An electronic timepiece includes: a measurement result obtaining section configured to obtain a measurement result of a display target item which is any measurement item among a plurality of measurement items; a display configured to display the measurement result of the display target item; and a display controller configured to cause the display to display the measurement result of the display target item during a display period that corresponds to the display target item, in which the display period is set in accordance with each of the plurality of measurement items.

A movement includes a driver having ON and OFF states, and outputting a drive signal to a coil of a motor, a lower limit detector detecting that a current flowing through the coil is less than a lower limit, a drive controller bringing the driver into the ON state based on a result of the lower limit detector, and bringing the driver into the OFF state based on an elapsed time from the ON state, a polarity switcher switching a polarity of the drive signal when an elapsed time from the OFF state of the driver satisfies a switching condition, and a drive stopper stopping driving of the driver when the OFF time satisfies a stopping condition.

An electronic timepiece of the present disclosure includes a first indicator wheel marked with numerals including a date, a second indicator wheel marked with a plurality of pieces of information, and a dial including a window configured to enable visual recognition of the numerals and the information. The electronic timepiece is configured to switch between a date display configured to use the numerals to display a date, and a function display obtained by combining the numerals and the information.

An electronic watch includes a hand, a driving mechanism that drives the hand, a hand position detection mechanism that detects that the hand is at a reference position, and a controller that, when a system reset is performed, performs first control processing of moving, by the driving mechanism, the hand in a first direction by a first number of steps, and subsequently performs second control processing of performing, by the hand position detection mechanism, a detection operation every time moving the hand in a second direction that is a direction opposite to the first direction.

An electronic watch including an exterior case including an opening, a crystal disposed in the opening, an hour hand and a minute hand that indicate the time of day, a dial including an indicium, a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure, and a controller configured to determine a water depth based on the output from the pressure sensor, indicate the water depth with the hour hand, and indicate an elapsed time with the minute hand, the elapsed time being time elapsed after the predetermined water depth value is exceeded.

An electronic timepiece includes: a first indicator and a second indicator that are configured to rotate in combination with each other; an operation receiver; and at least one processor. The processor sets a set position that is to be indicated by the second indicator according to an input operation received by the operation receiver. The processor causes the second indicator to temporarily stop rotating at a timing when the second indicator indicates the set position while the first indicator is rotating.

An electronic timepiece includes a dial, an indicating hand shaft passing through the dial and to which an hour hand is attached, a planar antenna overlapping a 12-o'clock line, a winding stem overlapping a 3-o'clock line, a battery disposed in a region bordered by a 9-o'clock to 3-o'clock line and including the 6-o'clock position on the dial, and a first motor driving a second hand, a second motor driving a minute hand, and a third motor driving the hour hand. The planar antenna, the winding stem, the battery, the first motor, the second motor, and the third motor do not overlap one another in a plan view, and one of the first, second, and third motor is disposed between the planar antenna and the winding stem.

A pointer controller includes at least one processor; and a display that includes a pointer. The at least one processor is configured to control the display so as to display an elapsed time, switching between (i) a first display mode for display of the elapsed time cumulatively by causing, upon resumption of display, movement of the pointer that inherits a previous display time and (ii) a second display mode for display of the elapsed time non-cumulatively by causing, upon resumption of display, movement of the pointer that does not inherit the previous display time. The movement of the pointer controlled by the at least one processor is such that the first display mode and the second display mode differ from each other in a way of movement that indicates how the pointer moves.

A watch component includes a first region including a first soft magnetic layer composed of a ferrite phase, a first non-magnetic layer composed of an austenized phase in which the ferrite phase is austenized, and a first mixed layer in which the ferrite phase and the austenized phase are mixed, the first mixed layer being formed between the first soft magnetic layer and the first non-magnetic layer, and a second region including a second non-magnetic layer composed of the austenized phase, the second non-magnetic layer having a thickness greater than that of the first non-magnetic layer.

A hand driving device includes first to third stepping motors, a driving circuit, a magnetic sensor, and at least one processor. The first to third stepping motors move hands. The driving circuit drives the first to third stepping motors. The processor controls a magnetic sensor, based on movement of the first to third stepping motors, determines whether or not the driving circuit has rotated the stepping motors while the magnetic sensor does not perform measurement, and, when determining that the motors have not rotated, makes the magnetic sensor start measurement.