Mechanical timepiece movement provided with a feedback system for the movement

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PATENT NO 9971309
APP PUB NO 20170045861A1
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15196215

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The mechanical timepiece movement includes at least one barrel, a set of gear wheels driven at one end by the barrel, and an escapement mechanism of a local oscillator with a resonator in the form of a sprung balance and a feedback system for the timepiece movement. The escapement mechanism is driven at another end of the set of gear wheels. The feedback system includes at least one precise reference oscillator combined with a frequency comparator to compare the frequency of the two oscillators and a mechanism for regulating the local oscillator resonator to slow down or accelerate the resonator based on the result of a comparison in the frequency comparator.

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ETA SA MANUFACTURE HORLOGERE SUISSEGRENCHEN GRENCHEN SOLOTHURN

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Conus, Thierry Lengnau, CH 75 563
Di, Domenico Gianni Neuchatel, CH 76 206
Helfer, Jean-Luc Le Landeron, FR 95 322
Winkler, Pascal St-Blaise, CH 79 233

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