Manhattan time
On a warm autumn evening in Brisbane, champagne greeted guests at the door of the city’s newly opened Omega boutique. Inside, a gathering of Australia’s fashion set pored over the storied Swiss institution’s freshly unveiled Constellation Manhattan collection. Co-hosted by Omega ambassador Lindy Rama-Ellis, invitees, among them Toni Maticevski, Rebecca Vallance and Tanja Gacic, enjoyed a three-course meal prepared by chef William Wallace in an intimate candle-lit setting within the boutique’s dedicated event space. While relishing the Fraser Island spanner crab and a dessert of dark chocolate ganache with gold leaf, guests were introduced to the new features and modern design of the Manhattan classic: a signature of the watchmaking house worn and beloved by women around the world since 1982. The iconic style, revised to reflect its present-day appeal, was the centrepiece of the soiree, embodying Omega’s ethos to remain at the forefront of refined design and sophisticated technology.