Patent ID: 9519273
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: G04B,G04C,G04G,G04R

Claim Text:
1. An electronic timepiece comprising: a display unit that displays measurement information; a drive mechanism that drives the display unit; an operation member that is rotarily operated; and a control unit that corrects the measurement information displayed on the display unit in accordance with the rotary operation of the operation member; wherein the control unit has a single-measurement correction mode and a continuous-measurement correction mode that are selectable by the rotary operation of the operation member; wherein in the single-measurement correction mode, a single correction signal is output to the drive mechanism so that the measurement information on the display unit is corrected by a single measurement unit; wherein in the continuous-measurement correction mode, a continuous correction signal is output to the drive mechanism so that the measurement information on the display unit is corrected by continuously altering the measurement information in continuous measurement units up to a maximum of a continuous correction quantity, and wherein the continuous correction quantity is set depending on the type of the measurement information to be corrected in the continuous correction mode.