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Police investigate disappearance of L’Osteria founder’s luxury watch
Klaus Rader, the L’Osteria founder, died in a rally crash on Mallorca on October 9.
He was driving a Porsche on a mountain road between Pollença and Lluc when the car left the road and fell into a ravine.
His Austrian co-driver, rally driver Christina Ettel, survived with serious injuries.
Rader’s family reported that his Patek Philippe watch is missing, and Spain’s Civil Guard is investigating.
The watch is said to be worth more than €100,000, and witnesses reportedly saw him wearing it that morning.
Investigators are checking whether it was taken after the crash, including during the rescue work, but no one has been identified.
Parts of the wrecked Porsche were also reportedly taken, though police have not established any link to the missing watch.
Spanish police are investigating the disappearance of a Patek Philippe watch reportedly worth more than €100,000 that belonged to L’Osteria founder Klaus Rader.
Rader’s family reportedly filed a complaint with Spain’s Guardia Civil after the watch went missing following his fatal rally crash in Mallorca.
Witnesses reportedly saw him wearing the watch on the morning of 9 October, shortly before the crash.
Investigators are examining whether it was taken in the confusion after the accident or during rescue work.
- Who
- Klaus Rader, L’Osteria’s founder, owned the missing watch. His family reportedly filed a complaint.
- What
- Police are investigating the disappearance of a Patek Philippe watch reportedly worth more than €100,000.
- When
- The watch was reportedly seen on Rader on the morning of 9 October. The report was published on 8 November 2026.
- Where
- The watch went missing after Rader’s fatal rally crash in Mallorca, Spain.
- Why
- Investigators are examining whether the watch was taken after the crash or during rescue work.
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Witnesses reportedly saw Rader wearing the watch before he set off for the rally.
Rader’s car left the road near Mortitx in Mallorca and crashed into a ravine; Rader died and co-driver Christina Ettel was seriously injured.
Rader’s family and friends reportedly found the watch missing at the crash scene, and it was also absent when his body was recovered.
Bild reported that the family had filed a complaint and Spanish police were investigating the watch’s disappearance.
- Watch brand
- Patek Philippe
- Estimated value
- More than €100,000
- Date of crash
- 9 October
- Crash location
- Near Mortitx, Mallorca
- Rally car
- White Porsche 911 GT3 RS
- Co-driver
- Christina Ettel, 39