An electronic watch, comprising: an indicator; a decode circuit configured to segment a whole movable region of the indicator into at least a region A having a predetermined width before a specific position and a region B having a predetermined width after the specific position and configured to output region data which indicates in which position the indicator is in, within at least the region A and the region B; a position information circuit configured to acquire movement start region data corresponding to a movement start position of the indicator and stop region data corresponding to a stop position after start of movement, and configured to output, when the movement start region data is acquired, a first acquisition signal indicating that the movement start region data is acquired and to output, when the stop region signal is acquired, a second acquisition signal indicating that the stop region data is acquired, or configured to output, when the stop region data is acquired, the first acquisition signal and the second acquisition signal; and a control unit configured to acquire the movement start region data from the position information circuit in response to the first acquisition signal from the position information circuit, configured to acquire the stop region data from the position information circuit in response to the second acquisition signal from the position information circuit, and configured to perform processing including a determination whether the indicator passes the specific position and a determination of a movement direction of the indicator, wherein the decode circuit is configured as another circuit outside the control unit and the position information circuit is configured as a peripheral circuit of the control unit or another circuit outside the control unit. an indicator; a decode circuit configured to segment a whole movable region of the indicator into at least a region A having a predetermined width before a specific position and a region B having a predetermined width after the specific position and configured to output region data which indicates in which position the indicator is in, within at least the region A and the region B; a position information circuit configured to acquire movement start region data corresponding to a movement start position of the indicator and stop region data corresponding to a stop position after start of movement, and configured to output, when the movement start region data is acquired, a first acquisition signal indicating that the movement start region data is acquired and to output, when the stop region signal is acquired, a second acquisition signal indicating that the stop region data is acquired, or configured to output, when the stop region data is acquired, the first acquisition signal and the second acquisition signal; and a control unit configured to acquire the movement start region data from the position information circuit in response to the first acquisition signal from the position information circuit, configured to acquire the stop region data from the position information circuit in response to the second acquisition signal from the position information circuit, and configured to perform processing including a determination whether the indicator passes the specific position and a determination of a movement direction of the indicator, wherein the decode circuit is configured as another circuit outside the control unit and the position information circuit is configured as a peripheral circuit of the control unit or another circuit outside the control unit.