Analog electronic timepiece having train wheel setting lever

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EP 1 376 269 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	19.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/03

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	02.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/01

(21)	Application number: 03253729.2

(22)	Date of filing: 13.06.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G04B 27/00, G04C 3/14, G04F 7/08

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

18.06.2002 JP 2002176926

(71)	Applicant: Seiko Instruments Inc.
	Chiba-shi, Chiba (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Ono, Tamotsu, c/o Seiko Instruments Inc. Chiba-shi, Chiba (JP) Watanabe, Mamoru,c/o Seiko Instruments Inc. Chiba-shi, Chiba (JP) Shino, Yuichi,c/o Seiko Instruments Inc. Chiba-shi, Chiba (JP) Hirano, Kei,c/o Seiko Instruments Inc. Chiba-shi, Chiba (JP)

(74)	Representative: Sturt, Clifford Mark et al
	Miller Sturt Kenyon 9 John Street London WC1N 2ES London WC1N 2ES (GB)

(54)	Analog electronic timepiece having train wheel setting lever

(57) To provide a small-sized and thin analog electronic timepiece having a mechanism capable of firmly setting a train wheel for rotating a small second hand. An analog electronic timepiece includes a main plate, bridge members time information indicating wheels rotated about the centre of a main plate center, a small second wheel (434) rotated about a centre which is located outside the centre of the movement, a hand setting stem (110), a switching apparatus and a dial. The analog electronic timepiece includes a reset lever (140') constituted to be able to rotate by operating the switching apparatus when the hand setting stem (110) is pulled out to a first stage and a train wheel setting lever (440) constituted to linearly move based on rotation of the reset lever (140'). In a state of pulling out the hand setting stem (110) to the first stage, a train wheel setting lever (440) can set rotation of the small second wheel (434) or other wheel provided to rotate the small second wheel.

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