Carol Besler has written about watches for more than 20 years. From 1990 to 2005 she was editor and publisher of Canadian Jeweller magazine, while contributing regularly to several other publications, including International Watch, Robb Report, Patek Philippe Magazine, Financial Post and Worth. From 2006 to 2009 she was editor of the ladies edition of International Watch and remains a regular contributor to International Watch, Journal Haute Horlogerie, Haute Living, Watch Journal, Robb Report, Fashion Magazine, The New York Times (Watch Your Time), Sharp For Men, The Book For Men, Nuvo, Experience (for Bombardier) and the custom magazines about watches and jewelry published by Tufts Communications.
Haute Watch of the Week: Cartier Rotonde Earth and Moon Tourbillon
This beautiful timepiece gets points for best use of lapis lazuli in a timepiece and extra double points for presenting the moon phase indication in a way that departs from the traditional gold sun on a blue disc that moves under a window on the dial. The display on this dial is utterly unique, with the phase of the moon shown on demand when the user presses the push-piece at two o’clock. The lapis lazuli stone disk emerges from its hiding place under the Roman numeral IIII to cover the tourbillon aperture in a way that represents the phase of READ MORE
