ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,628, issued on June 24, was assigned to SWISS INDUSTRIAL CONSULTING & TECHNOLOGY SA (Morges, Switzerland).

"Watch winder, and watch winder assembly" was invented by Nicolas Ganshof Van Der Meersch (Morges, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a watch winder comprising a fixed assembly having a central shaft; a rotatable assembly rotatably mounted to the central shaft and comprising a housing having distal end configured to receive a watch; and a drive assembly mounted on the fixed assembly and configured to rotate the rotatable assembly about the central shaft and comprising a motor, drive gear, and a batter...