Traditional Cuckoo Clock
The story of Traditional Cuckoo Clocks dates back to1640, when the first mechanical clock was made on a local farm close to our premises. It was a very rough time for villagers in the Black Forest. Winters were very harsh and cold, temperatures would drop down to -30°C (-22°F) and snow would pile up 2-3m (6-8 ft.) high. Since this is mainly farming community, farmers didn´t have much to do during winter times, therefore they started making simple wooden clocks and hand-carved wooden figurines during the wintertime. In the summer, they would go to German marketplaces and try to sell their handiwork for extra income.
Cuckoo was still not implemented during that time.
Traditional Cuckoo Clock
Style change and Cuckoo bird
Since owning a time piece became really popular, villagers who were making clocks started thinking about their improvements.
They started painting large wooden plates that would later decorate front of the clock to make them more appealing to the customers. Those plates would also hide inner workings and protect them from outer effects such as dust and heat.
They also came up with idea of Cuckoo bird, as it was most common bird in the Black Forest - Germany at those times, and it was very easy to imitate.
Idea was to make cuckoo calls every half an hour once, and on the full hour depending on an hour (i.e. 7 o´clock – 7 times) to let you know the time even without being able to see the clock.
Those ideas reflected well in customer community and Traditional Cuckoo Clocks became famous worldwide.
Traditional Cuckoo Clock
Present
Nowadays traditional cuckoo clocks are one of the most important German traditions, and one of the most popular heritage products worldwide. Found in different style variations such as;
1 day / 8 day windig time, musical / non musical, chalet / traditional style, very modern outstanding design and quartz battery operated movement.
With development of industry, quality and possibilities have also grown.
Mechanical movements are more durable and are made of brass and stainless steal, to prevent any rust and outer influence to affect clocks work. Pendulums have precise adjusting mechanism, acoustics are improved and cuckoo whistles are almost 10 times more durable comparing to old ways of making them.
German Quartz movements became advantage for people who would like to have their cuckoo clocks, but have no time for winding and maintenance.
German cuckoo clock prices vary to fit everybody budget. Price strictly depends on carved style, details, amount of time spent in making one, features and painting. To make it easier for our customers, we have implemented flat shipping charge of €39 no matter of how many and how big products are.
