Stepping motor control circuit and analog electronic timepiece

A stepping motor control circuit comprising:

• a rotation detecting unit which detects whether or not an induction signal which is generated due to the rotation of a rotor of a stepping motor exceeds a predetermined reference threshold voltage in a detection section having a plurality of sections;
• and
• a control unit which determines a rotation state of the stepping motor based on the section in which the induction signal which exceeds the reference threshold voltage is detected, and performs a drive control of the stepping motor based on a result of the determination, wherein
• the rotation detecting unit, at the time of detecting whether or not the induction signal exceeds the reference threshold voltage, detects whether or not the induction signal exceeds the reference threshold voltage in a predetermined section by inversing polarity of the induction signal, and
• the control unit determines the rotation state of the stepping motor based on a result of detection by the rotation detecting unit, and performs, based on a result of determination, the drive control of the stepping motor with any one of a plurality of main drive pulses which differ from each other in energy or a correction drive pulse having larger energy than the respective main drive pulses.