Electronic watch

Abstract

An electronic watchwhich comprises a power supplyand a watch circuit. The watch circuitcomprises an oscillator circuit, a frequency divider circuit, a drive pulse generation means, a drive motorwhich, in response to a drive pulse Pthat is output by the above-noted drive pulse generation means, drives at least one of the hour/minute, second, and functional hands including chronograph hands, a drive circuit meanswhich controls the drive of the drive motor, a drive circuit control meanswhich controls the above-noted drive circuit means, and a control condition detection meanswhich is connected to the above-noted drive circuit control meansand which detect the control condition in the drive circuit control means, the control condition detection meansbeing provided with a non-proper condition detection meanswhich senses the occurrence of a condition in which it is not possible to properly drive the above-noted drive motorunder a prescribed condition in a prescribed control mode currently being executed, and a control mode change-instructing meanswhich, in response to a detection signal of the above-noted non-proper condition detection means, issues an instruction to the drive circuit control meansto change the control mode currently being executed.