An electronic device and time piece are shown. The electronic device includes: a plurality of antenna devices; a plurality of motors; and antimagnetic plates, each fully or partially covering the motors and having cutouts at positions overlapping with the antenna devices.

Provided is an electronic timepiece that receives satellite signals more easily when satellite signal is received automatically. The electronic timepiece has a time display that displays time by the position indicated by a rotating first hand; a planar antenna that receives satellite signal transmitted wirelessly from a satellite; a receiver connected to the planar antenna; and a controller that operates the receiver when a specific condition is met. The planar antenna includes a dielectric substrate, and an antenna patch disposed to the substrate. The center of the patch antenna being disposed in the range between 6:00 and 11:00 on the time display.

An analog display device, including: a display; a processor; and an operation member, wherein the display changes a display content by the movable display performing the movement operation, the processor causes the movable display to perform a fast-forward movement operation and display a plurality of display contents in order in accordance with a first input operation, the processor stops the fast-forward movement operation in accordance with a second input operation, and when the processor causes the movable display to perform the fast-forward movement operation, the processor determines a fast-forward movement speed of the movable display in at least a part of switching between display contents which are adjacent to each other in an order of display to a high movement speed which is larger than an average movement speed of the movable display during a round of display of the plurality of display contents.

An analog watch has a casing and a watch dial supported by the casing. The casing has indicia thereon comprising numerals and index hour markers arranged in consecutive order so as to represent time in hours and minutes. The analog watch has a concentric shaft device comprising a plurality of concentrically arranged shafts. The analog watch includes an hour hand connected to one of the shafts such that the hour hand can rotate over the watch dial, a first stepper motor to drive the shaft to which the hour hand is connected, a minute hand connected to one of the shafts such that the minute hand can rotate over the watch dial, a second stepper motor to drive the shaft to which the minute hand is connected, a multi-function hand connected to one of the shafts such that the multi-function hand can rotate over the watch dial, and a third stepper motor to drive the shaft to which the multi-function hand is connected. The analog watch has a microcontroller having a plurality inputs and outputs, a Real Time Clock, a memory, a digital signal processor and CPU. The microcontroller outputs separate control signals to control the first, second and third stepper motors so as to control movement of the hour hand, minute hand and multi-function hand. The analog watch includes a Bluetooth circuit in electronic signal communication with the microcontroller. The Bluetooth circuit is configured to be discovered by and paired with a Bluetooth communication device so as to create a Bluetooth communication link that enables the Bluetooth circuit to receive RF signals from the Bluetooth communication device. The Bluetooth circuit converts the received RF signals into digital signals for input to the microcontroller. The digital signals define the date and time in a present time zone and a desired mode of operation of the analog watch that defines the function of the multi-function hand. The microcontroller processes the digital signals to adjust or set the Real Time Clock to the current date and time and to control the movement of the hour and minute hands in accordance with the Real Time Clock and to control the movement of the multi-function hand in accordance with the desired mode of operation.

An analog watch has a casing and a watch dial supported by the casing. The casing has indicia thereon comprising numerals and index hour markers arranged in consecutive order so as to represent time in hours and minutes. The analog watch has a concentric shaft device comprising a plurality of concentrically arranged shafts. The analog watch includes an hour hand connected to one of the shafts such that the hour hand can rotate over the watch dial, a first stepper motor to drive the shaft to which the hour hand is connected, a minute hand connected to one of the shafts such that the minute hand can rotate over the watch dial, a second stepper motor to drive the shaft to which the minute hand is connected, a multi-function hand connected to one of the shafts such that the multi-function hand can rotate over the watch dial, and a third stepper motor to drive the shaft to which the multi-function hand is connected. The analog watch has a microcontroller having a plurality inputs and outputs, a Real Time Clock, a memory, a digital signal processor and CPU. The microcontroller outputs separate control signals to control the first, second and third stepper motors so as to control movement of the hour hand, minute hand and multi-function hand. The analog watch includes a Bluetooth circuit in electronic signal communication with the microcontroller. The Bluetooth circuit is configured to be discovered by and paired with a Bluetooth communication device so as to create a Bluetooth communication link that enables the Bluetooth circuit to receive RF signals from the Bluetooth communication device. The Bluetooth circuit converts the received RF signals into digital signals for input to the microcontroller. The digital signals define the date and time in a present time zone and a desired mode of operation of the analog watch that defines the function of the multi-function hand. The microcontroller processes the digital signals to adjust or set the Real Time Clock to the current date and time and to control the movement of the hour and minute hands in accordance with the Real Time Clock and to control the movement of the multi-function hand in accordance with the desired mode of operation.

An electronic timepiece has a receiving device that receives satellite signals; a reception control unit that operates the receiving device and runs a reception process; a chronograph unit that executes a measuring process; an input device; a detection device that detects operation of the input device to start the chronograph, and outputs a chronograph operation signal when this operation is detected; a hand used both to indicate information related to the reception process and information related to the measuring process; and an operating control unit that operates the chronograph unit in addition to the operating reception control unit, and controls operation of the hand that is indicating information related to the reception process to indicate the measured time, if the chronograph operation signal is input while the reception process is running.

An electronic timepiece has a receiving device that receives satellite signals; a reception control unit that operates the receiving device and runs a reception process; a chronograph unit that executes a measuring process; an input device; a detection device that detects operation of the input device to start the chronograph, and outputs a chronograph operation signal when this operation is detected; a hand used both to indicate information related to the reception process and information related to the measuring process; and an operating control unit that operates the chronograph unit in addition to the operating reception control unit, and controls operation of the hand that is indicating information related to the reception process to indicate the measured time, if the chronograph operation signal is input while the reception process is running.

A method for automatically correcting the time and/or the date for a self-correcting watch including at least one receiving member, at least one detecting member, and at least one processing unit for implementing the correction method. The correction method includes at least one step of receiving at least one datum, at least one step of detecting the wrong time and/or the wrong date and at least one step of correcting the time.

Provided is an electronic timepiece including: an antenna configured to receive a standard radio wave, a pointer, a motor configured to drive the pointer, a circuit board having a front surface mounted with a semiconductor device including an active region, and a magnetic shield plate disposed at a back surface side of the circuit board, the magnetic shield plate having a shape that overlaps at least a portion of the motor and does not overlap the active region of the semiconductor device in plan view as viewed in a direction orthogonal to the front surface of the circuit board.

A time correction system includes a timepiece, and an electronic device that corrects the time of the timepiece. The electronic device includes a display unit, a time data acquisition unit, a control unit that causes the display unit to display an instruction time of the electronic timepiece, based on the current time, and that calculates a time correction amount from a difference between the current time and the instruction time, and a light source that transmits the time correction amount to the electronic timepiece. The electronic timepiece includes an input unit that receives an operation input for correcting the time displayed by a display unit, a solar cell that receives the time correction amount from the electronic device, and a control circuit that corrects the time displayed by an indicating hand of the display unit, based on the time correction amount.