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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2000
Kanetaka Sekiguchi, Sayama, JP;
Masafumi Ide, Tokorozawa, JP;
Takashi Akiyama, Sayama, JP;
Masami Kikuchi, Kodaira, JP;
Yuichi Akiba, Tsurugashima, JP;
Koji Nakagawa, Hachioji, JP;
Citizen Watch Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A timepiece, in which a first liquid crystal display panel and a second liquid crystal display panel, each of which is constituted by sealing a liquid crystal layer in a gap between a pair of substrates formed with electrodes on opposed inner faces thereof respectively, are arranged in a case body having a cover glass with at least portions thereof overlapping, a first polarizing film is provided on an upper substrate of the first liquid crystal display panel on the cover glass side, a second polarizing film is provided between the first liquid crystal display panel and the second liquid crystal display panel, and a third polarizing film is provided on the lower side of a lower substrate of the second liquid crystal display panel respectively, the second polarizing film being a reflection type polarizing film, the first polarizing film, the first liquid crystal display panel, and the second polarizing film constitutes an upper display portion, and the second polarizing film, the second liquid crystal display panel, and the third polarizing film constitutes a lower display portion, so that at least the lower display portion performs display on the time.