Chalet 8-day musical '2013 cuckoo clock of the year' with two moving lumberjacks, mill-wheel and horses 55cm by Hubert Herr

This beautiful chalet 8-day movement traditional cuckoo clock is crafted by renowned Black Forest cuckoo clock manufacturer 'Hubert Herr' and was winner of the '2013 cuckoo clock of the year' award, as judged by the 'Black Forest Clock Association'. 

Design

Made from wood sourced locally from the Black Forest, Germany, this chalet cuckoo clock depicts a charming Black Forest chalet house, stained in a light walnut finish and decorated with small shuttered windows and flower pots. 

At it's front is the scene of a traditional Black Forest lumber yard, complete with two lumber workers - one sawing a tree stump with a large hand saw, the other chopping a block of wood with an axe - they both work away busily, while surrounded by offcuts and piles of wood. A happy little dog looks on curiously, and to the right, two horses pull piles of wood on a carousel that animates to life after the cuckoo calls, while the melody plays. The worker with the hand saw also animates to life and begins to saw at the wood.  

After the cuckoo bird has sprung from it's door and sung in the hour with it's cuckoo call, this music - either 'The Happy Wanderer' or 'Edelweiss' - will begin to play and the tiny Black Forest dancers on the balcony revolve around and twirl to the music while the mill wheel spins and the worker and horses animate to life. 

This 8-day movement chalet cuckoo clock is perfect for adding some music and life as well as some rustic charm to any living room, hallway or study.

Cuckoo Chime

It features a charming little cuckoo bird which animates from behind it's little door and sings in the hour (a succession of 'cuckoo' calls, corresponding to the time of day). The sound can be turned off manually at night with a 'sound-off' lever. 

Music

The cuckoo clock plays it's melodies through a mechanical Swiss-made music box that alternates between the songs "Edelweiss" and "Happy wanderer". The sound can be switched off at night with a manual lever. 

This clock features:

• Moving cuckoo bird which moves out from behind it's door and chimes with it’s 'cuckoo' sound on the hour.
• Moving dancers who twirl and rotate as the carousel revolves through the two arched doorways. 
• Moving lumberjack who saws at his tree stump.
• Moving mill wheel and horses on the carousel. 
• Moving pendulum that sways side-to-side.
• Manual night-time sound shut-off lever.
• 8-day movement (which means it needs to be wound manually only once every eight days).
• Equipped with a German brass rack-strike movement by Hubert Herr which keeps perfect time as long as the clock is wound.
• Equipped with Swiss-made music box which alternates between playing two different melodies upon the hour - 'The Happy Wanderer' and 'Edelweiss'.
• This clock features an extra thick solid wood case, for extra stability.
• Solid cast-iron 'pine-cone-shaped' weights. 

8-day Movement

This cuckoo clock has 8-day movement meaning approximately every eight days the clock needs to be manually wound. The act of winding the cuckoo clock is very easy and only requires someone to gently pull on the chains so that the weights are drawn back to their utmost position. Gravity does the rest and ensures the clock can be kept perfectly on time as the weight lowers and slowly pulls the chain back through the clock-work mechanism.

Guarantee & Authenticity

This cuckoo clock by Hubert Herr is guaranteed with the 'Black Forest Clock Association's Certificate of Authenticity' to verify that the clock was made in the Black Forest Region, Germany and that all of it's parts, including it's internal clock mechanism, have been made with the highest of standard of manufacture.

All of our cuckoo clocks come with a 30-day money back guarantee, a 2 year warranty, and FREE shipping within Europe & Mainland UK.

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Black Forest Clock Association's 'Certificate of Authenticity'

All of our mechanical Black Forest cuckoo clocks come complete with a 'Certificate of Authenticity' which verifies that the clock was made in the Black Forest Region, Germany and that all of it's parts, including it's internal clock mechanism, have been made with the highest of standard of manufacture. This certificate was created by the Black Forest Clock Association as a certification process designed to protect the Black Forest tradition and to represent it's quality around the world. This is the promise that Cuckoo Collections passes on from our manufacturers to you, the customer.