The dial has much going on, despite it being a time-only watch without even a seconds. The sub-dial at 12 o’clock contains the entirety of the time indication, while the rest of the dial is related to the automata. A single blued hand indicates the minutes as on a conventional watch. Visible through a small window just under 12 o’clock is a 24-hour disc that indicates the hours.

Additionally, the periphery of the disc is fixed to a ring that indicates the day and night through a series of circular perforations on the dial. This mimics the time display of the Elephant Clock. Like the clock, the watch has a half-hour jump mechanism. The hour disc jumps forward by half an hour, or 7.5°, every 30 minutes as the minute hand passes through the six or 12 o’clock positions.

Because of its unusual approach to telling the time, the watch is neither initiative nor easy to read, though it is certainly interesting.

The bottom half of the watch contains a steel bridge which represents the howdah, or carriage, found on the clock. The bridges reveals the retrograde mechanism driving the dragon automata.

Notably, the steel bridge is finished by hand, with anglage that boasts inward and outward angles at the corners – the roof of the carriage is particularly well done in that respect. Just below the carriage and the dragons is a hand-painted elephant, completing the theme of the Homage.

Notably, the entire movement is covered by a full bridge that exposes only the balance wheel. This serves as a canvas for a hand-painted reproduction of a painting of the Elephant Clock found in the 12th century Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices penned by Al-Jazari.