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Former Hublot executive Marco Tedeschi took the reins as
CEO at independent watchmaker Roman Jerome in January.
Tedeschi began his career at Hublot in 2007 as Product
Director and subsequently served as Regional Director Middle
East & Africa.
Citizen promoted two of its own earlier this year to new mar-
keting positions. Ellen Seckler (far right) is the firm’s new Chief
Marketing Officer and Susan Chandler (right) is the new Chief
Merchandising Officer. Seckler now oversees the respective
marketing departments for all brands under the Citizen Watch
America umbrella (Citizen, Bulova, Frederique Constant, Alpina,
and Ateliers deMonaco) while Chandler will direct merchandis-
ing efforts for the Citizen and Bulova brands.
NOMOS WINS DESIGN AWARD
Nomos has received the iF Design Award for the seventh year in a row. The
winning product design is the Glashütte brand’s Metro Neomatik 39 Silvercut
(below), which was chosen from more than 6,400 entries. The watch is
equipped with the proprietary automatic movement DUW 3001 and was
designed by Mark Braun for Nomos Glashütte. “The tips of the hands resemble
the Empire State Building in New York; the diamond knurling on the crown is a
tribute to the watchmaking tools from Glashütte,” says the designer. You may
recall that the Nomos Tangente Neomatik Midnig ht Blue won the German-
based prize last year, and before it the Nomos Minimatik took the prize in 2016.
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