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.

POSTS BY Carol Besler

Haute Watch of the Week: Vacheron Constantin Les Univers Infinis

This trilogy of enameled watches is the second installment of the Les Univers Infinis series, part of the Metiers d’Art collection. Les Univers Infinis is a tribute to Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher, an early 20th century artist who was fascinated with the technique known as tessellation: repeated graphic patterns. Escher was a gifted graphic artist, known for his mathematically inspired woodcuts and lithographs. His fascination with tessellation is represented on the dials of the Univers Infinis trio of watches, which are filled with perfectly interlocking repetitive motifs, thereby creating a world of optical illusion and perspective. They are created READ MORE

Throwback Thursday: Omega Speedmaster in Space

Throwback Thursday: Omega Speedmaster in Space

The Omega Speedmaster’s status as the first watch in space was not the result of any multi-million-dollar product placement deal. It was purely the choice of Astronaut Wally Schirra, who walked into a retail store in Houston shortly before the mission and picked out an Omega to wear in space. The 39.70mm watch had a brushed stainless steel case and was powered by the self-winding caliber 1861. The bezel had a black aluminum ring with a tachymeter scale. The mission, called the Mercury Atlas 8, was the fifth U.S. manned space mission, and took place in October 1962. Schirra orbited READ MORE

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