Patent ID: 9740171
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G04B,G04C,G04F,G04G

Claim:
1. An electronic timepiece having a plurality of modes, the timepiece comprising: a plurality of indicating hands including a mode hand that indicates one of the modes; an operation section that allows mode switching operation that instructs switching among the modes; a display control section that moves the plurality of indicating hands based on the mode switching operation; and a plurality of motors that drive the plurality of indicating hands under the control of the display control section, the display control section moving the plurality of indicating hands in high-speed advance action, in which the plurality of indicating hands moves at a higher speed than a speed at which the plurality of indicating hands moves in a normal time display mode, while switching among the modes, with periods for which the plurality of indicating hands move in the high-speed advance action being non-overlapped with one another, the display control section first moving the mode hand among the plurality of indicating hands and then sequentially moving the other indicating hands in ascending order of motor drive pulses required for the plurality of indicating hands to go around while switching among the modes.