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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2002
Takayuki Satodate, Chiba, JP;
Yuichi Shino, Chiba, JP;
Seiko Instruments Inc., , JP;
Abstract
An electronic timepiece with indicator hands having indicator hands capable of providing a variety of indications and capable of preventing unstable movement of the indicator hands, which comprises time hands ( ) for showing a time, first and second indicator hands ( ) provided separately from said time hands ( ), rotating means for reciprocally rotating said first and second indicator hands ( ) in directions opposite to each other within a predetermined range, and restricting means for restricting a movable range and capable of adjusting a restricting position of said first and second indicator hands ( ). Jumping of hands or the like of the first and second indicator hands ( ) due to impact or the like is restricted by the restricting means. Further, where there is a fear that the first and second indicator hands ( ) stop in a non-rotatable range, the restricting means is adjusted to change the movable range of the first and second indicator hand ( ).