Clocks: Stopwatches
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Before you begin a search to make a purchase among the assortment of stopwatches out there, you will want to seriously consider exactly what your wants and needs are. Are you buying it for athletic training where you will need to store hundreds of split times, or will something simpler do? Are you going to use it for a number of different purposes, or do you need one more tailored for a specific use?
Far from being over-analytical, these questions are very important when considering stopwatches in todays technologically advanced market. You will be able to find everything from digital watches with stopwatches built in, to ornate racehorse stopwatches that can run into the hundreds of dollars. Obviously some thought will be more than worth your time, and will help guarantee you end up with the right stopwatch.
Stopwatches and Their Capabilities
Mechanical stopwatches are the more classic kind, and operate with the minutes and hours hands that are familiar to us all. Although they tend to not be as precise as digital stopwatches, and considerable more prone to damage due to their intricate gears, they can commonly count as low as fifths of seconds. Mechanical stopwatches have the added drawback of not being able to store times in their memory.
Digital stopwatches compensate for the shortcomings of the mechanical cousins. They can be ultra-precise, dividing seconds by many orders of ten, and offer water-resistant, durable casings. They have the added benefit of being programmable for pacing applications, can store hundreds of split or lap times, and even interface with a personal computer given the right model.
Posted on: Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 1:51 pm 
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