Wayde van Niekerk receives a watch worth R1.6-million

The 400m world champion has scored an ambassadorship role with Richard Mille.

The role came into fruition shortly after van Niekerk broke records at the Olympics in Rio last year. 

The custom-made watch, the RM 67-02, is all about comfort and weighs only 32 grams.

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It is officially the lightest automatic watch in the Richard Mille collection.

It's the watch van Niekerk wore when he won the 400m final at the IAAF World Championships in London on Sunday, 6 August.

This model is now also already available at retail, where it may be purchased for $120,500 - a whopping R1.6-million in local currency.

The Richard Mille website says the non-slip and hyper elastic qualities of the strap allow it to perfectly fit each wrist by adapting to individual morphology.

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Tennis star Rafael Nadal also wears a Richard Mille when on the court.

Van Niekerk made world history in June when he became the first man in history to go sub-10 for 100m, sub-20 for 200m, sub-31 for 300m and sub-44 for 400m, according to the International Association of Athletics Federations.

It happened when van Niekerk set a new world record in the little-run 300m at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

In July, the Olympic gold medalist clinched the 400m title at the Diamond League Series in Lausanne, Switzerland.

He did it in a time of 43.62s, a new meeting record.

Just last week, van Niekerk took silver in the 200m final in London.