A wristwatch includes a first motor that drives a first hour hand, a first control circuit electrically coupled to the first motor and outputting a first motor drive signal, and a second control circuit electrically coupled to the first motor and outputting a second motor drive signal. When the first control circuit outputs the first motor drive signal, the second control circuit is in a high impedance state to the input of the first motor drive signal, and when the second control circuit outputs the second motor drive signal, the first control circuit is in the high impedance state to the input of the second motor drive signal.

Provided is an electronic timepiece capable of suppressing variation in the drive speed of a rotor, and driving a motor at a constant speed. The electronic timepiece has a driver; a controller that controls the driver to the on state or the off state according to a current flowing through a coil of a motor; a detection signal output device configured to output a detection signal when the on time or the off time, which are the continuous time of the on state and off state of the driver, meets a specific condition; a reference signal output device that outputs a reference signal used as a reference of a drive speed of the motor; and a drive cycle adjuster that compares the output timing of the detection signal and the reference signal, shortens the drive cycle when the detection signal is output after the reference signal, and when the detection signal is output before the reference signal, lengthens the drive cycle of the motor.

A method for controlling an electronic watch includes a first pointing hand, a first motor configured to move the first pointing hand, a second pointing hand, a second motor configured to move the second pointing hand, a pressure sensor configured to measure pressure, and a mode indication unit configured to indicate a mode, and when detecting start of diving based on a pressure measured by the pressure sensor, control is performed on the first motor and the second motor to indicate with the first pointing hand a water depth estimated from the pressure and indicate with the second pointing hand a time period of diving for which timing is started after detecting the start of diving, and when the water depth is indicated with the first pointing hand, with a plurality of modes with different indication resolutions being provided, the selected mode is indicated on the mode indication unit.

A mobile device includes a drive unit for which correspondence between a command that is input and a drive signal that is output to an operation unit is predetermined, and a controller configured to output the command to the drive unit and cause the operation unit to operate. The controller includes a storage unit storing therein a user program including script language and outputs the command in accordance with the user program.

An analogue display watch (10) including an electronic horological movement including a first and a second electric motor (13, 14) kinematically connected respectively to an hour hand (15) and to a minute hand (16), the electric motors being power supplied by an electric accumulator (12), the horological movement also comprising an integrated circuit (17) connected to the motors and to a control member (18), the watch (10) being characterised in that the integrated circuit (17) is configured so as to control, when the control member (18) is requested by a user, the first and the second electric motor (13, 14) to rotate the hour (15) and minute (16) hands at an angular speed of displacement of six degrees per second, and in such a way that they are disposed so as to be collinear and that they are superimposed on each other.

An electronic timepiece includes a first display section including a first rotatable part and a processor. In the first display section, a predetermined number of display contents being a same display content is simultaneously displayed at predetermined angle intervals in a rotation angle range of the first rotatable part, wherein the predetermined number is two or more. The first display section makes a display pattern that shows change in the display content appear the predetermined number of times cyclically according to rotation of the first rotatable part. When causing the first display section to display a first display content of first display contents included in the display pattern, the processor selects an angular position from angular positions for the first display content in the predetermined number of display patterns, and causes the first rotatable part to rotate to the selected angular position.

An electronic watch includes a display surface, a magnetic sensor including a first detection axis and a second detection axis orthogonal to the first detection axis, with the first detection axis and the second detection axis being disposed in a plane parallel to the display surface, a correction unit configured to correct an error due to an offset magnetic field included in a detection value of the magnetic sensor, a calculation unit configured to calculate a bearing and magnetic intensity, based on a value acquired by correcting the detection value by the correction unit, and a display unit configured to cause the display surface to display the bearing and the magnetic intensity that are calculated by the calculation unit to be displayed.

Provided is a movement enabling easily providing an indicator position detection mechanism in a movement enabling changing the locations of an indicator by changing the configuration of a wheel train. The movement includes an indicator wheel to which an indicator is attached; a motor that drives the indicator wheel; a detection wheel train used to detect a position of the indicator; and a main plate to which the indicator wheel, the motor, and the detection wheel train are disposed. The main plate is configured to enable selectively disposing the indicator wheel to a first position or a second position that is different from the first position. The detection wheel train is disposed to the same position whether the indicator wheel is disposed to the first position or the second position.

A timepiece includes a first motor having a rotor for rotating a hour hand, and a first train wheel group having a wheel gear rotating based on rotation of the rotor. The first train wheel group includes a third intermediate hour pinion, a first intermediate hour pinion, a twenty four hour wheel gear having a first reference load unit disposed to mesh with the third intermediate hour pinion so that a load received by the rotor fluctuates in a case where the twenty four hour wheel gear meshes with the third intermediate hour pinion, and rotating at a first reduction ratio with respect to the rotor, and a second intermediate hour wheel gear having a second reference load unit disposed to mesh with the first intermediate hour pinion so that the load received by the rotor fluctuates in a case where the second intermediate hour wheel gear meshes with the first intermediate hour pinion, and rotating at a second reduction ratio lower than the first reduction ratio with respect to the rotor.

A movement includes a first wheel which includes a wheel main body which is configured by a resin material and a metal layer which is configured by a metal material and is provided on an outer surface of the wheel main body, and a second wheel which is configured by a metal material, in which the movement transmits a drive force of an electric motor module which is driven using a battery as an electrical power source.