![]() Many of our cuckoo clocks are additionally furnished with a high-quality musical mechanism from the company Reuge.Īll Black Forest cuckoo clocks with a mechanical movement include a certificate of authenticity from the VDS (Black Forest Clock Association).Īlternatively, you can also choose a clock with a quartz movement. They have the same high-quality, hand-made wooden cases, but are very simply operated with standard batteries. We hope you enjoy browsing in our shop while searching for your very own Black Forest clock.Īlongside other decorative carved products such as nutcrackers, candle arches or Christmas pyramids coming from the German “Ore mountains” in the eastern part of Germany, German Cuckoo Clocks are likely the most popular representative of Germany's rich tradition of craftsmanship and have to some extend become “the” symbol people all over the world think about when it comes to Germany.Ī traditional industry dating back several centuries, the manufacture of these vintage timepieces is closely associated with the “Schwarzwald” – the Black Forest region in south-west Germany. Here, severe winter snows in a harsh climate prevented most agricultural work. The farmers traditionally spent the wintertime with carving and creating household things or toys and other wooden objects. It is hard to say who made the first blackforest clock, but the origins surely date back to the 17th century. The first clocks were rather rustic objects, entirely made of wood, and thus available for most people. During the 18th century every family wanted to have their own clock, or even more than one, and the boom of the clock industry began. The blackforest woodworkers were very skillful and creative and always looking for new ways to improve their meagre incomes. So, when the feature of a cuckoo, announcing the time when the hands pass the full hour appeared in the first clocks, this nice little detail was soon used by the blackforest clockmakers and the “blackforest cuckoo clock” advanced with overwhelming success throughout the following centuries. Very soon the black forest clocks were known for their stability and accuracy. ![]() Furthermore, blackforest clockmakers could use large trade routes already used by the local glass industry, to spread their clocks not only in Germany. With the return of spring, these rural clockmakers would load a cart with their accumulated winter stock of clocks, and “clock carriers” took them to local German markets, but also to France, Italy and other countries. ![]() The Cuckoo-Palace online shop also stocks a comprehensive collection of traditional and contemporary Black Forest timepieces for those seeking to buy an original gift of lasting value – and can arrange shipping and delivery worldwide for each and every cart item. ![]() The clockwork movement, known in German as “Uhrwerk”, originally used to power the handsomely carved Schwarzwald cuckoo clock was devised with characteristic ingenuity. At first each movement was fashioned entirely from wood – but clocks with more endurable and accurate metal movements soon appeared, and remain part of the standard specification down to the present day. A typical mechanical clock movement is driven by power derived from a heavy weight traditionally shaped like a fir cone. The weight attaches to a chain, which is itself connected to the internal clock mechanism, and transmits movement to the machinery of gears and levers inside. The clock's pendulum ensures constant intervals.
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