Timepiece

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Accordingly, it is a general object of the present invention to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art.
It is another object of the invention to provide a timepiece having a broadened time indicating area.
Generally speaking, in accordance with the invention, a watch is provided which is a 3-dimensional body comprising time displaying elements all over the length of this body.
These display elements may be controlled by a clockwork singly or in groups.
Thus, for example, a wrist watch can be constructed wherein the bracelet itself comprises the whole watch, i.
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wherein no distinction is made between the bracelet and the watch case or the display area, respectively.
The 3-dimensional body may be open or closed, rigid or flexible.
When being open the watch may have the form of a lineal and be hanged at a wall.
It may also be circular and then serve as an open time indicating ring or collar.
When being closed the watch may comprise a rigid ring or a flexible hoop having a plurality of members connected by links to each other.
In accordance with the invention the watch is preferably an electronic watch, wherein a 1 Hz signal is produced by dividing the high frequency time standard signal of a standard oscillator by means of divider circuitry.
Said 1 Hz signal is then applied to series-connected counters which produce, for example, one minute, one hour, twelve hour (morning and afternoon), day, and week signals, which signals are in turn applied to decoder and driving circuitry for driving liquid crystal displays or light emitting diode displays or the like.
The electronic circuitry as well as the power source of the watch may be distributed all over the 3-dimensional body and thus account for a good deal of the thickness of this body.
They may also be incorporated into one or several members of a rigid or elastic 3-dimensional body.
Whereas the well-known conventional wrist-watches comprise a functional watch case and a non-functional watch strap, the watch according to the invention has no such non-functional parts