Frequently Asked Questions:
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What does 'night-time shutoff' or 'light sensor' mean?
Most cuckoo clocks (either mechanical or battery powered) come with 'night-time shutoff' in either a manual or 'light sensor' variety. This just means that both varieties enable you to control when the clock makes sounds.
Mechanical cuckoo clocks have a manual 'night-time shutoff' which are usually a lever with 2 positions - sound on or sound off.
Battery powered cuckoo clocks usually come with an automatic 'night-time shutoff' otherwise known as a light sensor which detects light levels and disables sound when the lights are off or it is very dark. While some include volume levels as well as sound on/off positions, some models also include an option to stop the sound between the hours of 9:00pm and 8:00am.
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'Softy' Cuckoo Clock (Blue) by Progetti
Brand: Progetti
Model ID: progetti-1840-blue
ISBN/UPC/GTIN: 3901001001380
Estimated Delivery Time: This clock will be sent directly to your delivery address from the clockmakers workshop in Italy. Subject to availability, build completion time, and border customs times, the delivery day is approximately between December 23 and January 02 for all UK and mainland Europe customers.
IMPORT COSTS: Cuckoo Collections is proud to announce that we will pay for ALL customs charges or Import VAT costs for our UK customers. We don't want our UK customers being surprised by any additional charges (that are due to the Brexit). Therefore, if you are notified of any customs charges then please let us know. We will organise to have these paid or the amounts refunded back to you.
Discontinued £412.00
NOTE: This clock is no longer in production. But we keep the product page published because it helps the clock designers keep an archive of their previous clocks. We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused.
'Softy' Cuckoo Clock by Progetti is the cuckoo clock for people who are bored of traditional cuckoo clock materials. Designed by legendary Italian architect and designer Alberto Sala, 'Softy' blends unique materials - a soft blue velvet - with the traditional chalet shape to make an unforgettable contemporary cuckoo clock. Perfect decor for a unique home sweet home.
Crafted in wood and covered in a velvety blue felt, this modern cuckoo clock showcases the traditional white hands and rounded pendulum shape. The classic chalet-styled contemporary cuckoo clock holds within it the small cute cuckoo bird and on it's front has the printed onomatopoeia "Zzzzz..." just so that you remember to get enough! Luckily it's night-time sensor enables it to turn off it's volume so that you really can!
It is driven by battery quartz movement and the cuckoo strike, which chimes on the hour with the sound of a light babbling brook and sweet cuckoo call, is switched off automatically during the night by a built-in light sensor controls.
All Progetti cuckoo clocks are fitted with an Engstler™ clock & cuckoo mechanism which is custom built by the Engstler cuckoo clock manufacturer in the Black Forest region, Germany. Their craftsmanship ensures your cuckoo clock works as wonderfully as the world-famous traditional cuckoo clocks of the Black Forest region.
PRODUCT DETAILS:
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Material: |
Wood and Felt |
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Colour: |
Blue |
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Designer: |
Alberto Sala (see below) |
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Height: |
42cm |
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Width: |
20cm |
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Depth: |
11cm |
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Weight: |
1.35kg |
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Power source: |
Batteries (Not included) |
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Chime: |
Every hour (with automatic night-time shut off) |
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Sound: |
River stream & cuckoo calling |
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Light Sensor: |
Yes |
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Country of Manufacture: |
Italy |
MEET THE DESIGNER OF THE 'SOFTY' CUCKOO CLOCK BY PROGETTI: ALBERTO SALA
Both an architect and designer, Sala is professionally involved in visual communication for product and furniture design companies. He teaches in the Faculty of Design at the Politecnico di Milano (Politecnic of Milan), in the area of virtual representation and modeling of architectural spaces. Sala is a collaborator with the INDACO department of the Faculty of Design, in the visual communications and interior design sector and he follows a research path in computer graphics applied to photo realism. In 2002, Alberto Sala participated as founding member of the RND-lab collective and in 2006 he started the ASPS studio experience.
Estimated Delivery Time: This clock will be sent directly to your delivery address from the clockmakers workshop in Italy. Subject to availability, build completion time, and border customs times, the delivery day is approximately between December 23 and January 02 for all UK and mainland Europe customers.
IMPORT COSTS: Cuckoo Collections is proud to announce that we will pay for ALL customs charges or Import VAT costs for our UK customers. We don't want our UK customers being surprised by any additional charges (that are due to the Brexit). Therefore, if you are notified of any customs charges then please let us know. We will organise to have these paid or the amounts refunded back to you.
Worried about your order arriving on time? Nine out of ten of our orders arrive within the estimated delivery time or even earlier. However sometimes there can be factors (such as availability and delivery location) that can affect the delivery time and lengthen it by a few days or even a week or two for some more complex models. In such cases we will keep you informed of the delay and work with the the manufacturer and courier throughout the process to make it as simple as possible for you to rest assured knowing your clock is on track to you. Many of our clocks are held in stock with our suppliers but, depending on the model/brand, some are built-to-order by one of our many manufacturers in Italy, Germany, Japan or Switzerland. We appreciate your patience in such cases and we will inform you of the tracking details as soon as your order is shipped from the manufacturer or supplier.
At any time, if you have questions or concerns about the delivery time of your order (maybe because it's for a birthday, wedding or Christmas present) then let us know and we will do our best to fast-track the order with our manufacturers. Contact us here.
