US Patent Issued to ROLEX on Sept. 8 for "Manufacture of a bracelet strand" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,651, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ROLEX SA (Geneva).

"Manufacture of a bracelet strand" was invented by Philippe Di Piazza (Geneva).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The process for manufacturing a bracelet strand includes positioning an insert (15) within a cavity (21) of a manufacturing mould (20); positioning at least one fastening element (12) on the insert (15) using at least one guide element (35); filling the manufacturing mould (20) with a material so as to overmould, i.e. at least partially envelop and set, the insert (15) and the at least one fastening element (12) in the material; removing the bracelet strand (10) from t...