Abstract: The method according to the invention is applicable to motors comprising a magnetized rotor having two diametrically opposed poles, a stator making up a magnetic circuit having saturable constricted portions and a coil coupled magnetically to the stator. The method consists in applying to the coil an electric pulse, in measuring a control current (I'.sub.01, I'.sub.02) generated within the coil by the electric pulse at the end of a control time interval (t'.sub.o -t.sub.i) and in comparing the control current with a reference current (I.sub.r), the sign of this comparison being representative of the position of the rotor. In order to take into account the variations in the characteristics of the motor with time, the control time interval (t'.sub.o -t'.sub.i) is readjusted periodically by means of first and second electric pulses of a learning signal applied to the coil. The first pulse of this signal generates within the coil a first current (I.sub.1) which reaches the reference current (I.sub.