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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Throwback Thursday: Cartier Santos

Throwback Thursday: Cartier Santos

Cartier is widely credited with having created the wristwatch in 1904, essentially as a custom order for Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont. A friend of Louis Cartier, Santos-Dumont wanted to have a watch attached to his wrist while flying so he could easily glance at what was then the only navigational instrument for pilots, amateurs and professionals alike. Others used pocket watches, which they had to yank out of their pockets to check their progress. Some strapped pocket watches to their legs, which strikes me as an odd alternative to the pocket, and others simple attached their watches somehow to the READ MORE

Throwback Thursday: The Zenith Type 20 and the Louis Blériot Watch

Throwback Thursday: The Zenith Type 20 and the Louis Blériot Watch

Zenith created watches for pilots beginning in the early 1900s, one of whom was famous aviator Louis Blériot, the first man to fly across the English Channel, in 1909. His navigational instrument of choice was a Zenith timepiece, about which he raved, “I am very satisfied with my Zenith watch that I generally use and I cannot but recommend it to all those with a concern for precision.” The watch Zenith had created for him was a forerunner of the brand’s iconic Type 20 pilot’s watch, which was developed  in the 1930s (launched in 1938) according to certain aviation standards: READ MORE

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