ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,120, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd (Marin, Switzerland).
"Water-resistant closing device for watch case" was invented by Simon Garcin (Salavaux, Switzerland) and Nassima Nasri (Nidau, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water-resistant closing device for a watch case, the device including an annular gasket (1) arranged to be placed between a middle (2) and a back (3), a bezel or a crystal (4), or a bezel and a crystal, or a back and a crystal. The gasket (1) has on its middle portion a bulge (10) protruding on its outer lateral face (11), the bulge being arranged to be engag...