US 12,174,590 B2
Electronic watch
Takaya Masaki, Matsumoto (JP); and Kiyoto Takeda, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, (JP)
Filed by Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/645,367.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-212194 (JP), filed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0197223 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G04C 3/00 (2006.01); G04C 10/00 (2006.01)
CPC G04C 3/008 (2013.01) [G04C 10/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic watch, comprising:
a hand configured to indicate time;
a dial having a through hole through which a hand shaft configured to rotate the hand passes;
a movement including a motor configured to rotate the hand shaft, and a circuit electrically coupled to the motor;
a battery electrically coupled to the circuit and configured to supply power to the motor; and
a date indicator between the battery and the movement, wherein
the battery is disposed between the dial and the movement, and the battery has a first opening through which the hand shaft passes, and
in a plan view viewed from an axial direction of the hand shaft, a size of the battery is larger than an inside diameter of the date indicator.