Few years back, a sports watch was nothing, but a digital watch with a timer included. But, now there are sports watches that suit a wide range of women's sporting activities, such as diving, running, sailing, backpacking, climbing, mountaineering, biking, kayaking, snowboarding, skiing and swimming.

When selecting a style, it is important to make sure that the watch not only looks good on the wrist, but also has the capabilities that one needs. These must support:

A Stopwatch Chronograph with large, clear digits that is readable at arm’s length
Lap Memory Storage - to record training data to enter in training diary
Countdown Timer or Interval Timer feature, preferably with varying length time intervals for timed intervals

After these, we must think of other areas, that provide additional benefits to performance athletes and those who treat training more than a casual past-time, such as Heart Rate Monitor Features, Speed and Distance Tracking Capability, Computer Interfacing and Software, Session History Recording Capacity and Value For Money.