Patent ID: 7321337

Claim:
An electronic watch comprising at least an antenna, an information processing apparatus for the purpose of processing information captured by said antenna, a watch movement including therein said information processing apparatus, a watch dial and a metal exterior parts capable of housing therewithin said antenna, and said watch movement, said metal exterior parts having an outer case and a caseback; wherein said metal exterior parts is configured so that said antenna can receive magnetic flux from outside said metal exterior parts, and can resonate, said antenna being in the vicinity of said information processing apparatus and surrounded by said outer case and said caseback, wherein said antenna is disposed inside a space surrounded by said outer case, said caseback and said watch dial together with said watch movement, so that said antenna overlaps with said watch dial in a planar manner, said watch dial is made of a non-metallic material, and said metal exterior parts are set so that the thickness of a body member of said metal exterior parts is 300 μm to 5000 μm.