Like what dubbleyew eight says. An anologue watch with a clear uncluttered dial, If you glance at it for a second or less you can "see" the time & remember the hands positions. A digital you have to "read" & understand a bunch of constantly changing numbers, which is a lot more difficult. However, I got a cheap £12 digital stopwatch which I made a clip for & it is fixed to the panel in front of me if I do need to time something & mostly is set to the time of day. At least a digital stopwatch will tell you that it has been, frinstance, 5 minutes 50 sec & not a guess at how many times has the thing been round the dial, unless you squint at the very small dial telling you revs.