US Patent Issued to The Swatch Group Research and Development on Feb. 24 for "Horological movement comprising a striking mechanism provided with a flexible guide" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,891, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd (Marin, Switzerland).

"Horological movement comprising a striking mechanism provided with a flexible guide" was invented by Baptiste Hinaux (Lausanne, Switzerland), Jerome Favre (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Jonathan Meyer (Bienne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a horological movement comprising a striking mechanism of a watch including a vibrating element and a striking device of said vibrating element comprising a hammer fixed overhanging a structure of the horological movement by means of strips of a flexible g...