One Day Cuckoo Clock with Five Maple Leaves & One Bird

by River City Clocks

Product Features

• Features wooden hands, and a wood dial with Roman numerals
• 1-day movement with cuckoo once per hour
• Hand-carved maple leaf pendulum
• 30 hour all brass mechanical Regula movement
• Produced in the Black Forest of Germany

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000GBA896
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #185,064 in Home & Kitchen (See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen)
  • #27 in Home & Kitchen > Home Décor > Clocks > Specialty Clocks > Cuckoo Clocks

Product Description

This traditionally styled German cuckoo clock features wooden hands, a wood dial with Roman numerals, and a warm light yellow hand-painted and hand-carved cuckoo bird. The cuckoo clock case is surrounded by five deeply carved maple leaves with a single hand-carved bird seated at the peak of the roof. Two cast iron pine cone weights are suspended beneath the clock case by two separate brass chains. The hand-carved maple leaf pendulum continuously swings back and forth which controls the timing of the clock. If your cuckoo clock's timing should ever need adjustment, you can control the speed of your clock by sliding the maple leaf up or down the pendulum stick. Sliding the maple leaf down causes the cuckoo clock to run slightly slower, while sliding the maple leaf up makes the cuckoo clock run slightly faster. 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. The 30 hour all brass mechanical Regula movement, which is produced in the Black Forest of Germany, is wound once per day by raising the two pine cone weights. One weight powers the time and the other weight powers the cuckoo and cuckoo call. 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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Product, Beautiful, January 11, 2007

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J. Stout "egandalf" (Greenup, KY United States) - See all my reviews
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Got this for my wife for Christmas and she absolutely loves it. The craftsmanship is incredible, it keeps time very well, and it's an authentic Black Forest Cuckoo Clock.

The only con, and it's a very small gripe, is there is a bright-green sticker on the side of the clock that doesn't come off easily and is very noticable.

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun, May 3, 2009

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C. Evans - See all my reviews
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If you're looking for a "real cuckoo clock" that won't break the bank, this is the clock for you. There's no electronics, no batteries, just good old clockwork, the way a cuckoo clock is supposed to be.

Yes you have to wind it everyday & yes its not exactly a precision timepiece. NASA won't be calling to ask the time but that's part of the charm of this clock. Its brimming with personality.

Note that the weights & chains hang a full six feet below the clock so bare that in mind when choosing a location to display this little gem. Also note that it cuckoos twice an hour, all day & all night. There's really no practical way to turn it off at night so this might not be for everyone. Personally I don't notice it when I'm asleep even though my bed is well within earshot of the clock.

This makes a great gift & will add some old world charm to any house. I find myself often standing in front of it, waiting for the bird to come out & sing. Even after many months now I'm still in love with this silly clock. Enjoy.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy it here rather than in Europe!, February 26, 2011

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Rebecca N (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: One Day Cuckoo Clock with Five Maple Leaves & One Bird

I am currently in Switzerland on a business trip, and had a request from someone to buy him a cuckoo clock (cuckoo clocks today are more German, but their origins are actually swiss, and some are still made in Switzerland ... though not this one).

After looking at about 100 clocks in a clock shop (not too touristy - so not completely overpriced), I selected this one. I am certain it is the same clock. All the details are the same, down to the specifics of the mechanics.

This is the one I bought. And it cost about 20% more than the current amazon price. Amazon is LESS expensive than buying it in Europe.

I bought it as the gift for a number of reasons

1. Some of the clocks were painted with dancing people and boys chopping wood. That's not the style of the person I'm shopping for. This is more classic and less cutesy

2. There was a huge difference in the quality of the "cuckoo" you hear. There are some that sound like your real "Coo-Coo" and some that sound like a very week attempt. This is definitely the full coo-coo. Most of the ones that were weak had two doors opening. This one has one door that opens on a hinge. I don't know if that's connected to the maker, but the ones that had two doors had birds that barely moved and Cu-ckoos that barely sounded like what you expect.

3. This definitely has a silent mode that you can switch off at night. It's just a lever on the side of the clock. It stops the cuckoo but does not stop the clock from continuing to keep time. That's an important thing to note.

I'm not personally the type to want a cuckoo clock myself that's as detailed as this (and they don't really come less detailed, so I guess I'm not a cuckoo type). But after looking at many clocks, this is the one I chose as the gift.

Now - this clock runs for 30 hours. It will lose time if you don't reset by pulling the weights within that time. There are clocks with heavier weights that run for 8 days. Those are usually at least twice the price.

Overall, I'm glad I bought this. I figured it would be available and less expensive on amazon (what isn't???) but my friend wanted a cuckoo clock from switzerland and that kind of prevented me from buying this clock from amazon and pretending (again, nevermind that it's German made and not made in Switzerland) ...

Anway, it's a solid clock with a strong Cuckoo. I recommend it if that's what you're looking for.