ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,115, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ROLEX SA (Geneva).
"Watch device having movable components" was invented by Benjamin Celant (Cornier, France) and Martin Christian (Eteaux, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A watch device, more particularly an external watch device comprising two components (1, 21) linked to one another, the first component (1) comprising a first guiding element (10) and the second component (21) comprising a second guiding element (30), the two components being linked to one another in a movable manner by the cooperation of their respective guiding elements (10, 30), wherein the first guiding element (10) c...