Driving arrangement for quartz vibrator timepieces

Claim 1

A timepiece comprising time keeping oscillator means including a quartz vibrator for producing a high frequency signal; divider means for dividing said high frequency signal to a low frequency timing signal; waveform shaping circuit means for forming a low frequency pulse signal from said timing signal; pulse motor means; motor driver circuit means responsive to said low frequency pulse signal for driving said pulse motor; makeswitch means coupled to said divider and waveform shaping circuit means for presetting thereof in response to the operation of said make-switch, said divider and waveform shaping circuit means being adapted to produce said low frequency pulse signal immediately after said make-switch is opened, said motor driver circuit means including main circuit means operatively coupled to said waveform shaping circuit means for driving said pulse motor in response to said low frequency pulse signal and sub-circuit means coupled to said make-switch and said pulse motor means, said sub-circuit means including monostable multivibrator means triggered by the closing of said make-switch to apply a driving pulse to said pulse motor.