A number of Timex digitals have repeating countdown timers. I have this one:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00093CZV0/ref=twister\_B01LXD76WJ?\_encoding=UTF8&th=1
I didn't mention Timex because I was only focusing on the BEST and most DIVERSE brand of digital watch, which is G-Shock. If you're looking for me to defend that, I will gladly.
I've owned two timex Ironmans, this one and this one. The first one broke in a month when I was hiking (the band pins snapped off when I slipped down a rock) and the second one I didn't like very much. The display is an awkward shape, the numbers are ugly and the icons for the alarm and stuff are in weird places. And all the timing functions and birthday functions are really just gimmicks.
I have owned several G-Shocks, ranging from the classic GW-5600e to the Riseman. None of these ever showed any wear, but I did end up selling 3 of them in order to buy a more expensive watch, a Suunto Core. All 7 of my G-Shocks have been very good looking-rugged, with good color and beautiful display layouts-and all of them have very useful features-like automatic EL and auto-start timers. The Riseman was a fantastic altimeter watch and my GW-9052 survived a 55 foot fall from a roof, hours of swimming in the ocean, and I kept it on 24-7 for nearly a year without it getting a single scratch. Both my Ironmans, on the other hand, had terrible plastic over the display that was hard to wash and easy to scratch.
Ironmans definitely have more functions, like turning off whole submenus and having date-specific alarms (which my Riseman had), but those don't make up for their poor design and poor durability, when compared with G-Shocks. And if you still think that the Ironman is a better watch, look at this and look at the dozens of G-Shock forums out there, and the few measly Timex forums.