Chronograph wristwatch

Claim 1

An electronic timepiece comprising oscillator means for generating a relatively high frequency time standard signal; chronographic divider means coupled to said oscillator means and adapted to produce low frequency chronographic signals representative of elapsed time in response to said time standard signal; timekeeping divider means coupled to said oscillator means and adapted to produce low frequency timekeeping signals representative of present time in response to said time standard signal; first selector means coupled to said chronographic divider means for receiving said chronographic signals and to said timekeeping divider means for receiving said timekeeping signals, said first selector means having an output to which one of said chronographic signals or timekeeping signals are selectively applied; digital display means coupled to the output of said first selector means for displaying either elapsed or present time dependent on the signals applied to said first selector means; at least one manually operable control switch; and second selector means for selectively coupling said control switch to either said chronographic divider means or said timekeeping divider means, said divider means both being adapted for control by said control switch when coupled thereto by said second selector means, and a single, manually operable mode switch operably coupled to both said first and second selector means for coordinately setting said selector means so that said control switch is coupled to one of said divider means when said display means displays a time representative of the signal produced by said one divider means.