During a burglary in Berlin, Germany, an Omega Speedmaster Professional was stolen and we ask you kindly to keep an eye out for it. Because it has some special markings, we hope that someone will recognize it and contact us in order to give it back to the rightful owner. It is an Omega Speedmaster Professional 145.022 from 1974 (so that would be a reference 145.022-71 or 145.022-74, depending on the exact production date). This watch is special, as it was given by the FIFA to those who participated in the Soccer World Championship in 1974 and bears the initials the initials of the receiver (W.T.) as well as the FIFA logo. The son of the receiver, who lost his dad at young age, had his initials engraved as well (C.T.). The watch was given to Werner Treichel, president of the DFB referee committee up to his early death in 1978. It is one of the few things that reminded the family, especially his son, about him. A watch that has a greater emotional value than can be expressed in money.
With your help, we hope to find this watch back and return it to the family. There is no box or papers with the watch (so no serial number can be given) as only the watch was presented at the time. We hope that the engraved initials and FIFA logo will do the trick. The son of Werner Treichel is not sure, but it might be that there was also “WM” engraved (Welt Meister which translates into “World Champion”) in the Speedmaster. However, if I look at the FIFA logo for 1974 (see above), it includes the “WM” abbreviation as well.

All engravings were done in the slope of the caseback, as it is a regular 145.022 Speedmaster Professional, most space on the caseback is taken by the “Flight-Qualified by NASA for all manned space missions” and “First watch worn on the Moon” engravings.

Unfortunately, there are no photos of this specific Moonwatch with engravings, but according to the family it was a Speedmaster Professional on a stainless steel bracelet.

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@Robert-Jan eyes will be open for this one.

@dsio the way I read the article, there are no photo's of the actual watch, just the description of the engravings. The watch pictured in the article is not the actual watch stole. RJ, can you clarify this. Thanks.

 

Correct, this image was used to show it is a 145.022 reference, for the not-so-experienced readers. However, in the meanwhile I've found an image of a watch that was also given to a referee in 1974 with almost identical engravings. Unfortunately the image is a bit small.

 

Serial?

 

This is the same watch, but not the one given to Werner Treichel. All referees and some other associated functions received this watch with WM74 engraving at the time.

 

sorry to hear this, a watch going missing with special meaning is terrible. Especially when the special meaning is of a loved lost one.