ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,119, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to GLASHUTTER Uhrenbetrieb GmbH (Glashutte/Sachsen, Germany).
"Horological switchable display mechanism" was invented by Max Joachim (Dresden, Germany) and Tony Braun (Muglitztal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A horological mechanism (1000) with a first train (100) and a first output wheel set (101), a second train (200) and a second output wheel set (102), for alternately displaying on a display (800, 8, 28) a first and a second indication respectively specific to the first train and second train, by a switching and coupling mechanism (500), including two input wheel sets (1; 2) connecte...