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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1980
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1978
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic timepiece comprising a counter circuit adapted to present reference data indicative of an existing year, month, date and day of the week, and operative to count leap years, years, months, dates, and days of the week at a high speed with a preset reference data as a starting point, a register for storing calendar data indicative of a desired year, month, date and day of the week to be determined, a comparator for comparing the content of the counter circuit and the content of the register and generating a coincidence signal when the contents are in agreement, and a controller for halting counting operation of the counter circuit in response to the coincidence signal to cause a display device to display the contents of the counter circuit to obtain an indefinite item concerning calendar.