Electronic timepiece

An electronic watch provided with an electricity generating unit that generates the electric power required to drive the electronic watch, the electronic watch comprising:

• an electricity-generation detecting unit which outputs an electricity-generation detecting signal when it is detected that the electricity generating unit is generating electricity;
• a motor which rotates the hands;
• a waveform shaping unit which forms a driving pulse for carrying out a clocking operation;
• a pulse forming unit which forms a narrow pulse based on the electricity-generation detecting signal;
• and
• a motor driving unit which drives the motor based on the driving pulse and outputs a signal that notifies an electricity generating state of the electricity generating unit to outside based on the narrow pulse.

An electronic watch comprising:

• a motor which rotates the hands;
• an external operating member;
• an operation detecting unit which outputs an operation signal when the external operating member is operated;
• a waveform shaping unit which forms a driving pulse which carries out the clocking operation;
• a pulse forming unit which forms a narrow pulse based on the operation signal;
• and
• a motor driving unit which drives the motor based on the driving pulse, and which conducts a pulse signal having a width of such a degree that the motor is not driven, to a coil for driving the motor based on the narrow pulse.