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My Apple Watch does not show the watch face unless I press the Digital Crown button.

My Apple Watch does not show the watchface unless I press the Crown button. My watch is set up in the display for both always on and wake on wrist raise Is there something else I should be doing? It currently isn't much of a watch since it take two hands to what time it is. Thanks i advance for help!


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Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 8

Posted on Jun 1, 2022 1:34 PM

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Posted on Jul 2, 2022 10:52 AM

My watch had the theatre mode turned on but to my knowledge I did not turn it on. As soon as I turned it off my watch started opening with a wrist flip. It was annoying to always tap the crown or push the button. Thanks for the answer you provided.

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My Apple Watch does not show the watch face unless I press the Digital Crown button.

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