Talk:Stopwatch

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—Yamara ✉  15:59, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Lab function in stopwatch
Beside telling us a time, does stopwatch have more ability that can be used in laboratory? --Kunananya (talk). —Preceding undated comment added 12:44, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Accuracy
What about accuracy of stopwatches, this information would be useful if anybody had something on it.

I have already added the information about error on using stopwatch so if there is anything wrong, please let me know and feel free to edit my work--Kunananya (talk).

1/100 Minute Stopwatches
I have a number of 1/100 minute stopwatches, all made by Meylan. A full circle of the second hand is 60s long, but the dial is marked from 0 to 100. Who uses these 'metric' stopwatches?


 * maybe it can measure centiseconds?


 * Decimal systems was en vogue for work studies in the 60s - 80s, see Decimal_time - either as "industrial minutes/seconds" (1/100 resp. 1/10.000 of an hour) or as minutes and hundreths of minutes, as in your case. 84.148.28.92 (talk) 18:19, 14 April 2014 (UTC)

Article Structure
For something that quite a few people should visit, the article lacks certain qualities. For instance, where are the references? I see none. Additionally there is a link at the bottom labeled "supplier of stopwatches". This should be removed! (And I have done). It seems to be nothing more than blatant advertising of products. The site contained no information on stopwatches and therefore is not of value to this article. Jiminizer (talk) 12:39, 31 January 2009 (UTC) I have also moved the link to the Timers article from external links to related articles. Jiminizer (talk) 12:42, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

First electronic sports timer
I question the "1971" date as the first implementation of an electronic timer in sports. For example, see this reference to an IBM electronic timer system implemented in 1963 for a downhill skiing competition. Mickey what a pity (talk) 12:30, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Stopwatch Animation
Is it useful to have the stopwatch animation as it currently stands? I think the variable timing of the animation takes away from it's purpose. Abc03833 (talk) 01:31, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

History
Anybody able to write a history section? I was rather surprised to come across the word in Tristram Shandy and later find it in the OED cited even from a 1740 source. --Droigheann (talk) 13:33, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Stopwatch
A large digital version of a stopwatch designed for viewing at a distance, as in a sports stadium, is called a stop clock. In manual timing, the clock is started and stopped by a person pressing a button. In fully automatic time, both starting and stopping are triggered automatically, by sensors. large digital version of a stopwatch designed for viewing at a distance, as in a sports stadium, is called a stop clock. In manual timing, the clock is started and stopped by a person pressing a button. In fully automatic time, both starting and stopping are triggered automatically, by sensors. 157.37.140.4 (talk) 16:43, 9 December 2023 (UTC)