Quite literally launched alongside Armand "Mondo" Duplantis' world record, 6.25-meter vault pole vault at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Omega has unveiled a new Seamaster Aqua Terra 150m Ultra Light bearing the colours of the Swedish flag.

While I applaud the manually-wound, lightweight, titanium caliber 8928 and can appreciate why Duplantis would favour a recessed crown like that, with a 72-hour power reserve, I can't help but be reticent about how tedious this timepiece must be to wind.

The bright colourway and Olympic provenance are reminiscent of the lightweight, Richard Mille RM-38 that Yohan Blake wore alongside his world-record-setting teammate, Usain Bolt, at the 2012 London Olympics. Unlike Blake, however, Duplantis won't face the threat of being levied a half-million dollar fine for wearing his ultralight timepiece, thanks to Omega's keystone prominence as the Official Timekeeper of the Olympic Games.