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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 1978
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1976
Makoto Yoshida, Tokorozawa, JA;
Citizen Watch Company Limited, Tokyo, JA;
Abstract
An electronic timepiece having a frequency standard, a frequency divider which divides an output frequency of the frequency standard to provide output pulse signals, a time counter driven by the output pulse signals from the frequency counter, and display means for displaying the contents of the time counter, in which a counter means is coupled to the time counter to form a serial counter chain and receiving an output signal from the time counter to perform a plurality of functions, and a change-over means is disposed in the counter chain between the time counter and the counter means, the change-over means selectively changing over the functions of the counter means.