ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,672, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Blancpain SA (Le Brassus, Switzerland).
"Moon phase display mechanism of a timepiece" was invented by Cedric Reymond (Les Bioux, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A moon phase display mechanism for a timepiece capable of being driven by a horological movement, the operation whereof depends on the time division, the moon phase display mechanism including: a moon phase indicator carrying at least one representation of the moon; a jumping drive mechanism of the moon phase indicator capable of being driven by the horological movement and of driving, in jumps, the moon phase indicator; the ...