This elaborate “complication” marks the hours automatically every hour on the hour with two strikes, repeated three times, a charming and discreet way of signalling the passage of time. Case: egg-shaped in 18-carat white gold with finely fluted caseband. Bezel set with 30 diamonds, approx. 3 cts. Dial in natural white mother-of-pearl. One diamond indicates the on/off setting of the hour-strike in an aperture at 12 o’clock. self-winding movement in a shape of a dove.