Bush's Watch Stolen in Albanian Crowd?

Faisal Jawdat emails that Bruce Schneier thinks some Albanian pickpocket stole Bush's watch:

Schneier on Security: Bush's Watch Stolen?: Watch this video very carefully; it's President Bush working the crowds in Albania. 0.50 seconds into the clip, Bush has a watch. 1.04 seconds into the clip, he had a watch. The U.S. is denying that his watch was stolen: "Photographs showed Bush, surrounded by five bodyguards, putting his hands behind his back so one of the bodyguards could remove his watch." I simply don't see that in the video. Bush's arm is out in front of him during the entire nine seconds between those stills.

Look between 0:50 and 1:04:

Comments

[Dennis Szilak]

Coming soon on eBay? What's the bid?

[fmb]

Sure looked like he put his arm behind him just before the end of the 14 seconds cited.

[Kelly]

Well, I have a thought. Can you even begin to imagine GW Bush working a crowd like that in the good old USA?

[Guest]

Hmm, maybe Secret Service agents are trained for ultra-fast watch removal.

[christofay]

they love him, why doesn't he stay there?

[Esmeralda]

I dont ses anything either...Maybe his watch has a magical power to appear and disappear :)

[HBinBoston]

What's also notable is the audio with all the whistling. In Eastern Europe, unlike the US, the whistle is NOT a mark of approval, but the equivalent of booing.

[Faisal N. Jawdat]

From another angle it does seem he removed his own watch. I do wonder why the press office felt the need to make up an answer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rntPPNL2hTo

[Hackticus]

Poor man has to travel so far to feel loved.

[baileyman]

It appears to me the watch disappears shortly after entering the crowd, and there are two arms in particular to his lower right which appear to be handing off something small overhead. And through the crowd, numerous hands sliding along his forearms. Seems many people had the same idea. Ick, though.

[jerry]

Ironic: it's a Mickey Mouse watch.