Timekeeping - digital timer

Obviously the first thing you should have is a digital timer.  Whilst many quartz wrist watches have a stopwatch function, often with two or more memory functions and recall, the button operation is often very imprecise, and therefore not recommended. The ideal timer will have the capacity to take and store 100 times. Such timers can be obtained through various websites: www.neuff.co.uk, www.hssports.co.uk, www.habdirect.co.uk.

Multi-memory timers are available in a variety of combinations, and are priced accordingly. Two or three rows of display to give split, lap times and running watch time, with 8, 10, 12, 30, 100 or even 300 memory capacity.  Some recall times only when the timer is stopped, others have the facility to recall recorded times whilst the timer is still running.  All have their particular uses and the Seiko 100 Lap/Split Memory timers are very popular with top graded timekeepers.  It is important that you get to know all the operations of your timer and their sequences, so that you can work it instinctively.  The basic operations are the same:

• Press the start button to start the timer.
• Press the lap/split button to record the required number of times (a counter display shows how many times you have taken).
• Press the stop button for the last time and stop. A separate button is pressed to recall the times in sequence.
• When all the times are noted, press the lap/split button to clear. With some timers the recorded times are retained in the memory and can be
  recalled as often as required until such time as the timer is started again.