german antique cuckoo clocks

Plucky outsiders take on Swiss giants at Baselworld

He made his money in the television sales business and has spent a considerable amount of it on collecting antique timepieces and ceramics. “I thought why not combine ceramics and timepieces to That is what German clock-maker Andreas Fritsch, who ...

Massive gift keeps nation's last clock school ticking

Among the dozens of clocks placed around the room were vintage cuckoo clocks, a Westminster mantel clock from 1900 and a Vienna regulator clock from about 1870. Richard Courtney stood near a grandfather clock made in Paddington, England, in 1860 ...

Gasthaus gives plenty of reasons to indulge

It is a wonderland of German memorabilia, photographs of the Greipel family proprietors, antiques, a cuckoo clock, servers in dirndls and, most importantly, whimsical mini-facades of chalets that divide the dining room into sections. Annemarie Greipel ...

Germany, Off the Beaten Path

The cuckoo clock has a long tradition in the Black forest and the Rombach and Haas clocks has a history going back to 1894. Handmade from beginning to end, and in their fourth generation of clock makers, the design of these timepieces range from ...

Hosseini is Kearney's only master mender of timepieces

Amid grandfather clocks, wall clocks, mantel clocks, Seiko watches and a few dainty cuckoo clocks, Saadat Hosseini sits peering through a magnifying loop at a tiny hair spring that is just .02 millimeters in size, as tiny as the head of a pin. He is ...

Day trip: Stillwater is a holiday-inspired winter wonderland

Handcrafted gifts and collectibles made in Germany include tiny angels to cuckoo clocks. For those on an antique binge, Midtown Antique Mall (301 Main St. S., 651-430-0808) is often the first stop of many (Stillwater boasts 15-plus antique shops ...

Big donation keeps clock school in Oregon prison ticking

Among the dozens of clocks placed around the room were vintage cuckoo clocks, a Westminster mantel clock from 1900 and a Vienna regulator clock from about 1870. Richard Courtney stood near a grandfather clock made in Paddington, England, in 1860 ...