Cuckoo clock is a legend for generations. Their magnificent and intricately carved traditional designs have always been popular as accurate timepieces and decorative items as well. Whether it’s on the wall of your Grandparents home, shown in the movie, illustrated in comics or at your local clock shop, the look and sound of the cuckoo clock is recognized all over the world.
Most cuckoo clocks are made in the Black Forest of Germany. There are over a hundred clock makers there and many have existed since the beginning. The styles have changed to meet the trends of the time but some Black Forest cuckoo clock manufacturers keep with the tradition carving.
Most of cuckoo clocks are made in the shape of a birdhouse or chalet to hang on the wall. The wooden case is usually decorated with leaves and animal heads carvings. Most of them now have a mechanism of the bird that come outs through a small trap door while the clock is striking. The chalet cuckoo clock style created at the end of nineteenth century. There are currently three different basic styles: Black Forest chalet, Swiss chalet and finally the Bavarian chalet.
There are two kind of cuckoo clocks movement: a one day movement and an eight day movement. Some have the musical movements, and play a tune on a swiss music box after striking the hours. Cuckoo clocks are almost always mechanical weight driven movement. The weights are made of cast iron in a shape of pine cone. One day cuckoo clocks need to be wound by pulling up the weights every 30 hours and eight day cuckoo clocks need to be wound by pulling up the weights every 8 days.
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