The favourites did it! Since Sunday evening, the US WNT has been football world champion for the fourth time. The team under trainer Jill Ellis were favourites even before the World Cup started and after their quarter-final victory against hosts France, hardly anyone had any doubts anymore that the American team would prevail. However, the win was in no way an easy one. ‘The pressure on us was huge’, said US star Megan Rapinoe.
Even before their fourth World Cup victory, the women’s national team of the United States was already the most successful national team in the world in women’s football. They have been world champion three times, Olympic champion four times and winner of the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup an impressive seven times. In addition to Germany and Norway, the USA is the only country that has been Olympic champion, world champion and continental champion.
The Calibre 201.1
Discover everything about the heart of the Women's World Cup SOCCER WATCH.
Tech Specs
Movement
Manufactory calibre 201.1, manual winding, regulated in five positions
Special features
Grossmann balance; hand setting override and start of movement with lateral pusher; space-saving modified Glashütte stopwork with backlash; adjustment with Grossmann micrometer screw on cantilevered balance cock; pillar movement with 2/3 plate and pillars made of untreated German silver; separately removable clutch winding mechanism; stop seconds for hand setting
Functions
Hours and minutes, stop second, Grossmann manual winder with pusher
No. of parts
187
Jewels
20
Escapement
Lever escapement
Oscillator
Shock-resistant Grossmann balance with 4 inertia screws and
poising screws, Nivarox 1 balance spring
Balance
14.2 mm, frequency: 18,000 semi-oscillations per hour
Power reserve
42 hours when fully wound
Operating elements
Crown to wind the watch and set the time, pusher to start the watch
Case dimensions
Diameter: 41.0 mm, height: 11.35 mm
Movement dimensions
Diameter: 36.4 mm, height: 5.0 mm
Case
Three-part, precious metal
Dial
Six-part, black, indices filled with grey Hy-Ceram, Soccer flat polished
Hands
Manually crafted, in polished steel with HyCeram filling
Crystal/display back
Sapphire crystal, antireflective coating on one side
Strap
Hand-stitched alligator leather with prong buckle in blackened stainless steel