Cuckoo clock Feierabend by Anton Schneider, front view

8TMT 2555/9 Calling it a Day

Name: 8TMT 2555/9 Calling it a Day
Brand: Anton Schneider
SKU: 50255509
Price: 1940.0 EUR
Availability: OutOfStock

€1.940,00

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Article number50255509GTIN04262579890192Movement typeMechanicalDimensionsH 42 × W 40 × D 22 cm

Delivery time: 5 to 8 working days

Listen to the cuckoo

Original recording from our Manufactory in Gütenbach.

Original Black Forest cuckoo clock, certified by the Verein die Schwarzwalduhr e. V. (VdS), the Black Forest Clock Association. Your guarantee of genuine craftsmanship from the Black Forest.

Cuckoo clocks from the Black Forest are robust, long-lived timepieces. Wipe the case occasionally with a dry, soft cloth. The movement should be cleaned and oiled by a specialist workshop every 5 years. Keep the clock away from direct sunlight and extreme temperature fluctuations to protect the natural wood.

We ship every clock carefully packed and fully insured with DHL, usually within 3 to 5 working days. Delivery is free within Germany, across the entire EU and to the United States. For deliveries to the United States all import duties are included in the price as well, there is nothing to pay on delivery. For all other countries the shipping cost is shown during checkout and any customs duties are paid by the recipient. If you are not completely satisfied with your clock, you may return it within 14 days free of charge. A short message to info@schneider-clocks.com is all it takes.

Here's to the end of the day

The work is done. In front of the house two men sit at the table and raise their mugs, to the right the barrels rest under a small canopy, and on the roof above a cat has made itself comfortable. A handcart stands in the middle, a little fence on the left, and two fir trees frame the scene.

The special feature sits in the middle: instead of a closed dial, this clock has an open chapter ring through which you can watch the movement at work. On the hour the cuckoo calls, then the couples in traditional costume turn on the balcony to the music, the beer drinkers raise their mugs and the mill wheel turns.

42 centimetres high and 40 wide: a chalet that becomes the centrepiece of a wall.

The mechanical 8-day movement

Inside works a mechanical 8-day movement. Wound once, the clock runs for a full week and drives everything at the same time: the pendulum, the cuckoo call, the music box and the moving figures. Three pine cone weights of 1,260 grams each supply the power, one for the time train, one for the cuckoo, one for the music.

The music needs no electronics: a pinned cylinder plucks the tuned teeth of the music box, powered solely by the weights. The automatic night shut-off keeps call and music silent overnight without stopping the clock. It is wound once a week by pulling the weights back up on their chains.

We do not yet have high-resolution detail and room photographs of this clock. We will add them as soon as possible and then present this page with the same care as those of our other clocks.