Separable Watch Case Frame and Main Body Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
High-end watch market lacks effective solutions for enhanced protection and improved display options for watches, with existing designs failing to meet user needs for customization and durability.
Innovation Solution
A watch case design featuring a separable main body and surrounding protective frame, where the main body is secured to the frame using threaded attaching members, allowing for easy replacement and customization of the frame for different looks and functions, while maintaining protection and comfort.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the watch case is designed as a single integrated structure, then the structural strength and integrity are improved, but the ability to customize and replace protective frames is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The watch case is divided into two main segments: a core case structure and a surrounding protective frame. The protective frame is a separate component that can be detached and replaced, allowing users to customize the watch's appearance and protection level without affecting the core case structure. This segmentation enables both structural integrity of the core case and versatility through frame replacement.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the protective frame is made separable and replaceable, then the customization options and user interaction are improved, but the structural complexity and assembly requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
By separating the protective frame from the core case, the design enables easy replacement and customization. The frame acts as an independent module that can be attached and detached without disassembling the entire watch case, thus managing complexity through modular design rather than increasing it.
3Ease of manufacture
If traditional integrated watch case designs are used, then the manufacturing process is simplified, but the protection and display options for high-end watches are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The separable protective frame design allows the core case to be manufactured using traditional simplified processes, while the frame can be independently manufactured with enhanced protective features. This segmentation enables improved protection capability without significantly complicating the overall manufacturing process, as the frame is a separate component.
Data Source
AI summary
A watch includes a watch movement, a dial supported on the watch movement, hands moveable by the watch movement with a watch case receiving the watch movement. The watch case includes a cylindrical main body configured to receive the watch movement therein, a bezel supported on the main body and a crystal supported by the main body. The watch case further includes a frame receiving the main body, wherein the frame comprises a back frame plate configured to be adjacent the user, a top frame plate spaced from the back frame plate and including a central opening therein for receipt of the main body, a pair of lugs on opposed ends of the frame, wherein each lug extends between the spaced top frame plate and the back frame plate, a bar extending between each pair of lugs, wherein each bar is configured to receive a strap of a wrist watch.