On the evening of the Watches & Wonders exhibition’s opening, IWC hosted a gala dinner for around 250 guests to mark the launch of its new Portofino Midsize collection. Among the guests present were celebrity photographer Peter Lindberg, actresses Zhou Xun and Cate Blanchett, and supermodel Karolina Kurkova. Earlier in the year the four, along with Ewan McGregor, Christoph Waltz, Emily Blunt, and Adriana Lima, had collaborated on a photoshoot to help launch the collection. The series of stills are now making their way around the world as the “Timeless Portofino” exhibition, which is due to reach Dubai on 15 October. 

Earlier in the day, the “Timeless Portofino” exhibition had been launched to coincide with the opening of Watches & Wonders

Cate Blanchett admiring the products of the project

Zhou Xun on the red carpet

Cate Blanchett on the red carpet

Peter Lindbergh, Cate Blanchett and IWC CEO Georges Kern on the red carpet

The gala event, which was held at the Grand Hyatt

Peter Lindbergh at the gala event