Why isn't it rude to look at your smartwatch?

Okay, if you're Gen X or older, you grew up with watches to tell time. And not just tell time, but to keep your time. You were just as (more?) likely to hear, in the 70s and 80s, someone ask, "What time do you have?" than "What time is it?" because everyone acknowledged that, unless you had the Naval Observatory clock on the phone, that you could be a few minutes off. During a meeting, you could…