Logan Kuan Rao

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Self-taught independent Chinese watchmaker (trained in materials science), first covered by the watch press in 2017 at age 21. Makes almost all the components of his watches himself (movement, dial, hands, case) in his workshop, buying only the mainspring, jewels and hairspring from a supplier in northern China. Sources disagree on the exact location of his workshop (Guangzhou according to specialist watch press, Hong Kong according to another source) — this point could not be resolved.