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AWA elects new officers, directors

Oct 11, 2011

Washington--Jon Omer, president of DeWitt Watches, was elected to his third term as chairman of the board of director of the American Watch Association (AWA), the organization announced recently.

AWA held its elections at its Oct. 4 board meeting in New York City. Also chosen that day were a full slate of officers and directors.

The officers are: David Perlman of Citizen, first vice president; Michael Elms of Rolex, second vice president; Michael Benavente of Gucci, treasurer; and Michael Kaplan of Rocket Redbox, secretary.

The members of the board of directors are Benavente; Beatrice de Quervain Blanchard of Hublot; Henry Edelman of Patek Philippe; Elms; Martin Gatins of Cartier; Neal Gordon of Swatch; Martin Gormley of Seiko; Mark Hruschka of Chopard; Ronald Jackson of Franck Muller; Steven Kaiser of Kaiser Time; Kaplan; Timothy Michno of Movado; Omer; Stacie Orloff of Bell & Ross; Perlman;Dennis Perry of Bulova and Thierry Prissert of Breitling.

The AWA is Washington-based organization for those involved in the watch industry here in the United States.

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