Abstract: A digital electronic timepiece which comprises an oscillator circuit providing a relatively high frequency signal, a frequency divider dividing down the relatively high frequency signal to provide a first low frequency signal representative of the count of one second and a second low frequency signal higher in frequency than the first low frequency signal and representative of the count less than one second, a first counter responsive to the first low frequency signal to provide time and calendar information signals; and an additional data signal a second counter responsive to the second low frequency signal to provide output signals representative of the count less than one second, first display means for displaying time and calendar data in response to the time and calendar information signals, second display means composed of a plurality of display segments for displaying data representative of the count less than one second in step-wise fashion in response to the output signals from the second counter, sa

Abstract: A time striking device for a timepiece including an electric time striking means, an electric contact means electrically controlling the operation of the time striking means, a time striking selecting cam plate synchronously rotating with a time indicating gear train to control the electric contact means in a state capable of closing circuit action at the striking time, a one-minute cam plate synchronously rotating with the time indicating gear train to control the electric contact means in a state capable of closing circuit action at one minute interval, a one-minute control lever transmitting contact point control force of the one-minute cam plate to the moving contact plates of the electric contact means.

Abstract: A slip mechanism for a timepiece comprises a rotational shaft having a pinion, a gear and a spring wherein the rotational shaft has a flange for supporting the gear, a mounting portion formed adjacent the surface of the flange for rotatably mounting the gear and slots formed above the mounting portion for engagement with the spring. The slots coact with recessed portions of the spring for preventing the spring from rotating with respect to the shaft.

Abstract: The disclosed is an electronic timepiece which has storage circuits for respectively storing data regarding a variety of times such as an alarm time for different operating modes, stop watch, timer, etc., a data processing circuit commonly provided for all the storage circuits for executing various time processes, and a control circuit for controlling a mutual transfer of the data between the respective storage circuits and the data processing circuit to selectively process the various times. Accordingly, this timepiece can process a large number of times without increasing the number of the time processing circuits.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece with an alarm device, having a digital display unit for indication of the actual time and a memorized time of alarm, and an analog display unit driven by a stepping motor. In such a timepiece, the alarm signal is produced from signals delivered by the frequency divider and is transmitted to an electroacoustic transducer when coincidence exists between the time as measured by the timepiece and the memorized time of alarm. During the signal, the consumption of current is relatively high and is further increased when a driving pulse of the stepping motor is superimposed upon the alarm signal. Such a peak of current is undesirable because the magnetic field produced by the excitation coil of the electroacoustic transducer may disturb the correct functioning of the motor.A solution to this problem is to shift the alarm pulses in time with respect to the driving pulses so that they never appear simultaneously.

Abstract: A system for performing frequency division of a high frequency signal by intermittent operation of a frequency dividing counter circuit and by a phase lock loop circuit, in which phase lock is periodically achieved with an output of the counter circuit. Phase lock loop circuit is of novel design which provides exact phase lock without cyclic variations from the reference phase.

Abstract: A watch movement construction has a time dial and a base plate having its one surface fixedly supporting the time dial and including a central region and first and second marginal regions. A wheel train mechanism is disposed in the central region of said base plate substantially in the same plane as the base plate. An electro-mechanical transducer is disposed in the first marginal region of the base plate substantially in the same plane as the wheel train mechanism. An electronic circuit section includes a circuit substrate and a plurality of electronic components disposed in the second marginal region of the base plate substantially in the same plane as the wheel train mechanism and the electro-mechanical transducer.

Abstract: A day disk cooperates with a storage of mechanical energy via a seven-position Maltese mechanism. A Maltese cross of said mechanism is rigidly coupled to and coaxial with the day disk. A transfer pin of the Maltese cross is set on an intermediate gear of the storage. A driven disk includes a projection for the transfer of a toothed date ring. The locking surfaces of the Maltese cross lock on the driven disk. Provision is made of a free unloaded lever with one arm locking in position the date ring and the other arm of said lever resting against the projections of the Maltese cross, thereby relieving the moment of load of the calendar device on the gear train and improving the reliability of the timepiece.

Abstract: A watch module construction including a liquid crystal display cell of a polygonal profile in plan, with one internal angle of the profile being in the range 180 degrees to 360 degrees, and an analog display device including time indicating hands. A cell support frame is disposed on one side of each of a base plate and a circuit board aligned substantially on the same plane as the base plate. The cell support frame has a first recess in which the liquid crystal display cell is disposed, and a second recess in which the time indicating hands are disposed. An IC chip is mounted on the other side of the circuit board in substantially axial alignment with the display cell, and a wheel train mechanism is disposed on the other side of the base plate in substantially axial alignment with the time indicating hands.

Abstract: The small-sized electronic timepiece comprises a casing susceptible to turn ntirely on itself in a support in order to expose in a first position an analog display and in a second position a digital display. The support is constituted by a rectangular plate two opposed edges of which have upwardly extending wing portion, the wristband or any other fastening system being fixed in the neighborhood of said wing portions. The casing is adapted to slide parallel to said wing portions from one edge to the other of the plate and to effect its turning movement in at least a third extreme position, the latter permitting an easier replacement of an energy source.

Abstract: The Dual Timer invented makes use of two fluid-type timers arranged perpendicularly to each other in a simply designed hinged mechanism to measure and control playing time in concentration games such as Scrabble, chess and checkers. The mechanism has no moving mechanical parts and is manually operated.

Abstract: An electronic digital timepiece having standard timekeeping, stopwatch, and timer functions, and a weekdays display section composed of a plurality of display segments selectively activated to indicate the day of the week in the standard timekeeping display mode, and which are rapidly and sequentially activated in a predetermined direction when operation is performed in a stopwatch mode, and are rapidly and sequentially activated in the opposite direction when operation is performed in the timer mode of operation, to indicate the type of operation mode.

Abstract: A structure for fixing a watchglass of a watch case, which comprises a watchglass fixing member having a ring-shaped recess and a flange formed at an upper portion of said recess, a watchglass having an outer diametric surface formed with an inclined guiding surface below said outer diametric surface, and a synthetic resin ring disposed in said recess of said watchglass fixing member and sandwiched between said recess and said watchglass and having a protrusion formed when said watchglass is press fitted into said synthetic resin ring, said protrusion serving as means for retaining said watchglass in a fixed place.

Abstract: This invention relates to a battery powered electronic wristwatch having a time changing device accommodated in a recess in the base plate of the watch which device operatively is connected to the adjustment shaft manipulatable externally of the watch casing to alter the position of the hands of the watch. The time changing device includes a pivotable setting lever which cooperates with the adjustment shaft and a spring for controlling the movement of the setting lever. A fixed body portion of the spring has a portion of its periphery shaped so as to conform to a peripheral portion of a base recess for accommodating the watch battery.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece having liquid crystal or light-emitting diode display elements provides a logic network for flickering a part or all segments of the display element at a plurality of repetition rates and duty cycles, whereby additional intelligence associated with the repetition rate and duty cycle is conveyed by the display element. The logic network gives priority of display to any one preselected supplemental flickering intelligence function when there is a coincident demand for more than one supplemental function for display. Flickering draws attention to the supplemental intelligence contained in an otherwise continuous display.

Abstract: A watch includes a piezoelectric wafer mounted on a membrane held by its peripheral edge inside a watch caseback. A frequency adjustment device mounted in the caseback includes a rotatable arm contacting the membrane and movable to adjust the resonant frequency of the membrane and piezoelectric crystal vibrating assembly. The frequency of the piezoelectric transducer may be adjusted to match a desired frequency of an electrical or sound signal.

Abstract: A watch/calculator is disclosed which employs a hold circuit to hold clock incrementing pulses when data from the clock is transferred to calculator circuitry or an arithmetic operation is performed on the data. When the time data is returned from the calculator circuitry to the clock circuitry or the arithmetic operation is completed, the hold circuit releases any held incrementing signal so that an increment signal is not lost, even when the time data is momentarily out of the clock circuitry in the calculator circuitry or other operations are being performed on the time data. Thus, when the time data is returned to the clock circuitry or the operation is completed, the data is incremented or updated as it would have been normally.

Abstract: Electronic watch comprising electronic circuits provided for the measurement and the display of the time which are also partly used in order to provide a sequence of different states of the indication of an additional display circuit, an additional control circuit being controlled by a player in such a way as to interrupt the sequence of different states as a function of the instantaneous state of the additional display and of the adroitness of the player.

Abstract: A dual display timepiece employs a stepping motor capable of rotation in sense for driving hour and minute hands in an analogue display and an electronic digital display for displaying other information (second, date, chronograph, etc.). In order to facilitate hour hand corrections a logic circuit is provided which permits the user to enter the nature (positive or negative) and the amount of correction desired into the digital display. Following such entry the hour hand is corrected automatically by application of N.times.Y higher than normal frequency signals to the analogue display, where N corresponds to the number of signals required to effect a one hour or half hour correction and Y corresponds to the correction entered by the user.

Abstract: An electronic timepiece which makes use of a lithium battery having a high electric power capacity is disclosed. The timepiece comprises in combination a voltage converter and a voltage detection circuit. The output signal delivered from the voltage detection circuit causes the output voltage from the voltage converter to change in response to the battery voltage so as to reduce electric power consumed by electric circuits.