Breitling the luxury Swiss watch brand, best-known for its pilot’s watches, has had a change at the top. Long time president Marie Bodman, one of the most successful watches executives in a male-dominated industry, is returning to Breitling’s world headquarters in Grenchen, Switzerland, says the company, “to support sales growth globally.”

Replacing her is Philippe Bonay, a watch industry veteran who spent the last five and a half years as president of the Panerai USA, overseeing that watch brand’s U.S. growth. Prior to that, he spent four years at Richemont in a senior marketing role for Piaget and Baume Mercier in Hong Kong and then for Piaget and Panerai in the United States.

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