Patent ID: 7275860

Claim:
A timepiece having a display correcting mechanism for correcting a display content displayed by a display member, the timepiece comprising: a train wheel; a display member mounted for undergoing rotation in accordance with rotation of the train wheel for displaying information; a hand setting stem for correcting a display content of the display member; a corrector setting transmission wheel arranged coaxially with the hand setting stem; a correction transmitting spring formed of an elastic material and mounted for undergoing movement with the corrector setting transmission wheel; and a correcting member for undergoing operation in accordance with rotation of the corrector setting transmission wheel and the correction transmitting spring for correcting the display content of the display member; wherein the display content displayed by the display member is corrected by operating the correcting member by integrally rotating the corrector setting transmission wheel and the correction transmitting spring by rotating the hand setting stem in a state of setting the hand setting stem to a position for correcting the display content of the display member, wherein the hand setting stem has at least one key groove and the correction transmitting spring has a key portion for engaging the key groove so that the corrector setting transmission wheel and the correction transmitting spring are integrally rotated when the hand setting stem is rotated while the key portion engages the key groove in the state of setting the hand setting stem to the position for correcting the display content of the display member, and wherein in a state of setting the hand setting stem to a position other than the position for correcting the display content of the display member, the key portion of the correction transmitting spring is not brought into engagement with the key groove of the hand setting stem so that the corrector setting transmission wheel and the correction transmitting spring are not rotated even when the hand setting stem is rotated.