Month: February 2022

In addition to being utterly obsessed with high-end, mechanical watches of the Swiss variety, Quill & Pad’s regular reader Quentin ...

“What are you rebelling against?” Marlon Brando was asked in the 1953 movie The Wild One. “What have you got?” ...

In 2019 I had the great pleasure of visiting Australian-turned-American horological wizard David Walter in his California atelier to learn ...

When it comes to a watch model distinguishing itself from the rest of its family thanks to a famous namesake, ...

Twenty-five years – a quarter of a century – is a long time. But it’s not that long for a ...

2020 was a leap year because 2020 is evenly divisible by four. But not every year divisible by four is ...

Sake. To most Westerners, it is a drink shrouded in mystery. Rice wine? Japanese spirits? All the same thing? Must ...

After many emails and a pandemic that has lasted much longer than expected, it finally worked out: I had a ...

While a conventional three-hand watch with date will have a numbers wheel underneath the dial painted with a single ring ...

Many years ago, on my first visit to Jerez and environs, I had an appointment to visit what was to ...