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Paramedic stole James Gandolfini’s Rolex as he lay dying
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Posted on 05/17/2016 9:58:59 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

A paramedic has been accused of swiping James Gandolfini‘s $3,000 Rolex as he laid dying from a massive heart attack.

Claudio Bevilacqua, 43, allegedly stole the Submariner watch from “The Sopranos” star after he collapsed in the Boscolo Luxury Hotel Exedra in Rome during a family trip in June 2013, according to NBC News.

He was rushing Gandolfini to the hospital that night when the timepiece disappeared, though it is unclear if it vanished from his hotel room or while the actor was wearing it

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41 posted on 05/17/2016 11:47:01 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Was the watch found in his possession, or some proof found that he had it and sold it? Who else had access to Gandolfini as he was being treated and transported?


42 posted on 05/17/2016 11:51:09 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: Ted Grant

But once you get into nicer timepieces, the differences between a $ 20 watch, $200 watch, $2,000 watch and a $ 5,000 watch are very noticeable.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = =

Like they say

The only difference between a 5 dollar haircut and 200 dollar haircut is about 2 weeks.


43 posted on 05/17/2016 12:00:03 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)"Pols headstone- Please bury me not so deep so I can continue to fleece the sheep")
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To: Crusher138

I wear my dad’s, that he got in 1943.
It was a very inexpensive model.

When we were little kids living in Morocco on a SAC Air Force Base, my dad
was napping and my brother took the watch off of his bedside table,
put it on, and went to ride his bike.
He fell on his bike, and scratched up and broke the Rolex.

My dad never got it fixed, but did give it to my brother years later.
My brother never got it fixed, and does not care for watches.
I love watches and have many, so my brother gave it to me.

I had it fixed (primarily a new crystal and polish out any scratches).
It still keeps perfect time at 75 years old.
Perfect time.

Between the ears of a Rolex (behind the band attachments), one side
has the model number and the other side has the serial number.

I love it.


44 posted on 05/17/2016 12:01:40 PM PDT by Verbosus (/* No Comment */)
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To: xrmusn

Yeah, but this really is different.


45 posted on 05/17/2016 12:02:05 PM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: Ted Grant

It is.
I agree with your earlier post about being a working man’s luxury watch.
It was well said.


46 posted on 05/17/2016 12:05:17 PM PDT by Verbosus (/* No Comment */)
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To: xrmusn

If you’re haircut looks bad after 2 weeks you got ripped off even if it was only $5.


47 posted on 05/17/2016 12:05:29 PM PDT by discostu (Joan Crawford has risen from the grave)
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To: US_MilitaryRules

I assume the police did a full scale investigation.Most bank robbers don’t get 75K.


48 posted on 05/17/2016 12:19:52 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (Never be more than two steps away from your weapon.)
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To: discostu

If you’re haircut looks bad after 2 weeks you got ripped off even if it was only $5.
= = = = = = = = = =
I didn’t say it looked ‘bad’ I was inferring that in a couple of weeks it starts looking like it did when you started.

Or something like that...<: <: <:


49 posted on 05/17/2016 12:34:49 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)"Pols headstone- Please bury me not so deep so I can continue to fleece the sheep")
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To: xrmusn

Well it gets longer. But a good hair cut looks good all the way through to being longer than you like and getting cut again.


50 posted on 05/17/2016 12:36:02 PM PDT by discostu (Joan Crawford has risen from the grave)
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To: Trumpinator

They can be astronomical, but, at 3k, the ‘Submariner’ is at the ‘low end.’


51 posted on 05/17/2016 1:06:43 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: zeugma

Frankly I prefer the Omega watches. When NASA back at the beginning was looking for watch for the astronauts they asked all the major watch makers to submit their best and toughest Sport watches.

They put those watches through a series of very grueling tests, the only one that passed was the Omega Speedmaster and they have been the official watch ever since.

My dream model is the Omega Seamaster Chronograph, one of these days I will get one. about $2000 on the used market and about $3 to 5000 brand new.


52 posted on 05/17/2016 1:13:02 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: erkelly

Paramedics are paid so little - it is kind of scary how underpaid they are - almost unskilled labor levels.


53 posted on 05/17/2016 1:19:41 PM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said. youtube.com/watch?v=HZA9k7WAuiY)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Everyone should see his last movie “The Drop”. It was excellent. Gandolfini was at his best and Tom Hardy was phenomenal


54 posted on 05/17/2016 1:19:43 PM PDT by MattinNJ (It's over Johnny. The America you knew is gone. Denial serves no purpose.)
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To: JBW1949
"I have a Roledex...Is that close????"

Maybe better...depending upon whose numbers are in it.


55 posted on 05/17/2016 1:20:54 PM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: zeugma
It's recognised world wide as being a pretty liquid and valuable commodity. Such things have uses beyond mere timekeeping.

Pawn Stars episode!

56 posted on 05/17/2016 1:21:45 PM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said. youtube.com/watch?v=HZA9k7WAuiY)
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To: PLMerite

LOL.........:o)


57 posted on 05/17/2016 1:22:30 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

58 posted on 05/17/2016 1:26:13 PM PDT by freedomlover
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To: who_would_fardels_bear
The subsubmariner is called the Rolex Sea Dweller as it can go much deeper than the submariner. A couple of years ago Rolex introduced the Deep Sea Sea Dweller which can go down to 13000 ft. This is it.


59 posted on 05/17/2016 1:34:27 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Michigan Bowhunter

Translation: Bevilacqua = Drinkwater.


60 posted on 05/17/2016 2:00:47 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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