“Watchmaking” Contest Full rules

ARTICLE 1 – Organizing Company

DOUX DEVELOPPEMENT, a limited liability company, has been active for 59 years.
Located in AVIGNON (84000), it specializes in the retail trade of watches and jewelry in specialized stores, with the company name: DOUX Joaillier.
Registered in the trade and companies registered under number 31521544200023, is organizing a free Contest with no obligation to purchase called "WATCHMAKING" from 5/11/2024 to 30/11/2024.

The Contest is organized for Metropolitan France.
The address of the Contest is as follows: DOUX JOAILLIER - 31 RUE SAINT AGRICOL - 84000 AVIGNON, FRANCE
This address is used as a reference for any request relating to the organization or participation in this Contest.

ARTICLE 2 – Conditions relating to participants

The Contest is open to any adult natural person (civil status is proof) residing in Metropolitan France with the exception of members of the staff of the Organizing Company and/or members of their direct family line, as well as any person who has participated directly or indirectly in the design, production or management of the Contest and/or members of their direct family line.

Participation in this Contest is strictly personal and nominative. It is forbidden to create fake accounts on Instagram. The Organizing Company reserves the right, at any time, to ask any Participant to prove their identity and address and, where applicable, to cancel their participation in the Contest, on the grounds of non-presentation of supporting documents or non-compliance with the conditions of participation in the Contest. Participation in the Contest implies irrevocable and unreserved acceptance of the terms and conditions of these Rules. Failure to comply with the conditions of participation listed in these Rules or any action appearing to be non-compliant with French law and/or the rules of good conduct on the Internet may be sanctioned by the nullity of participation in the Contest, accompanied by a ban on any further participation in the Contest.

ARTICLE 3 – Contest announcement

The Contest is announced on the following website : INSTAGRAM PAGE :

https://www.instagram.com/doux.joaillier/

ARTICLE 4 – Terms and conditions of participation

The Contest starts on 5/11/2024 at 7:00pm and ends on 30/11/2024 at 7:00pm.. However, the Organizing Company reserves the right, at any time and without notice, if circumstances require it, to suspend, interrupt, shorten, extend or cancel the Contest. Participation in this Contest is free and without obligation to purchase.

To participate in this Contest, participants must follow the Instagram account @doux.joaillier, like the Instagram post of the Contest & tag 2 friends in the comments of the Instagram post where the Contest is presented. After a draw, (carried out on 02/12/2024 between 10:00 and 16:00), the winner will be announced on the DOUX Joaillier Instagram account and will be contacted by reply to their participation comment and by private message (on 30/11/2024 at 5:00pm).

Participants will have 26 days (from 5/11/2024) to subscribe to the Instagram account @doux.joaillier, like & comment on the contest announcement post (dated 5/11/2024) by tagging 2 friends in the comments and thus validate their participation in the Contest. At the end of the 26 days, the Organizing Company will conduct a random draw among all the people who have subscribed to said account, liked said post and commented on said post with said indication to designate the winner.

Participants will only be able to claim one prize per person. Any incomplete participation, non-compliant with the conditions set out in these rules, falsified, not validated, registered after the deadline or in a form other than that provided above will not be taken into consideration and will be considered null and void.
Participants authorize the organizing company to carry out any verifications concerning their identity or address. Any false or erroneous information will result in immediate disqualification from participation and winnings.

ARTICLE 5 – Designation of the winners

The winner will be the participant drawn at random at the end of the 26 days following the publication of the first post announcing the Contest. This announcement will take place on the official Instagram account @doux.joaillier on on 30/11/2024 between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.. The prize will be awarded to the winner according to the details indicated in article 6 – Prizes at stake.

ARTICLE 6 – Prizes at stake

6.1. Prizes at stake

The prize at stake is to fully assemble a unique mechanical watch with our expert watchmaker and leave with it proudly on your wrist!

6.2. Prize delivery

There will be only one winner for this competition.
Once the winner of the competition is known, the Organizing Company will contact them via Instagram via a comment and then a private message, to inform them that they have won and take their contact details in order to send them the winning prize by post. The prizes may not under any circumstances be exchanged for their cash value or for any other prize.
If a winner accepts the prize, they must respond to the Organizing Company by confirming the requested information no later than 7 days after the announcement of the winner by the Organizing Company. The prize is sent by post, to the winner's address. In the absence of a response within this period, or in the event of a winner refusing to accept the prize, the Organizing Company will dispose of the prize at its discretion without the winner being able to claim any compensation and may decide either to keep it or, for example, to organize a new draw between all participants in the Contest.

6.3 Prize details

Prizes may not be awarded in any form other than that provided for in these rules. No cash equivalent will be awarded in exchange for the prize won.

ARTICLE 7 – Liability limitation

The Organizing Company shall not be held liable if due to force majeure or an event beyond its control this Contest should be canceled, extended, shortened, modified or postponed.
Any changes will be the subject of prior information by any appropriate means. Addenda and amendments to the rules may then possibly be published during the Contest. They will be considered as annexes to these rules.

The Organizing Company shall not be held liable for any malfunction of the computer network preventing the smooth running of the Contest, in particular due to external malicious acts. Participation in the Contest is the sole responsibility of the participant. It is therefore up to each participant to take all appropriate measures to protect their own data and/or software stored on their computer equipment against any damage due to external malicious acts, and in particular viruses.

Proof of sending will not be accepted as an acknowledgement of receipt. The organizing company cannot be held responsible in the event that one or more participants cannot comment on a post to participate in the Contest due to any technical defect or any problem related in particular to network congestion. The terms of the Contest as well as the prize offered to the winner cannot give rise to any dispute of any kind.

The organizing company cannot be held responsible for any damage, material or immaterial, caused to participants, their computer equipment and the data stored therein, or any other direct or indirect consequences that may result, in particular on their personal, professional or commercial activity.

Since the organizing company is not obliged and does not have the technical means to ensure the age and identity of the persons registered on the Site, the organizing company is not responsible in the event of identity theft of a user.
The organizing company may cancel or suspend all or part of the Contest if it appears that fraud has occurred in any form whatsoever, in particular by telephone in the context of participation in the Contest, and/or in the event of communication of erroneous information. In this case, it reserves the right not to award prizes to fraudsters and/or to prosecute the perpetrators of such fraud before the competent courts.

Please note that only one participation per Instagram account is authorized per natural person (same name, same postal address). It is prohibited to create fake Instagram accounts to participate. If the organizing company finds that a natural person has used several Instagram accounts to be able to participate several times, only the first registration will be considered valid and all others will be automatically and permanently deleted without any dispute being possible.

In any case, if the smooth administrative and/or technical running of the Contest is disrupted by a virus, computer bug, unauthorized human intervention or any other cause beyond the control of the organizing company, the latter reserves the right to interrupt the Contest.
The organizing company declines all responsibility for all incidents and/or accidents that may occur during the period of enjoyment of the prize awarded and/or due to its use. The organizing company is not responsible for the information contained on partner sites.
The content and images present on these partner sites are the sole responsibility of the partner or its publisher, in accordance with the regulations in force. The Contest is not managed or sponsored by Instagram, which incurs no responsibility for its organization and running with respect to the participants, which the latter expressly acknowledge and accept.

ARTICLE 8 – Protection of personal data

Personal information, and in particular personal information provided by participants, will be subject to computer processing. In accordance with the Data Protection Act of 6 January 1978, amended by the Act of 6 August 2004, participants may object to the computer processing of this data and have the right to access, rectify and remove data concerning them by writing to the following address: DOUX JOAILLIER - 31 RUE SAINT AGRICOL 84000 AVIGNON

ARTICLE 9 – Rules

9.1. Rules application

Participation in the Contest implies pure and simple acceptance of these rules in their entirety, without conditions or reservations.

9.2. Contestation

Any dispute or claim relating to the Contest must be sent in writing to the Contest address, within one month from the closing date of the Contest.

9.3. Consultation

The complete regulations can be freely consulted and printed at the URL to be completed.

ARTICLE 10 – Fraud and applicable law

Any fraud or non-compliance with these rules may result in the exclusion of the perpetrator from the Contest, with the Organising Company reserving the right, where applicable, to take legal action against the perpetrator.
This Contest and these rules are subject to French law. In the event of a persistent disagreement regarding the interpretation and application of these rules, and in the absence of an amicable agreement, the dispute will be brought before the competent courts of Lyon.