An electronic watch with a minute-repeater function wherein the strike is accompanied by characteristic movements of the hands. In a simple alternative embodiment, the watch comprises two independent hour and minute hands, driven by their own motor. When the minute-repeater function is activated, the two hands come first of all to 0, then return to their initial position making movements corresponding to each type of strike, hour strike=+1 hour, 15 minutes strike=+15 minutes, etc.

An electronic timepiece with indicator hands (100) having indicator hands capable of providing a variety of indications and capable of preventing unstable operation due to irregular movement of the indicator hand, which comprises: time hands (101, 102) showing time; first and second indicator hands (103, 104) provided separately from said time hands (101, 102); rotation means for reciprocally rotating said first and second indicator hands (103, 104) in directions opposite to each other within a predetermined range; and restricting means for restricting the range in which said first and second indicator hands (103, 104) can move. Where the indicator hands (103, 104) are rotating toward an outside of a restriction range due to impact or the like, the rotation is restricted by the restricting means.

A multi-functional electronic timepiece has a melody function to play a musical piece and musical hand operation function to operate hands in a normal or reverse rotating direction in match with the sound emission. A plurality of basic hand operation patterns are prepared in a ROM and a predetermined number of basic hand operation patterns are selected in accordance with pattern selecting data which is easily able to change by manufacturer or user to operate hands in match with various musical pieces.

An analog electronic timepiece having a function by use of which a plurality of predetermined times as well as a mode change can be visually informed so that they are easily understood by hand movement and sound generation. When a judgement circuit judges a predetermined condition of the timepiece, such as time coincidence with a preset alarm time and/or mode change, the judgement circuit outputs a starting signal of the hand movement and sound generation. An information signal generation circuit produces timing signals for driving the hands and generating sound in response to the starting signal. An information signal generating circuit outputs an operation generation signal to a motor driving circuit and/or a sound signal generating circuit according to preselected numbers of hand movement operation steps and frequencies of sound generation read out from an information operation storing circuit. Thus, the analog electronic timepiece can inform the predetermined condition of the timepiece not only an audible by sound but visually by movement of the hands.

A musical circle of fifths clock that allows a user to tell practical time as well as hear musical scales at the turn of each hour. The clock has a housing having a face portion and a rear surface. A music generator, positioned within the clock housing, stores the musical scales, and plays the appropriate scale at the turn of each hour. The face portion has an outer perimeter around which hour indicators are positioned. The hour indicators are represented by the tonic of different musical scales. When all of the hour indicators on the face portion are taken as a whole, a perfect circle of fifths is represented.