Alarm electronic timepiece

In an alarm electronic timepiece comprising an oscillating circuit for generating a high frequency reference signal, a frequency dividing circuit for dividing the reference signal into a low frequency time signal, a display device for displaying the present time in accordance with the time signal, an alarm counter for presetting a desired alarm time, a coincidence detecting circuit for detecting coincidence between a signal representative of the preset alarm time and a signal representative of present time and for generating an output signal when coincidence is detected, and a buzzer for generating an alarm sound in response to the output signal, the improvement comprising:

• means for generating the alarm sound at a time before the preset alarm time and at a sound volume which varies with the passage of time, said means including a subtraction circuit connected between said alarm counter and said coincidence detecting circuit, a ring counter connected to receive the output signal from said coincidence detecting circuit, and a modulation circuit connected to said ring counter for modulating the signal applied to said buzzer.