Credits: Article and images by Ian Skellern @ Quill & Pad. See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2024/06/11/pastorale-ii-by-chinese-independent-watchmaker-qin-gan-the-epitome-of-a-modern-dress-watch/
Qin Gan is a second-generation watchmaker, born in 1970 in Chongqing, a mountainous city west of the Southwest of China. His father was a respected local watchmaker and Qin Gan naturally developed an interest in the craft.
However, his father saw no future for Qin Gan in watchmaking due to the devastating quartz crisis that hit the industry at the time. As a result, he studied art and graphic design and started his career as a newspaper editor.
Even though he spent 30 years of his life working different jobs to make ends meet, Qin Gan never gave up on his passion – exploring and experimenting with precision clockwork mechanisms. He has always been actively participating in horological community, restoring watches and making his original timepieces.
In 2012, Qin Gan was appointed head watchmaker of Poly Hong Kong, taking charge of the auction house’s watches and their antique timepieces.
In 2017, Qin Gan registered his own eponymous brand and start making his first commercial model, the Pastorale, which he launched in 2021.
Building on that experience, Qin Gan has now launched his new model, the Pastorale II, which encompasses everything you want in an elegant dress watch made by an extremely talented independent watchmaker.
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Credits: Article and images by Ian Skellern @ Quill & Pad. See the original article here - https://quillandpad.com/2024/06/11/pastorale-ii-by-chinese-independent-watchmaker-qin-gan-the-epitome-of-a-modern-dress-watch/