cuckoo clock
Hourly bird announcer
A cuckoo clock is a wall clock with a mechanical bird that emerges on the hour, making a two-note call to mark the time.
The traditional design features a wooden chalet-style case with decorative carvings.
Most are associated with the Black Forest region of Germany: We brought back a cuckoo clock from Bavaria.
Southwestern German highlands
- carvedCut to create form
- woodworkCraft of building with lumber
- chaletWooden mountain cottage
- fretworkInterlocking ornamental design
ornate · decorative · painted · intricate · elaborate · handmade · leaves · pinecones
Toothed rotating machine parts
- pendulumSuspended swinging weight
- escapementTick-controlling clock component
- weightsHeavy objects for lifting
- bellowsHandheld device forcing air
chains · movement · wind-up · lever · wheel · cam · anchor · pallet
Once each sixty minutes
- half-hourThirty-minute span
- strikingNoticeably impressive
- callContact by phone
- soundAudible wave phenomenon
signal · announcing · echo · resonance · melody · tune · ringing · repetition
Skill in making objects
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- handcraftedMade manually, not machined
- woodcarvingSculpting in timber
German · Swiss · workshop · apprentice · guild · heirloom · antique · vintage
Feathered flying vertebrate
- emergingComing into view
- doorHinged room barrier
- spring-loadedPowered by compressed coil
- wingsLimbs for flight
beak · figurines · dancers · woodcutter · water-wheel · automaton · tableau · scene
Black Forest
Southwestern German highlands
fretwork · ornate · decorative · painted · intricate · elaborate · handmade · leaves · pinecones · hunting
gears
Toothed rotating machine parts
- pendulumSuspended swinging weight
- escapementTick-controlling clock component
- weightsHeavy objects for lifting
bellows · chains · movement · wind-up · lever · wheel · cam · anchor · pallet · oscillation
hourly
Once each sixty minutes
sound · signal · announcing · echo · resonance · melody · tune · ringing · repetition · announcement
craftsmanship
Skill in making objects
- artisanSkilled manual tradesperson
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- handcraftedMade manually, not machined
woodcarving · German · Swiss · workshop · apprentice · guild · heirloom · antique · vintage · collectible
bird
Feathered flying vertebrate
- emergingComing into view
- doorHinged room barrier
- spring-loadedPowered by compressed coil
wings · beak · figurines · dancers · woodcutter · water-wheel · automaton · tableau · scene · chimney-sweep
- Swiss inventionsmilk chocolate, fondue set, muesli, emmental, gruyere
- timekeeping deviceswatch, timer, stopwatch, hourglass, egg timer
- automatonsautomaton, automata, mechanical man, mechanical turk, wind-up toy
- novelty clocks
- timekeepingwatch, watches, timer, calendar, hourglass
- antiquesantiques, antique furniture, antique, antique coins, Greek vases
cuckoo clockdigital clock
Timekeeper showing numerals
sundial · hourglass · digital watch · wristwatch · atomic clock
cuckoo clockdigital clock
Timekeeper showing numerals
smartwatch · atomic clock · LED clock · quartz clock · Apple Watch
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