CERAMIC ELEMENT FOR A WATCH CASE AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING
Application 2429/DEL/2004 published 2006-11-17, filed 2004-12-03
This ceramic element, the visible surface of which includes features, is intended to be fitted onto a watch case. This visible surface (1a) has, at each feature, a hollow (2) having the shape of said feature, with a depth at least equal to 0.05mm, the side walls (2a) of said hollow being essentially perpendicular to said visible surface, the bottom of said hollows (2) having a first tie layer (3) of Ti, Ta, Cr or Th type, with a thickness of at least 100nm and at least a second layer from the group Au, Ag, CrN, Ni, Pt, TiN, ZrN, Pd or alloys thereof with a thickness of at least 100 nm.
Applicant
1)ROLEX S.A.
:3-5-7 RUE FRANCOIS DUSSAUD, CH-1211 GENEVE, SWITZERLAND Switzerland
Inventor
1)GRIPPO ERIC 2)PASSAQUIN WILLIAM
International Info
Classification: G02B1/00
Priority Information
03405923.8 EUROPEAN UNION 2003-12-23