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.
Couture timekeeping: Dior heeds the principles of haute couture
When so-called Fashion watches were introduced in the 1980s, they were cheap and flashy, with quartz movements and producers that churned them out according to license agreements with various fashion brands. When the renaissance in mechanical watchmaking took hold in the 1990s, however, quartz watches were relegated to the background, high-quality finishing began to take on a new importance, and the term “fashion watch” became pejorative. This creates confusion when it comes to defining the watches made by top fashion houses that, today, produce their own watches, and some their own movements, in Switzerland, which rival or surpass the quality READ MORE
