Wristwatch case and wristlet assembly

Claim 1

A wristwatch comprising a case having a front face and a rear face; said rear face of the case including a rearwardly-facing generally flat peripheral first shoulder and a back protruding rearwardly from said peripheral first shoulder, said back having two pairs of wristlet-securing horns extending from opposite sides of said back and disposed within the bounds of said peripheral first shoulder, each pair of horns having outer faces and facing inner faces; a wristlet including a central case-receiving part having a front face and a rear face; said front face of the central part of the wristlet having a complementary shape to said rear face of the case and including two spaced-apart second shoulders each adapted to bear against a part of said first shoulder of the case and each including a pair of lateral extremities shaped to fit about the outer faces of said pair of horns of the case, a middle portion inset from said second shoulders complementary to at least a part of the rear surface of said back of the case, and two bulges joining said second shoulders to said inset middle portion, each bulge extending from between the extremities of the respective second shoulder and being shaped to fit between a pair of horns of the case; said rear face of the central part of the wristlet having recesses defined by said bulges and lateral openings through said bulges facing said extremities of said second shoulders for receiving wristlet-securing bars; and wristlet-securing bars disposed in said recesses and having end parts removably securing the horns of the case between said extremities.