ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,879, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Omega SA (Biel/Bienne, Switzerland).
"Press for driving in a bezel or crystal of a watch" was invented by Christophe Heusler (Evilard, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A press for driving a crystal or a bezel into a watch case middle, including a support designed to hold the middle in position, and a bracket supporting a tool-holder to which a tool is attached, the tool-holder being movable in translation and cooperating with a handling member so as to slide relative to the bracket along an axis A-A when solicited by the handling member, the support including at least two jaws intended ...