Time events with a stopwatch on Apple Watch

Time events with accuracy and ease. Apple Watch can time full events (up to 11 hours, 55 minutes) and keep track of lap or split times, then show the results as a list, a graph, or live on your watch face. The Chronograph and Chronograph Pro watch faces have the stopwatch built in.

Open and choose a stopwatch

Open the Stopwatch app on your Apple Watch, or tap the stopwatch on your watch face (if you’ve added it or you’re using the Chronograph or Chronograph Pro watch face).
To choose a different format, turn the Digital Crown.
You can choose Analog, Hybrid, or Digital.

Three kinds of stopwatches in the Stopwatch app: An analog stopwatch, a hybrid stopwatch that shows time in both analog and digital forms, and a digital stopwatch with a lap counter. Each watch has start and reset buttons.

Start, stop, and reset the stopwatch

Open the Stopwatch app on your Apple Watch, turn the Digital Crown to choose a format, then do any of the following:

Start: Tap .
Record a lap: Tap .
Record the final time: Tap .
Reset the stopwatch: With the stopwatch stopped, tap .

The timing continues even if you switch back to the watch face or open other apps.

Review results on the display you used for timing, or change displays to analyze your lap times and fastest/slowest laps (marked with green and red) in the format you prefer.

Analog stopwatch screen. Tap the right button to start and stop it, and the left button to record lap times.

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Time events with a stopwatch on Apple Watch

Open and choose a stopwatch

Start, stop, and reset the stopwatch