ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,695, issued on June 10, was assigned to ROLEX SA (Geneva).
"Device for selecting timepiece functions" was invented by Denis Rudaz (Segny, France) and Vincent Lemosquet (Bons-en-Chablais, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device (200; 200') for selecting timepiece functions includes: a frame (100; 100'), an interface element (1), in particular a control stem (1), and a setting lever device (150; 150'), the setting lever device (150; 150') being arranged so as to define n stable positions of the interface element (1), where nless than=3, and m selection configurations of the selection device (200; 200'), where mless than=n+1."...