Movado chair dies at 77

PARAMUS, N.J. Gedalio Grinberg, founder and chairman of Movado Group, passed away on Jan. 4 at the age of 77.

Gedalio Grinberg was born in Cuba in 1931 and came to the United States in 1960 after Castro's takeover. Once in the U.S., he became the exclusive distributor for Piaget and Corum watches in the Americas and founded the North American Watch Company, which today is known as Movado Group.

Movado Group, Inc. designs, sources, and distributes Movado, Ebel, Concord, ESQ, Coach, Tommy Hilfiger, HUGO BOSS, Juicy Couture and Lacoste watches worldwide, and operates Movado boutiques and company stores in the United States.