Patent ID: 7466633

Claim:
An electronic watch with an indication of the time by at least two hands, including: at least one terrestrial magnetic field sensor of an electronic compass integrated in the watchcase, a processing unit with a microcontroller for calculating the direction of North on the basis of detection signals provided by the magnetic sensor, motorised means driving the hands controlled by the processing unit in order to place the hands in a time mode, a selected direction mode or a selected compass mode, and a manual control member connected to the microcontroller processing unit, wherein the control member can be manually activated in a selection position in order to perform selection from the time mode to the direction mode and/or the compass mode, or in a setting position from the selected direction mode so as to set, by means of at least one of the two hands, a direction parameter for a pre-programmed geographical place as a function of the geographical place where the watch is located, and wherein in the selected direction mode, the two hands are in a superposed position or in opposition to indicate the direction of the pre-programmed geographical place, whereas in the selected compass mode, the hands are positioned, contrary to the direction mode, in opposition or in a superposed position to indicate the direction of North.