Haute horography is both an art and a science. Beautiful design, top-notch craftsmanship and precision engineering come together to create a watch that will stand the test of time (pun intended). Lovers of quality timepieces will understand that it is not just about telling the time – it is also a celebration of the fusion of beauty and technology!

Whether you are an aspiring designer looking to break into the prestigious luxury watch-making industry or just on the lookout for a gorgeous new watch, these contests hosted by Azimuth and Bell & Ross respectively will make your dream come true.

Azimuth National Day Watch 2011 Design Competition
The avant-garde watchmaker is opening up its doors and inviting fresh, innovative young minds to try their hands at designing its National Day 2011 watch. Following in the brand’s tradition of striving for the unprecedented, contestants’ design submissions will be judged on originality, uniqueness and of course, how appropriate they are to the theme of our nation’s independence day.

If you are aged 16 and above and are enrolled in an educational institute as of 1 January 2011, get your creative juices fired up and start sketching up that watch design because the winner will claim the bundled prize of an Azimuth watch, SGD1000 and an additional SGD1000 book prize!

The National Day Watch 2011 Competition will be closing on 30th April 2011.

For more information, log on to the Azimuth website

Bell & Ross Vintage Photo Contest
For those of you who have been lusting after the Bell & Ross Vintage collection since its launch last September, this is your chance to get your hands on the gorgeous Vintage BR 123 Heritage. Modelled after the original pilot watch from the 1940s, the BR 123 Heritage features a clean, simple watch face with bold, beige markings and a handsome tan strap.

And here is how you can win one. Simply print out an actual sized picture of the BR 123 Heritage from the Bell & Ross website, take a picture of it in an authentic vintage environment, and post your photo on the contest’s Facebook page.

The photo with the most number of ‘likes’ wins! The sky is the limit, so think out of the box and be creative.

The Bell&Ross Vintage Photo Contest will run from 9 February through 1 March 2011 on Facebook