On the occasion of the 2022 Laureus World Sports Awards held in Seville, Spain, last Sunday, IWC Schaffhausen unveiled the Portofino Chronograph 39 Edition Laureus Sport For Good, limited to 1,000 pieces.
Each year the prestigious awards honour the greatest sportsmen, sportswomen and teams. Award winners are voted for by the ultimate sporting jury, Laureus World Sports Academy, a collective of 71 of the greatest living sporting legends who volunteer their time to support the organisation.
Founding patron Nelson Mandela said at the first ever Laureus Awards in 2000: "Sport has the power to change the world."
The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation uses the power of sport to end violence, discrimination and disadvantage, in order to transform people's lives. Since its inception, it has reached and helped change the lives of more than 6 million children and young people, and currently supports more than 250 programmes in over 50 countries.
Its works aim to address six key social issues identified by the UN: health, education, women and girls, employability, inclusive society and peaceful society.
Each year IWC organises a drawing competition within Laureus programmes. This year's winner, 15-year-old Jatin Malhan is a goalkeeper from the Youth Football Club Rurka Kalan in the Jalandhar district of Punjab, India. He participated in a programme that empowers and inspires young people to drive change in their communities, promoting tolerance, community spirit and gender equality through sport and education.
His drawing depicting hands united together as equals has been engraved on the case back of the Portofino Chronograph 39 Edition Laureus Sport For Good housed in a stainless steel case with the dial in the typical Laureus blue contrasting with the rhodium-plated hands and appliques.
The model is the 16th special edition, following IWC's collaboration with Laureus Sport for Good, to support the latter's charitable undertakings around the world.
