The invention provides an electronic timepiece which is low in power consumption and can quickly receive a satellite signal. The technical scheme is that a GPS watch is provided with a GPS receiving part (10) arranged for capturing the satellite signal from a GPS satellite, receiving the captured satellite signal and acquiring information according to the received satellite signal, a timepiece control part (20) arranged for displaying and controlling the acquired information, a generated energy detection circuit (36) and a shell vibration detection part (22) arranged for detecting the receiving environment for the satellite signal, an initial threshold setting unit (151) arranged for setting an initial value of a signal receiving threshold of the signal strength of the satellite signal captured by a base band part (13) according to the detected receiving environment, and a threshold changing unit (152) arranged for reducing the signal receiving threshold according to related times, wherein the GPS receiving part (10) captures the satellite signal having the signal strength more than the signal receiving threshold and receives the captured satellite signal.