Disclosed is an electronic timepiece including a rotary switch (54b), a rotation detection unit (54) which detects a rotation of the rotary switch every time the rotary switch rotates for a predetermined rotation angle, a determination unit (46) which determines as a continuous detection when a number of times the rotation detection unit detects to rotation is a predetermined number of times or greater before a preset unit time have elapsed from a detection timing, the predetermined number of times being 2 or more and a control unit (46) which executes a predetermined function when the determination unit determines as the continuous detection.