This heirloom piece is hand-carved by master craftsmen in the Black Forest of Germany and features all-brass mechanical movements. The moving pieces include a hunter and a moving waterwheel. It cuckoos every half hour and at the top of the hour, plus alternates between playing Edelweiss and The Happy Wonderer.
Three cast iron pine cone weights are suspended beneath the clock case by three separate brass chains. The hand-made pendulum continuously swings back and forth which controls the timing of the clock.
On every hour the cuckoo bird emerges from a swinging door above the clock dial and counts the hour by cuckooing once per hour. (Example: At one o'clock the bird will cuckoo once. At eight o'clock the bird will cuckoo eight times) The half hour is announced with one cuckoo call. There is a sound shut-off device beneath the base of the cuckoo clock. Pushing the lever up disables the cuckoo birds cuckoo, the hunter, waterwheel, and the music. Pulling the lever down enables the hunter, the waterwheel to move and allows the music and cuckoo.
The eight day Regula movement is wound once per eight days by raising the three pine cone weights. One weight powers the time, one weight powers the Swiss music box, and the other weight powers the cuckoo bird and cuckoo call, the hunter, and waterwheel.
*Great effort has been made to portray each cuckoo clock as accurately as possible. As with many handmade items, the exact coloration and carving may vary slightly from clock to clock. We consider this to be a special part of their character.
