ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,491, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Harry Winston SA (Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland).

"Horological display mechanism with separate displays" was invented by Berhnard Karl Lederer (Gals, Switzerland) and Cyrille Bernard (La Poueze, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A horological display mechanism (100) for a timepiece (1000), including a plurality of three-dimensional display supports (10), each of which is arranged for the simultaneous display of at least a first variable on a first three-dimensional display (901) under the action of a first control mechanism, and of a second variable on a second three-dimensional display (902) ...