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One more question, Why would you touch your watch when reading the time? Both Bush and Biden did that? Is that some elitist thing?

I take it you don't wear suits and long sleeve dress shirts very often. They're pushing the end of the sleeve away from the face of the watch, so that they can read it.

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They’re pushing the end of the sleeve away from the face of the watch, so that they can read it.

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back in the old days, looking at the watch was also the occasion to wind the watch stem.