Built for the fastest man ever to run one lap of the track, this piece was made with Wayde van Niekerk, the South African sprinter who set the 400m world record at the Rio 2016 Olympics. Weighing just 32 grams, it ranks among the lightest automatic watches Richard Mille has ever made, so light it feels like the Flash borrowed it and forgot to give it back. Perfect for the collector who wants Olympic history on the wrist and lives life in the fast lane, from a front row seat at Wimbledon to a Sunday round of golf.

Presents itself in mint condition with little to no signs of wear. Carved from layer after layer of green and yellow Quartz TPT, the bezel and caseback swirl like the stripes on a Springbok rugby jersey, and no two pieces ever look the same. Set against black titanium, hand painted bridges in green, yellow, red, blue and white turn the open skeleton dial into a victory flag at the finish line. Sandwiched in between, a matte black Carbon TPT caseband keeps the profile just 7.8mm thin, so it slides under a shirt cuff as easily as it does a sweatband.

Functions include hours and minutes. Inside beats the in-house CRMA7 automatic movement, wound by a rotor made of Carbon TPT and white gold, with about 50 hours of power reserve and 30 meters of water resistance. Found at 3 o’clock, the five spoke titanium crown with its green hexagon grip and yellow rings is a push and pull crown that does not screw down. If it has been resting for more than a month, leave the crown pushed in and turn it forward about 40 times to fully wind, then pull it out one click, turn it to set the glowing lume-filled hands to the correct time, and push it back in. Slipping it on is just as easy, since the green elastic strap stretches over the hand with no buckle at all.

Comes as a full set, boxed with warranty documentation.

Few watches carry the story of an Olympic champion this boldly. Born from a partnership made for athletes who push the hardest, it looks just as good at a black tie gala as it does in a Formula 1 paddock. For the collector who wants the story, the speed and the style all at once, the starting gun has already fired.