Time setting mechanism for electronic timepieces

Claim 1

A TIME-SETTING MECHANISM FOR AN ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE, WHEREIN AN INDEX FINGER ATTACHED TO A VIBRATORY ELEMENT ENGAGES THE RATCHET TEETH ON AN INDEX WHEEL OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO A GEAR TRAIN HAVING A MINUTE WHEEL AND A SECONDS WHEEL AND WHEREIN A PAWL ALSO ENGAGES SAID TEETH TO PREVENT RECTROGRADE MOTION OF SAID INDEX WHEEL, SAID MECHANISM COMPRISING: (A) FIRST MEANS ADAPTED TO LIFT SAID PAWL AWAY FROM SAID RACHET WHEEL TO PREVENT ROTATION OF SAID INDEX WHEEL WITHOUT DISENGAGEMENT OF SAID INDEX FINGER, (B) SECOND MEANS ADAPTED TO BRAKE SAID SECONDS WHEELS, (C) THIRD MEANS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE AND TURN SAID MINUTE WHEEL TO ADJUST THE MINUTE AND HOUR HANDS OF THE TIMEPIECE, AND (D) CONTROL MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO SAID FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD MEANS TO ACTUATE SAME WITHOUT INTERFERING WITH THE ACTION OF SAID INDEX FINGER, SAID CONTROL MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO STOP SAID TIMEPIECE AND TO PERMIT SETTING THEREOF BY RENDERING SAID FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD MEANS OPERATIVE IN THE NAMED SEQUENCE, AND ADAPTED TO RESTART SAID TIMEPIECE AFTER THE SETTING THEREOF BY RENDERING SAID THIRD, SECOND AND FIRST MEANS INOPERATIVE IN THE NAMED SEQUENCE.