THE WATCH WORN BACKWARDS

Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the USA, used to wear the watch backwards, with the dial facing the inside of the wrist. A behavior that remained very in vogue for several years, it is thought that it allowed to consult the watch without giving attention and not showing impatient, it prevented also the curious from understanding his choices in terms of watches.

Bruce Willis is also used to wear it upside down, a millimeter movement is enough for him to be able to tell us what time is it...Here, however, unlike President Carter, custom could be a legacy of the habit of having the seconds counted.

Whe show you here the first scenes of the film with the watch in reverse

John Wick, played by Keanu Reeves in the famous film, is added to the list, infact he usually wears

the watch on the contrary, a decision dictated by work needs since he is an expert hired assassin. You can see it in particular in the two scenes that we leave you here on the side:in the first he is intent on picking up the eight-month-old puppy that was given to him by his girlfriend; in the second one he is drinking a glass of whiskey.

Indeed, the practice of wearing the watch backwards starts from a double need for soldiers: consult the dial more quickly and protect the glass from damage.

It therefore becomes very useful especially to elite teams, where coordinated actions are the basis of their effectiveness but also to sharpshooters who can therefore watch the time while keeping the target under fire managing to coordinate the moment of the explosion of the blow.