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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2016
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Reiko Nagahama, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic timepiece has a plurality of modes and includes a plurality of indicating hands including a first indicating hand as a mode hand that indicates each mode, an operation section that allows mode switching operation that instructs switching among the modes, and a display control section that moves the plurality of indicating hands to be moved on the basis of the mode switching operation in such a way that periods for which the plurality of indicating hands move in high-speed advance action do not overlap with one another. The display control section first moves the first indicating hand among the plurality of indicating hands.