The lyre shaped clock is entirely is gilt bronze, the enameled dial is marked Lottin à Paris and is numbered from I to XII in Roman numbers for the hours, and from 5 to 60 in Arabic numbers for the minutes. The lunette is finely chased with a light waterleaves frieze. 

The upper section shaped as a curvilinear entablature decorated with small waves is surmounted with a woman, the allegory of Day, sitting on a rock and dressed in Antique-style tunic and sandals. She is crowned with a laurel wreath, and her left arm, leaning against a tree, holds a beaming sun in a medallion. The right arm, as well as the whole body twisted to the third, brings the viewer’s look towards the medallion, symbol of the allegory. The lower section features a beautiful woman’s mask crowned with various flowers and rope-beads, her braided hair is tied under her chin over two large volutes, whereas a large flat acanthus leaf with seeds lavishly ends the clock. 

Above the dial, below the entablature, is tied a loose drape falling on both sides of the dial, held by decorative gilt pins. The sides also feature lavish laurel and olive-tree branches in bouquet. The clock has kept it original gilding.