diff --git a/bash/.bashrc b/bash/.bashrc
index 56a6e3e..c635a7b 100644
--- a/bash/.bashrc
+++ b/bash/.bashrc
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ if [ -f /usr/share/fzf/shell/key-bindings.bash ]; then
     source /usr/share/fzf/shell/key-bindings.bash
 fi
 
+#this is a stopwatch function, call with: $ stopwatch
+stopwatch () {
+    date1=`date +%s`; while true; do echo -ne "$(date -u --date @$((`date +%s` - $date1)) +%H:%M:%S)\r"; done
+}
+
 n ()
 {
     # Block nesting of nnn in subshells