Setting up a stop watch

Hi, could somebody please help me with setting up a stopwatch in my program to count time? I've attached my VI and it includes my attempt at trying to set up a stopwatch. The problem is that it is counting but my program doesn't seem to stop and data is aqcuired when the VI is run once. SO I'm not getting continuous data acquisition. Also, I can't seem to stop the program. I have to abort it. I would really appreciate anyone's help on this.
Thanks
Attachments:
single channel, CV, amp v8.vi ‏875 KB

Hello,
thank you for your suggestions. I have made the changes and tidied up my block diagram. The stop watch works now but the only issue now is that the interface just displays the results the first time round the data is acquired i.e. when the Vi is run the first time round. The reason why I had put everything in a loop was because everytime a new set of data was acquired, the interface would display the results and save all the data that is acquired not only the first set.. Now, I can only save and display the first set of data. Any suggestions to this issue wil be appreciated. I've attached the modified Vi.
Thanks
Attachments:
single channel, CV, amp v9.vi ‏873 KB

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