A method for manufacturing a silicon timepiece component (1) with a functional external profile.

Provided is a multicolour cermet and/or ceramic article, and in particular a bezel of a timepiece, made by a method for injecting at least two materials of distinct colours, said article comprising a relief decoration of a colour different from the rest of the article, said decoration being made by laser ablation after injection of the two materials.

A method for manufacturing a part (1) made of an electrically non-conductive material, the part (1) including at least one relief decoration (2a) of a noble metal or its alloy, the method including the steps of: depositing a first adhesion layer (4a) and a second adhesion layer (4b) on the surface (2) of an bauche (3); depositing by electroforming a layer of the noble metal or of its alloy (5) on the second adhesion layer (4b); laser cutting the layer of noble metal or of its alloy (5) to outline the relief decoration (2a); depositing a protective layer (7) around the relief decoration (2a); removing the layer of noble metal or of its alloy (5) from portions (2c) not covered by the protective layer (7); removing the protective layer (7); and removing the first adhesion layer (4a) and optionally the second adhesion layer (4b) on the portions (2c).

A method that prints a functional element on a surface of a receiving area of a timepiece component of a timepiece contributing to regulating the rate of this timepiece includes preparing a solution containing a material constituting the functional element and depositing the prepared solution onto the surface of the receiving area. Specific properties of the solution are defined as a function of preparation criteria and include at least one structural modification feature of the timepiece component, at least one construction feature of the functional element on the receiving area, at least one structural feature of the material to be applied to the receiving area, and at least one feature of the receiving area of the component.

A method for manufacturing an external component of a watch, of a fashion item or of a jewellery item, including depositing an inner layer on all or part of the surface of an inner face of a substrate made of a transparent material, localised ablation of the inner layer, so as to conserve a part of the inner layer on a first portion of the inner face f the substrate, the ablation being performed so as to form at least one pocket opening onto a second portion of the inner face of the substrate and so as to structure the second portion of the inner fa of the substrate, treating the surface of the inner layer and of the second portion of the inner face of the substrate.

A watch component includes a substrate including a first region where a plurality of first recesses is formed in a surface, and a second region where a plurality of second recesses is formed in the surface, and a multilayer film covering at least a part of the first region and the second region. In a cross-sectional view obtained by cutting the substrate in a thickness direction, the plurality of first recesses is defined by a first side, and a second side tilted with respect to the first side and being in contact with the first side at an end portion. In the cross-sectional view, the plurality of second recesses is defined by a third side, and a fourth side tilted with respect to the third side and being in contact with the third side at an end portion. In the cross-sectional view, an angle of an inclination of the second side with respect to a direction orthogonal to the thickness direction of the substrate and an angle of an inclination of the fourth side with respect to the direction orthogonal to the thickness direction of the substrate are different from each other. In plan view as viewed from the thickness direction of the substrate, the first region and the second region have a value of a brightness L* in a L*a*b* color space of 5 or greater and 20 or less.

A method for decorating an external part (10) for horology, jewellery or fashion accessories, including the steps of: forming a first interference (110) layer of titanium oxide over the entire decorative face (101) of a titanium substrate (100) by anodising the decorative face (101) at a voltage V1; machining a portion of the first interference layer (110) so as to form at least one opening (111) leading to a portion of the decorative face (101); and forming a second interference layer (120) of titanium oxide by anodising the portion at a voltage V2 lower than voltage V1.

The method of manufacturing a timepiece component includes: procuring a block to be machined; forming a timepiece component blank having a shape of revolution about a revolution axis (A); and machining the blank using an off-center laser beam the direction of which is not parallel to the revolution axis (A), does not cross the revolution axis (A) and is not tangential to the blank to be machined.

Types of metal component parts including a casing, a bezel, a buckle, parts for a watch band, etc. are made with the Metal Injection Molding (MIM) process. Each type of metal component part can be derived from an instance of a MIM blank corresponding to that particular type of metal component part formed from its corresponding injection molding tool. The MIM blank formed for the metal component part from the injection molding tool then has a portion of the MIM blank subtracted through a laser subtraction process to form an interim shape and geometry of the instance of the metal component part. The laser subtraction process is applied to the instance of the MIM blank for the metal component part when the instance of the MIM blank has not yet been sintered and hardened to a finished shape and geometry for that metal component part for the watch design.

A multicolour cermet and/or ceramic article, and in particular a bezel of a timepiece, made by a method for injecting at least two materials of distinct colours, said article comprising a relief decoration of a colour different from the rest of the article, said decoration being made by laser ablation after injection of the two materials.