Patent ID: 8804466

Claim:
An electronic timepiece that receives radio frequency signals and displays information, comprising: a dial on a front of the electronic timepiece and on which time is displayed, the dial having a surface defining a plane; a flat antenna that is disposed in an area on a back side of the dial, parallel to the plane of the dial, and receives the radio frequency signals passing through the dial; a photovoltaic device that is disposed vertically between the dial and the flat antenna, and is parallel to the dial and the flat antenna; and a hand that is disposed at a face side of the dial; wherein the flat antenna is not superimposed on the hand in plan view, the flat antenna is square in plan view, and when viewed in a plan view, the shortest distance between a side of the flat antenna and a parallel facing edge of a through hole of the photovoltaic device is at least 0.2 times a length of the side of the flat antenna.