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.
Ladies Watches Come of Age
As someone who has covered the ladies’ watch market since it exploded in the early 2000s, I have never been so inspired by the previews so far of ladies’ pieces being introduced in Basel later this month. Ladies watches went through three stages: first came smaller versions of men’s watches; then came hyperfeminine colors, including five years of nothing but pink; next, we saw giant, fully gem-set watches with multiple-complications, which I always suspected were really being bought by men. Now, everything has calmed down. The Basel previews reveal some great everyday watches with elite but useful movements and respectable READ MORE
