stopwatch

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Accordingly, it has a stopwatch and is water-resistant up to a certain depth, unlike more delicate and perhaps technically nicer-looking analog watches.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

While it’s quicker and faster than its predecessors, much of the focus seems to be on delivering emotional content rather than stopwatch performance—most obviously, in the presence and sonority of the engine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

If you could tear your eyes away from the screen enough to check a stopwatch, not one minute goes by without a flourish that’s either funny, ridiculous, stunning or emotional.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

"The MEC isn't acting like a really simple stopwatch that's necessary to track time in any simple circumstance," Bigus said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2024

Ted asked me after we swam a hundred-yard free and he didn’t like the time staring back at him on his stopwatch.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth