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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 1983
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsuo Nishimura, Tokorozawa, JP;
Minoru Watanabe, Tokorozawa, JP;
Assignee:
Citizen Watch Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04B / ; G04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
368 74 ; 368 80 ;
Abstract
An analog display type of electronic timepiece is provided with an alarm function, whereby changeover can be rapidly performed between display of current time and of a preset alarm time, by rapid rotation of the timepiece hands, and features means whereby the hands are advanced in steps of less than one minute during the current time display state but are advanced by steps of precisely one minute while setting of an alarm time is being carried out, so that the alarm time is precisely set with the minutes hand positioned at a minutes graduation on the dial.