of a respective face is visible by a user, the crown for the respective dial is also visible.

11. A rotatable wrist watch comprising:

a watch case having an exterior and an interior, the exterior including two opposing faces and a side portion;

a dial located on each opposing face, each dial indicating a time;

a crown for each dial, each crown located on the side portion and movable to adjust the time indicated by the respective dial;

an outer periphery located a distance from and circumscribing the watch case;

a wrist strap coupled to the outer periphery;

a spindle extending between the watch case and the outer periphery and configured to permit the watch case to pivot about an axis between a first position where one watch face is visible and a second position where the other watch face is visible;

a protrusion extending from one of the outer periphery and the side of the watch case; and

a groove and a recess located on the other of the outer periphery and the side of the watch case, the groove and recess cooperating to guide the protrusion along the groove towards the recess to releasably retain the watch case relative to the outer periphery.

12. The rotatable wrist watch of claim 11 wherein the watch case pivots without moving the watch case from the outer periphery.

13. The rotatable wrist watch of claim 11 wherein the outer periphery is a rigid and integral component.

14. The rotatable wrist watch of claim 11 wherein the watch case pivots about a 12-6 axis.

15. The rotatable wrist watch of claim 11 wherein one face includes two dials, each dial configured to indicate a different time zone and wherein the other face include two additional dials, one of the two additional dials indicating hours and the other of the two additional dials indicating minutes.

16. The rotatable wrist watch of claim 15 further comprising four separate crystals on the exterior of the watch with one crystal adjacent each dial.

17. The rotatable wrist watch of claim 15 further comprising four separate movements to permit each dial to indicate time.

18. The rotatable wrist watch of claim 11 further comprising a mechanical movement to keep time.

19. The rotatable wrist watch of claim 11 further comprising a quartz movement to keep time.

20. The rotatable wrist watch of claim 11 wherein when the dial of a respective face is visible by a user, the crown for the respective dial is also visible.

21. A rotatable wrist watch comprising:

a watch case having an exterior and an interior, the exterior including two opposing faces and a side portion;

a dial located on each opposing face, each dial indicating a time;

an outer periphery located a distance from and circumscribing the watch case;

a wrist strap coupled to the outer periphery; and

a spindle extending between the watch case and the outer periphery and configured to permit the watch case to pivot about an axis between a first position where one of the watch faces is visible and a second position where the other watch face is visible.