US 12,169,392 B2
Timepiece
Toshinori Nakazawa, Matsumoto (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, (JP)
Filed by Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/680,462.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-029745 (JP), filed on Feb. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0276613 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G04C 10/04 (2006.01); G04B 19/04 (2006.01)
CPC G04C 10/04 (2013.01) [G04B 19/042 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A timepiece comprising:
an hour hand and a minute hand;
a dial in which a cutout portion is formed;
a plate member disposed at a back side of the dial, the plate member being disposed at a position corresponding to the cutout portion of the dial in a plan view as viewed in a direction along an axis of the hour hand and the minute hand;
time scales for indicating the time of day disposed at the dial or the plate member; and
an auxiliary hand member disposed at a position of the plate member corresponding to the cutout portion of the dial as viewed in the plan view, and the auxiliary hand member is configured to:
function as another time scale for indicating the time of day; and
indicate information other than the time of day,
wherein the auxiliary hand member as the another time scale is located farther away from the dial than the time scales.