Stepping motor and timepiece

A timepiece, comprising:

• a stepping motor which comprises
• a rotor;
• a stator including
• a rotor accommodating hole to accommodate the rotor;
• a pair of outer notches to determine positions of saturated magnetic fluxes;
• and
• inner notches disposed on an inner periphery of the stator around the rotor accommodating hole, the inner notches determining stably stationary positions of the rotor;
• and
• a coil block configured by a coil wound around a coil core which is magnetically coupled to the stator,
• hands;
• and
• a gear train mechanism which is coupled with the hands and which is driven by rotation of the stepping motor,
• wherein
• in the stepping motor, the outer notches are disposed on an outer periphery of the stator on opposite sides of the rotor accommodating hole, and a line that connects narrowest portions between the outer notches and the rotor accommodating hole and extends through a center of the rotor accommodating hole shifts by a predetermined angle from a line that extends through the center of the rotor accommodating hole and is orthogonal to an extending direction of the stator.