Clang

Internationally acclaimed Singaporean-born art photographer, Clang, will lead the panel of judges, for this competition. Clang, himself a watch enthusiast, has been based in New York since, 1999. This famous photographer boosts amongst his recent credentials, famous campaigns for Hermes, Motorola and IBM. Said Clang, "I am delighted to be invited by The Hour Glass to lead the panel of judges in the TEMPUS photohorology competition. A watch enthusiast myself, I was a visitor at the inaugural TEMPUS and this time round, I am thrilled to be part of the development of TEMPUS, The Temple of Time."

Michael Tay

Mr Michael Tay was appointed as an Executive Director of The Hour Glass Ltd in August 2005, having served with the company since January 1999. In a span of 9 years, Michael has developed broad ranging watch industry experience having headed multiple facets of the Group’s businesses from product research & development and specialty watch manufacturing, global marketing and distribution to greenfield retail development and group merchandising. Michael also sits on the advisory board of Harry Winston Rare Timepieces A First class (Honours) graduate in Business and International Management from Oxford Brookes University in the UK, Michael has an active interest in politics and current affairs, contemporary South-East Asian art and is a keen rugby player. Michael is also an avid collector of shoes and watches.

Nelson Tan

Nelson Tan is responsible for the marketing of Canon's range of digital cameras and Digital SLRs. An avid photographer and watch enthusiast himself, Nelson is excited about bringing his two interests together in this watch photography workshop and contest. With a wicked sense of humour, he notes that horology and photography do conflict with each other, since the former facilitates the flow of time while the latter stops time. Not that this observation has ever stopped him from loving both though!