External Timer Controlled by Watch

I don’t know where this belongs but hear me out.

i have been using my fénix 5 to track all kinds of activities for the past few years and I love it. Lately during the quarantine I have just begun to start using the “workouts” function which are awesome but seem buried and impractical to access. I can’t believe how long I had the app before I figured out how to use the tabata timer, and build other interval workouts.

in the quarantine I have been doing this workouts every day and tracking on my watch, but also relying on my watch to get me through the intervals as a timer.

One of my activities has been 20 mins of jumprope. I am finally to the point where I can usually do it unbroken. But I do end up curious about where I am in the workout. Would love to be able to see the clock without looking at my wrist... this is my point. If garmin could put a stop watch or timer in the connect app, that could be controlled from the watch, that would be incredible. I would likely use this daily if not multiple times per day. Let me start and pause the clock from my watch. And also let me see where the timer is so I can adjust accordingly.

Just an idea.

thanks,

JB