A stepping motor may include a rotor having a rotation shaft and a permanent magnet, a fixed body having a cylindrical stator provided with a plurality of pole teeth so as to face the permanent magnet, an urging member which urges the rotor toward one side in a motor axial line direction, a supported face of the rotor which faces the one side in the motor axial line direction, and a support face of the fixed body which slidably supports the supported face of the rotor on the one side with respect to the supported face. When a first sliding load which is a total sliding load applied to the rotor is “Ta”, a detent torque acted on the rotor is “Td”, and a dynamic torque acted on the rotor by the stator is “Te”, then “Ta”, “Td” and “Te” satisfy the following expression: “Td”