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HOROLOGICAL NEWS
OTTOMANI IS NEW CEO
AT AUDEMARS PIGUET
NORTH AMERICA
Audemars Piguet’s North
American division has named
Patrick Ottomani as Chief
Executive Officer, replacing
Antonio Seward. Ottomani
comes to the brand after
serving as U.S. Managing
Director of Berluti USA.
Ottomani launched the brand in
the United States in 2005.
LISA JONES NAMED NEW PRESIDENT
OF PATEK PHILIPPE IN U.S.
Lisa Jones has replaced long-time Patek Philippe
U.S. president Larry Pettinelli, who has left the
company after more than three decades (eleven
of them as its president). Jones had been vice
president of Patek Philippe’s U.S. distributor,
officially called The Henri Stern Watch Agency, Inc.
Prior to joining Patek Philippe sixteen years ago,
Jones served as the vice president of a Geneva-
based auction house. Since joining Patek Philippe,
Jones held posts in public relations, sales and
marketing. “With her passion for our brand and her
understanding of the American market, Lisa Jones
is the right person to lead the company and sustain
the quality and innovation that has defined us all
these years,” says Hank Edelman, chairman of the
board at the Henri Stern Watch Agency.
IWC PARTNERS WITH TOM BRADY
IWC Schaffhausen has signed football legend Tom Brady as an ambassador. With six Super Bowl titles, four Super Bowl MVP
Awards, three League MVP Awards, and sixteen division titles, Brady is a world-class athlete who also owns several IWC watches,
among them a Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Top Gun Miramar and the Portugieser Perpetual Calendar.
“I am excited to be part of the IWC family and look forward to collaborating with their talented team to share the brand’s
unique heritage globally,” says Brady, who will work with IWC to design watches.
“Tom Brady is a world-class athlete with a sense of style and an appreciation for fine watchmaking,” says Christoph Grainger-
Herr, CEO of IWC. “Working with him will enable us to tell the IWC story to a growing audience, especially in the United States.”
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