![]() ![]() CENĮmails seeking comment from Hublot weren’t immediately returned.īut an employee at the Hublot boutique on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue told The Post, “It is possible someone has a Hublot watch worth $800,000.” Surveillance footage shows someone snatching Seth Bernstein’s watch in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter. ![]() The police spokesman couldn’t confirm which model watch Bernstein said was stolen, but said Hublot told cops it was No. “The reality is that there is information in this gentleman’s statement about the value of the watch that is out of step with reality,” she added. Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Imagesīut after being given the watch’s serial number, Swiss watchmaker Hublot told investigators that the watch “is actually worth 43,000 euros,” or about $44,700, the police spokeswoman said. Former charter-jet operator Seth Bernstein is accused of lying to Spanish authorities about the value of his stolen watch. His claim led Spanish media to report that the June 8 incident in the city’s Gothic Quarter, a popular tourist destination, marked the most lucrative watch heist in Barcelona history. “And so, it would be up to an investigating judge to determine whether any further action should be taken along those lines.”įormer charter-jet operator Seth Bernstein told cops that the timepiece ripped from his wrist in a dramatic, caught-on-camera robbery in Barcelona was worth 800,000 euros, or about $830,000, the spokeswoman said.īernstein, 46, of Longwood, Florida, has denied providing the police with any false information. “We’ve simply recorded this man’s statement and filed a report to a duty court and haven’t done anything else in terms of, for instance, accusing him of making a false statement,” the spokeswoman for the Mossos d’Esquadra in Catalonia said. Michelle Obama joins Springsteen to sing ‘Glory Days’ - but knows only few lyricsĮlite mountaineer emerges from cave after nearly 1.5 years undergroundĪ Spanish judge may decide whether a wealthy American tourist gets charged with filing a false report over the theft of his watch - which cops claim is only worth a fraction of the $800,000 -plus he told them, a police spokeswoman said Wednesday. Amber Heard ‘has quit Hollywood’ after Johnny Depp battle: reportĪncient monastery built hundreds of years ago finally visible after ‘exceptional’ drought leaves reservoir empty
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