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Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 16, 2016
Applicant:

Seiko Instruments Inc., Chiba-shi, Chiba, JP;

Inventors:

Katsuya Mugishima, Chiba, JP;

Satoshi Sakai, Chiba, JP;

Kenji Ogasawara, Chiba, JP;

Tomohiro Ihashi, Chiba, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04C 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G04C 3/146 (2013.01); G04C 3/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A power saving movement includes a center wheel and pinion driving a minute hand and minute detection wheel. A gear ratio of the center wheel/pinion with respect to the minute detection wheel is 1/M. The minute detection wheel has N minute detection portions which are disposed on the same rotation trajectory as the center wheel & pinion. N and M are integers. The minute detection wheel transmittable portions are disposed at an interval of 360°/N. A pair of the center wheel transmittable portions are disposed in parallel at an unequal angular interval of a center axle of the center wheel & pinion. An angular interval of the center wheel transmittable portions adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the center axle of the center wheel & pinion is set to magnification of 360°/(M×N).


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