ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,226, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Montres Breguet S.A. (L'Abbaye, Switzerland).
"Sympathetic timepiece assembly" was invented by Daniel Matteazzi (Le Sentier, Switzerland) and Alain Zaugg (Le Sentier, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for step-by-step time setting of a sympathetic watch (200) by a sympathetic clock (100), forming together a sympathetic assembly, where a predetermined time-setting step and a reference position of the displays (3; 4; 5) of the watch (200) are determined, and where the clock (100) performs the time setting of the watch (200) by positioning a transmission ...