Roberta Naas Roberta Naas is a veteran watch and jewelry journalist who began her career in the early 1980s, and was the first female watch journalist in the US. She is the editor and founder of the authoritative watch blog, A Timely Perspective, has written six books on watches, writes for numerous consumer publications – and always brings forth in her work the essence of what makes watches tick. She tirelessly travels the world in search of watch and jewelry news.