Doors wide open: view from the back of parked McLaren 570s supercars

5 Top Car Stories From Five Years Of Quill & Pad

Here are five supercharged car stories from the last five years that stand out for the extraordinary experiences that went along with them. We hope you enjoy reading them and looking at the photos. But above all, we hope you can hear those engines roaring.

Romain Gauthier Insight Micro Rotor Lady

5 Outstanding Watches For Women Introduced In 2018

Even though timepieces made for women can be quite uncreative, here are five particularly intelligent timepieces made especially for the female wrist and launched in 2018. Elizabeth Doerr thinks these five contain everything an aficionada would be looking for in a serious timepiece, so check them out!

Greubel Forsey Grande Sonnerie on the wrist of Stephen Forsey

Five Top Chiming Watch Stories From 5 Years Of Quill & Pad

Here are five of the most interesting stories about repeating timepieces posted on Quill & Pad in the last five years. We hope you enjoy reading them, looking at the photos, and even hearing their chimes for yourself in many cases.

Phenomen Axiom

Phenomen Axiom: A Touch Of Familiarity Mixed With Awesome

An exciting new brand and its first watch aren’t things that come along often. So when Joshua Munchow saw this watch by chance at Baselworld, he exclaimed “Ooh that’s cool!” and hustled over to speak with the gentleman manning the very small stand. The brand was Phenomen, and the watch was its first model, the Axiom. For him, the Axiom feels a little bit MB&F, a little bit Urwerk, and a whole lot of cool.

All gold on earth came from outer space

All Gold On Earth Came From A Big Bang (Not That One) In Outer Space – Reprise

The most common choice for classic dress watches has to be gold, but have you ever wondered where that gold originally came from? And by “originally” Ian Skellern isn’t referring to a gold mine on earth but the original source of the gold before it even arrived on our planet. Spoiler alert: it involves an explosion, a very big explosion!

Million-dollar baby: Patek Philippe Reference 3974P at Phillips Geneva, 2018

You Are There: 2018 November Geneva Watch Auctions And Grand Prix d’Horlogerie De Genève

As our regular readers know by now, GaryG and a few watch pals have made it a regular practice to trek to Geneva for each year’s November watch auction weekend, do some bidding, and perhaps return home with a treasure or two. This year was no exception, but with the bonus of him being a jury member of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève as well. Here Gary shares how it all played out.

IWC Ingenieur with black ceramic bezel

Focus On Technology: Plastics In Watches And Why We Are Likely To See More Of Them – Reprise

Exotic materials: love them or hate them? And where are you in regard to plastics, which are ever-increasingly appearing in wristwatch cases and movements? Here’s a recap of that story so far.

Cullen Vanya Margaret River cabernet sauvignon

Cullen Vanya Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon: Legitimate Claims On The Title ‘Most Elegant Wine Ever Made In Australia’

The price of $500 for a bottle of Cullen’s Vanya sets a new level for Australia’s Margaret River, but in international terms it is more than reasonable. But is it worth this money? Ken Gargett investigates.

Richard Mille RM 71-01 Tourbillon Talisman

Richard Mille RM 71-01 Tourbillon Talisman: A Triumph Of Minds, Materials, And Masterful Watchmaking

Richard Mille introduced its first in-house automatic tourbillon movement in 2018 – and against all expectations, it was housed in a watch made by a woman for women: the RM 71-01. And while this watch is about as technical and high-performance as it gets, it is simultaneously so beautiful it takes the breath away.

Tutima Patria Power Reserve

Tutima Patria Power Reserve: Pure Glashütte Elegance Powered By A Manufacture Movement

With the Patria collection first introduced in 2013, Tutima continued its noble tradition of offering the high-end Glashütte hallmarks of virtuoso craftsmanship combined with a sense of taste. In 2018, the royal Patria family received a worthy companion: the Patria Power Reserve. Sabine Zwettler reviews it here.