Display device

A hand display device with a hand for changeably displaying one display value of a first function and another display value of a second function, a dial having said hand attached therereto and graduations or symbols for said first function and second fucntion, respectively, and a driving means for said hand, said driving means comprising a first function signal generating circuit for generating a first function signal, and a second function signal generating circuit for generating a second function signal, a mode control circuit for generating a mode switching signal for changing from one display value of said first function to another display value of said second function, a drive control circuit for selectively producing mutually different drive control signals under a first function signal when said mode switching signal is in a first state and under a second function signal when said mode switching signal is in a second state, a drive circuit for producing a drive signal under said drive control signal, and a pulse motor for receiving said drive signal from said drive circuit and interlocking with said hand, said graduations or symbols for said first function and said graduations or symbols for said second function on said dial being arranged substantially not to occupy the same positions, and an occurrence time interval of said drive signal being controlled so that said hand stays at a position of a graduation or symbol corresponding to a selected function among said graduations or symbols for a relatively longer time than at a position of a graduation or symbol corresponding to an unselected function and so that said hand passes a position of a graduation or symbol corresponding to an unselected function in a relatively shorter time than a position of a graduation or symbol corresponding to a selected function.