US Patent Issued to The Swatch Group Research and Development on July 14 for "Oscillating winding mass provided with a rotating decorative element for automatic movement of a timepiece" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,434, issued on July 14, was assigned to The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd (Marin, Switzerland).

"Oscillating winding mass provided with a rotating decorative element for automatic movement of a timepiece" was invented by Yves Winkler (Schmitten, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oscillating winding mass (1) for a movement of a timepiece, the oscillating winding mass (1) being intended to be rotatably mounted on an axis of the movement. The winding mass includes a main element (2) and a decorative element (10), for example a logo or an acronym, a part of the winding mass (1) forming a heavy part (3) allowing th...