Watch face of soldier taking first title in ring (7)
I believe the answer is:
digital
'watch face' is the definition.
'digital' can be an answer for 'watch' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'face' bit.
'soldier taking first title in ring' is the wordplay.
'soldier' becomes 'gi' (government issue or general issue).
'taking first title' becomes 't' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'ring' becomes 'dial' (I've seen this before).
'gi'+'t'='git'
'git' going within 'dial' is 'DIGITAL'.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for digital that I've seen before include "Of watch, showing time in numbers" , "computerised?" , "numerical information" , "Opposite of analogue" , "Sort of radio" .)