Cuckoo Clock of the year 2011
Mill house in the Gutach valley
Colour: Walnut In stock - worldwide delivery
The cuckoo calls every half hour once and the number of the hours every full hour. With certificate of authenticity from the Black Forest Clock Association (VdS). It has a mechanical extreme long-life rack strike movement. The 8 day running time movement need to be wind up once a week, that means you pull on the chains until the weights are up. It allows turning the hands left and right without endangering the mechanics of the movement. The music box is from the marketleader REUGE in switzerland. The size refers only to the clock, without pendulum and weights.
Very realistic large black forest house with the theme farm holidays. Modern farm house with all local domestic animals like duck and geese, chicken, dog, cat, bird and piggery with 2 big and 2 small pigs. All figurines are from wood and hand-painted. The curtains behind the windows are from real cloth. The cuckoo bird is carved, hand-painted in the original cuckoo colors and has an open beak. The pond is very realistic with plastic films. The mill-wheel turns when the music plays.
The music movement has two melodies and 36 voices. The melodies change every hour from the Happy Wanderer and Edelweiss.
Wooden dial and hands, nice-carved bird, night shut off, old made brown chains, door of the bird is made with an metal hinge, case with handmade shingles, extra deep carvings.
Manufacturer | August Schwer |
Weight net: | 18 kg |
Weight gross: | 25 kg |
Height: | 65 cm/25.6 inch |
Width: | 59 cm/23.2 inch |
Depth: | 30 cm/11.8 inch |
Color | walnut |
Material | Wood |
Tunes | Happy wanderer and Edelweiss - The melodies change every hour between the Happy Wanderer and Edelweiss. |
Night shut off | Manually - The clock can be silenced manually with a lever. |
Theme | Cuckoo clock |
Type | Authentic Black Forest Cuckoo Clock |
Movement | Regula - The cuckoo clock has a mechanical REGULA movement from the marketleader SBS-FEINTECHNIK in the Black Forest/Germany. |
Origin | Made in Germany |
In 1885, clockmaker August Schwer founded a company to make replicas of his original Black Forest cuckoo clock. The August Schwer factory is located in Schoenwald, in the heart of the Black Forest in Germany, and August Schwer cuckoo clocks became well known in many regions of the world because of the clockmaker’s dedication to intricate and detailed carvings on the cuckoo-clock face. In 2000, the company was taken over by Andreas Winter, a man who worked at August Schwer for many years and knows the company and its products well. Mr. Winter has won the annual “Cuckoo Clock of the Year” competition time and time again after his appointment, solidifying the August Schwer brand as one of the best brands of cuckoo clocks in the Black Forest. The cuckoo clocks from August Schwer are characterized by their affectionate decoration and high quality. Shop our August Schwer cuckoo-clock collection below along with cuckoo-clock spare parts.
You can see familiar elements of the Black Forest in all our August Schwer cuckoo clocks. The A-frame chalet houses feature scenes including watermills, hunting scenes, scenes of figurines dancing, chopping wood and drinking beer, and more. The traditional carved cuckoo clocks feature animals and nature scenes synonymous with the Black Forest. If you're looking for a piece of German history and culture, buy an authentic cuckoo clock today. Our clocks are unique, certified, and varied — no matter what your taste, we’ll have a cuckoo clock to suit you and your family.