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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Best Two-Tone Watches of 2013

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Best Two-Tone Watches of 2013

A two-tone watch does not mean just any two tones. It means a white metal (usually steel), mixed with gold, either rose or yellow. Two-tone was originally introduced as a way of making watches, which were once all gold, more accessible, by mixing in steel. The look was prevalent in the early ’90s, as was quartz, before watches began their return toward mechanical movements and their ascent to luxury status. Today, the look is vintage and stylish, and far more interesting than the two-tone watches of the past. The white tone is still achieved with steel, but is also being READ MORE

At Auction: A Rolex Panerai?

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At Auction: A Rolex Panerai?

Panerai was originally a maker of precision instruments, as well as watches, but when the company set out to produce dive watches for the Italian Navy in the 1930s, it turned to Rolex for help. No watch brand at the time had yet cracked the code for water resistance, but Panerai knew that Rolex had gained a reputation for its research in the field of waterproof watches. Rolex had developed a screw-down crown, and agreed to supply Panerai with both crowns and movements. Throughout the 1940s and ’50s, Rolex continued to be the main supplier of watch movements and cases READ MORE

At Auction: The Antiquorum ONLY Watch Auction for Muscular Dystrophy

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At Auction: The Antiquorum ONLY Watch Auction for Muscular Dystrophy

The Antiquorum ONLY Watch Auction for Muscular Dystrophy is like the all-star game of watch auctions. Many of watchmaking’s elite watch brands donate special editions to the auction, held biennially to benefit the Monegasque Association against Muscular Dystrophies (AMM).  Antiquorum and AMM are organizing it together with the Monaco Yacht Show. Luc Pettavino, president of AMM, conceived the ONLY Watch Auction in 2005 to help find a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a debilitating neuromuscular disease that affects one boy in every 3,500.  Pettavino’s son, Paul, suffers from the disease. One hundred percent of the proceeds of the sale of READ MORE

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