ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,227, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Montres Breguet S.A. (L'Abbaye, Switzerland).
"Sympathique watch comprising a coupling device" was invented by Alain Zaugg (Le Sentier, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sympathique watch (10) including a horological movement including a going train (20), a display train (30) connected to at least one display of a time value, a sympathique hand-setting mechanism and a crown (13) operated hand-setting mechanism. The sympathique hand-setting mechanism includes a coupling device (40) interposed between the going (20) and display (30) trains, the coupling device (40) being configured to ...