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As the Salon de Haute Horlogerie watch show celebrates its Silver Anniversary in Geneva, Switzerland, IWC Schaffhausen CEO George Kern hosted a star-studded gala dinner Tuesday night. Traditionally the high-point of the week-long event, this year’s IWC ‘Journey To The Stars’ Gala dinner was remarkably understated… but not under-attended by A listers!
![IWC at SIHH 2015, Geneva](https://cdn.luxist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/AP232144702192-779x1020.jpg)
Actors, models and race car drivers — like Christoph Waltz, Karolina Kurkova, Emily Blunt, Adriana Lima, Zhou Xun, Lewis Hamilton, Dev Pael and Nico Rosberg — all appeared with punctuality to fete 25 years of the Salon de Haute Horlogerie and the 75th anniversary of IWC’s bestselling Portuguese watch range.
![Emily Blunt and Christoph Waltz](https://cdn.luxist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/AP657909268308-1020x616.jpg)
German actor Moritz Bleibtreu took over as Master of Ceremonies for the first time from event regular Kevin Spacey (not in attendance), leading attendees though a history of watches, dubbed the “celestial origins of time.” Illusionists and Chinese drummers served as entertainment before a featured presentation from Mick Hucknall (Faces frontman, formerly of Simply Red) singing “If You Don’t Know Me By Now.”
![Christoph Waltz, Karolina Kurkova, Emily Blunt, Adriana Lima, Zhou Xun and IWC Schaffhausen CEO George Kern](https://cdn.luxist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/AP726428595667-1020x702.jpg)
![IWC at SIHH 2015, Geneva](https://cdn.luxist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/AP270273354582-1020x698.jpg)
All images courtesy Photopress for IWC via AP Images.
Kate Michael is a Writer, Emcee, On-Camera Host and Fashion/Commercial Model. Follow her at @kstreetkate