Carol Besler

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.

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Haute Watch of the Week: Zenith Pilot Montre d’Aéronef Type 20

By Carol Besler
Haute Watch of the Week: Zenith Pilot Montre d’Aéronef Type 20

Zenith celebrates its heritage as a maker of pilot’s watches this year, with several introductions in the Montre D’Aéronef (“onboard watch”) Type 20 collection. One of these, the new Pilot Montre d’Aéronef Type 20, is especially appealing for its combination of heritage and modern elements. It contains the El Primero 4054 B movement, distinguished by an annual calendar mechanism that comprises just nine moving parts, whereas most calendars require 30 or 40. This is a positive step forward in chronometry since fewer moving parts means less friction and a more reliable movement. Zenith created watches for pilots in the 1930s READ MORE

Haute Watch of the Week: Glashütte Original PanoLunar Tourbillon

By Carol Besler
Haute Watch of the Week: Glashütte Original PanoLunar Tourbillon

The PanoLunar flying tourbillon is part of the brand’s Art & Technik collection of high complications, reinterpretations of watchmaking’s most important inventions. This latest wonder of micro-engineering is a flying tourbillon – one that is cantilevered on a bottom anchor only, leaving the top open for a better view). Functions that include hours, minutes, seconds (the blue-tipped hand on the tourbillon cage), date window and indexed moonphase indicator. The watchmakers at Glashütte Original have made an effort to enhance the chronometry of the classic mechanism, building an escapement that features an oscillating system with eight regulating screws and 12 weighted READ MORE

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