diff --git a/ring.go b/ring.go
index aa47543..1fd0a72 100644
--- a/ring.go
+++ b/ring.go
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ func (c *ringShards) Heartbeat(frequency time.Duration) {
 func (c *ringShards) rebalance() {
 	hash := newConsistentHash(c.opt)
 	var shardsNum int
+	c.mu.Lock()
 	for name, shard := range c.shards {
 		if shard.IsUp() {
 			hash.Add(name)
@@ -282,7 +283,6 @@ func (c *ringShards) rebalance() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	c.mu.Lock()
 	c.hash = hash
 	c.len = shardsNum
 	c.mu.Unlock()
@@ -653,6 +653,39 @@ func (c *Ring) Close() error {
 	return c.shards.Close()
 }
 
+func (c *Ring) Watch(fn func(*Tx) error, keys ...string) error {
+	if len(keys) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("redis: Watch requires at least one key")
+	}
+
+	var shards []*ringShard
+	for _, key := range keys {
+		if key != "" {
+			shard, err := c.shards.GetByKey(hashtag.Key(key))
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			shards = append(shards, shard)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(shards) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("redis: Watch requires at least one shard")
+	}
+
+	if len(shards) > 1 {
+		for _, shard := range shards[1:] {
+			if shard.Client != shards[0].Client {
+				err := fmt.Errorf("redis: Watch requires all keys to be in the same shard")
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return shards[0].Client.Watch(fn, keys...)
+}
+
 func newConsistentHash(opt *RingOptions) *consistenthash.Map {
 	return consistenthash.New(opt.HashReplicas, consistenthash.Hash(opt.Hash))
 }
diff --git a/ring_test.go b/ring_test.go
index 1f5bf0d..4ff0898 100644
--- a/ring_test.go
+++ b/ring_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package redis_test
 import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"strconv"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis"
@@ -186,3 +189,263 @@ var _ = Describe("empty Redis Ring", func() {
 		Expect(err).To(MatchError("redis: all ring shards are down"))
 	})
 })
+
+var _ = Describe("Ring watch", func() {
+	const heartbeat = 100 * time.Millisecond
+
+	var ring *redis.Ring
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		opt := redisRingOptions()
+		opt.HeartbeatFrequency = heartbeat
+		ring = redis.NewRing(opt)
+
+		err := ring.ForEachShard(func(cl *redis.Client) error {
+			return cl.FlushDB().Err()
+		})
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+	})
+
+	AfterEach(func() {
+		Expect(ring.Close()).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+	})
+
+	It("should Watch", func() {
+		var incr func(string) error
+
+		// Transactionally increments key using GET and SET commands.
+		incr = func(key string) error {
+			err := ring.Watch(func(tx *redis.Tx) error {
+				n, err := tx.Get(key).Int64()
+				if err != nil && err != redis.Nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				_, err = tx.Pipelined(func(pipe redis.Pipeliner) error {
+					pipe.Set(key, strconv.FormatInt(n+1, 10), 0)
+					return nil
+				})
+				return err
+			}, key)
+			if err == redis.TxFailedErr {
+				return incr(key)
+			}
+			return err
+		}
+
+		var wg sync.WaitGroup
+		for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func() {
+				defer GinkgoRecover()
+				defer wg.Done()
+
+				err := incr("key")
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			}()
+		}
+		wg.Wait()
+
+		n, err := ring.Get("key").Int64()
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(n).To(Equal(int64(100)))
+	})
+
+	It("should discard", func() {
+		err := ring.Watch(func(tx *redis.Tx) error {
+			cmds, err := tx.Pipelined(func(pipe redis.Pipeliner) error {
+				pipe.Set("key1", "hello1", 0)
+				pipe.Discard()
+				pipe.Set("key2", "hello2", 0)
+				return nil
+			})
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(cmds).To(HaveLen(1))
+			return err
+		}, "key1", "key2")
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		get := ring.Get("key1")
+		Expect(get.Err()).To(Equal(redis.Nil))
+		Expect(get.Val()).To(Equal(""))
+
+		get = ring.Get("key2")
+		Expect(get.Err()).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(get.Val()).To(Equal("hello2"))
+	})
+
+	It("returns no error when there are no commands", func() {
+		err := ring.Watch(func(tx *redis.Tx) error {
+			_, err := tx.Pipelined(func(redis.Pipeliner) error { return nil })
+			return err
+		}, "key")
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		v, err := ring.Ping().Result()
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(v).To(Equal("PONG"))
+	})
+
+	It("should exec bulks", func() {
+		const N = 20000
+
+		err := ring.Watch(func(tx *redis.Tx) error {
+			cmds, err := tx.Pipelined(func(pipe redis.Pipeliner) error {
+				for i := 0; i < N; i++ {
+					pipe.Incr("key")
+				}
+				return nil
+			})
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(len(cmds)).To(Equal(N))
+			for _, cmd := range cmds {
+				Expect(cmd.Err()).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			}
+			return err
+		}, "key")
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		num, err := ring.Get("key").Int64()
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(num).To(Equal(int64(N)))
+	})
+
+	It("should Watch/Unwatch", func() {
+		var C, N int
+
+		err := ring.Set("key", "0", 0).Err()
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		perform(C, func(id int) {
+			for i := 0; i < N; i++ {
+				err := ring.Watch(func(tx *redis.Tx) error {
+					val, err := tx.Get("key").Result()
+					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+					Expect(val).NotTo(Equal(redis.Nil))
+
+					num, err := strconv.ParseInt(val, 10, 64)
+					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+					cmds, err := tx.Pipelined(func(pipe redis.Pipeliner) error {
+						pipe.Set("key", strconv.FormatInt(num+1, 10), 0)
+						return nil
+					})
+					Expect(cmds).To(HaveLen(1))
+					return err
+				}, "key")
+				if err == redis.TxFailedErr {
+					i--
+					continue
+				}
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			}
+		})
+
+		val, err := ring.Get("key").Int64()
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(val).To(Equal(int64(C * N)))
+	})
+
+	It("should close Tx without closing the client", func() {
+		err := ring.Watch(func(tx *redis.Tx) error {
+			_, err := tx.Pipelined(func(pipe redis.Pipeliner) error {
+				pipe.Ping()
+				return nil
+			})
+			return err
+		}, "key")
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		Expect(ring.Ping().Err()).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+	})
+
+	It("respects max size on multi", func() {
+		perform(1000, func(id int) {
+			var ping *redis.StatusCmd
+
+			err := ring.Watch(func(tx *redis.Tx) error {
+				cmds, err := tx.Pipelined(func(pipe redis.Pipeliner) error {
+					ping = pipe.Ping()
+					return nil
+				})
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				Expect(cmds).To(HaveLen(1))
+				return err
+			}, "key")
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+			Expect(ping.Err()).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(ping.Val()).To(Equal("PONG"))
+		})
+
+		ring.ForEachShard(func(cl *redis.Client) error {
+			pool := cl.Pool()
+			Expect(pool.Len()).To(BeNumerically("<=", 10))
+			Expect(pool.IdleLen()).To(BeNumerically("<=", 10))
+			Expect(pool.Len()).To(Equal(pool.IdleLen()))
+
+			return nil
+		})
+	})
+})
+
+var _ = Describe("Ring Tx timeout", func() {
+	const heartbeat = 100 * time.Millisecond
+
+	var ring *redis.Ring
+
+	AfterEach(func() {
+		_ = ring.Close()
+	})
+
+	testTimeout := func() {
+		It("Tx timeouts", func() {
+			err := ring.Watch(func(tx *redis.Tx) error {
+				return tx.Ping().Err()
+			}, "foo")
+			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(err.(net.Error).Timeout()).To(BeTrue())
+		})
+
+		It("Tx Pipeline timeouts", func() {
+			err := ring.Watch(func(tx *redis.Tx) error {
+				_, err := tx.Pipelined(func(pipe redis.Pipeliner) error {
+					pipe.Ping()
+					return nil
+				})
+				return err
+			}, "foo")
+			Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(err.(net.Error).Timeout()).To(BeTrue())
+		})
+	}
+
+	const pause = 5 * time.Second
+
+	Context("read/write timeout", func() {
+		BeforeEach(func() {
+			opt := redisRingOptions()
+			opt.ReadTimeout = 250 * time.Millisecond
+			opt.WriteTimeout = 250 * time.Millisecond
+			opt.HeartbeatFrequency = heartbeat
+			ring = redis.NewRing(opt)
+
+			err := ring.ForEachShard(func(client *redis.Client) error {
+				return client.ClientPause(pause).Err()
+			})
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+		})
+
+		AfterEach(func() {
+			_ = ring.ForEachShard(func(client *redis.Client) error {
+				defer GinkgoRecover()
+				Eventually(func() error {
+					return client.Ping().Err()
+				}, 2*pause).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
+				return nil
+			})
+		})
+
+		testTimeout()
+	})
+})