hekas mechanical cuckoo clocks

Playing for (cuckoo) time

In an era of battery-operated everythings, a mechanical, hand-wound timepiece is a treasure. Which is why quartz mechanisms just won't do. Original cuckoo clocks, certified by the Black Forest Clock The most reputed cuckoo clock makers – August ...

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

Alternate title: The Mechanics of the Heart, Jack et la mécanique du cœur, The Boy With the Cuckoo Heart, Jack And The Cuckoo-Clock Heart

Master clock doctor will speak in Washington Township

“When I was 13 years old, we had a clock that chimed 12 times at every hour. I had enough. I opened it up and I fixed it. It wasn’t a shock to people that I did it. I liked mechanical things ... grandfather clocks and cuckoo clocks these days, there ...

Germany’s Black Forest clock route is full of surprises

“You can buy cars from everywhere, but cuckoo clocks come only from Germany, and every mechanical cuckoo clock comes from the Black Forest.” Despite the outrage, Haas’ striking designs were widely copied and now make up 80 percent of his business and ...

Practice bomb for sale is a relic of one man’s passion

Courtesy Carolee Stewart “Inactive practice bomb for sale” read a recent ad in The Martha’s Vineyard Times classifieds section ... model ship collections, and cuckoo clock parts stashed in the basement. Doug had been an avid collector and tinkerer ...

Cuckoo for cuckoo clocks

Two different movements are available with cuckoo clocks, the mechanical movement and the quartz movement (battery powered). Both movements keep good time and are very reliable. If you want an authentic Black Forest Cuckoo Clock, you should definitely go ...

Cuckoo for cuckoo clocks

Two different movements are available with cuckoo clocks, the mechanical movement and the quartz movement (battery powered). Both movements keep good time and are very reliable. If you want an authentic Black Forest Cuckoo Clock, you should definitely go ...

From cuckoo clock to Omega

The Swiss do not make cuckoo clocks; those are made in Black Forest ... and the creative marketing genius to promote the snob appeal and cachet of high-end mechanical watches over the cheaper and more accurate quartz. (BTW, the Swatch Group is the holding ...