Kuckucksuhr Die Mühle von Anton Schneider – Frontansicht

MT 6667/9 The Mill

€1.140,00
€1.140,00
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Kuckucksuhr Die Mühle von Anton Schneider – Frontansicht
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  • Kuckucksuhr von Anton Schneider – Pendel und Tannenzapfengewichte
MT 6667/9 The Mill

MT 6667/9 The Mill

€1.140,00
€1.140,00
Taxes included. Shipping calculated at checkout.
Article number40666709GTIN04262579890444Movement typeMechanicalDimensionsH 31 × W 27 × D 17.5 cm

Delivery time: 5 to 8 working days

Listen to the cuckoo

Original recording from our workshop in Gütenbach.

VdS-certified original – genuine Black Forest clockmaking artistry.
CARE & MAINTENANCE

Cuckoo clocks from the Black Forest are robust, long-lasting 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.
SHIPPING & RETURNS

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.

Others hide their movement. This one doesn't.

On almost every cuckoo clock the mechanics sit behind a closed front. The Mühle does the opposite: the case is opened up to nothing but its load-bearing struts, the dial reduced to a ring, the side walls glazed. Stand in front of it and you see the gears turning, the chains travelling, the movement at work.

Added to this is everything that makes up a Black Forest musical clock: a mill wheel on the stream, a wood chopper at his block, a deer at the water, four figures on the balcony – and a genuine music box on the hour.
Kuckucksuhr Die Mühle von Anton Schneider – Ansicht 8
Kuckucksuhr Die Mühle von Anton Schneider – Ansicht 6

Gears Instead of a Dial

The dial ring of pale wood floats in front of the open case – behind it the mechanics lie exposed. Brass plates, blackened wheels, the anchor escapement, the drive chains: all visible, all in motion.

This construction is the most demanding in our range, because every component has to sit right and be cleanly finished – there is no cover behind which anything could be hidden. For clock lovers that is precisely the appeal: you don't just see what time it is, but how time is made.

The Wheel That Powered the Black Forest

In front of the house the mill wheel stands in the streambed – its paddles picked out in turquoise, as if the water were splashing up at that very moment. The stream itself is laid with real pebbles, with moss and pale stones between them.

In the Black Forest the mill wheel is more than ornament. For centuries water power drove sawmills, mills and finally the first clockmaking workshops here. On this clock it is driven directly by the movement – no motor, no electricity.
Kuckucksuhr Die Mühle von Anton Schneider – Ansicht 9
Kuckucksuhr Die Mühle von Anton Schneider – Ansicht 5

A Deer Drinks While the Chopper Works

On the right stands the wood chopper at his block, axe in mid-swing, the log split – one of the most elaborate figures in our range, with modelled face, moustache, feathered hat and green waistcoat. Beside him the woodpile, in front of it wood shavings and moss.

On the left, on the far bank, a deer lowers its head to the stream. Between the two lies the whole story of this clock: work on one side, forest on the other – and between them the water that connects them both.

On the Hour, the House Steps Outside

Above the movement the balcony opens up, framed by a balustrade with fretted hearts and flower boxes. Behind it stand four hand-painted figures in traditional costume. After the cuckoo's call they come to life and turn their rounds, accompanied by the mechanical music box with two traditional melodies.

Above the balcony hangs the cuckoo's little door – lacquered red and bearing the interlaced AS monogram of Anton Schneider. Above that, a genuine shingled roof closes off the house, laid row by row as on a Black Forest farmstead.
Kuckucksuhr Die Mühle von Anton Schneider – Ansicht 3

The Mechanical 1-Day Movement

Inside the Mühle works a mechanical movement with pendulum and pinecone weights. It drives everything at once: the running of the clock, the cuckoo's call, the music box with the dancing figures and the mill wheel in the stream. Three pinecone weights supply the energy – one for the going train, one for the cuckoo, one for the music.

This design with pendulum and pinecone weights has its roots in the 18th-century Black Forest, where farmhouse clockmaking grew into a world-famous craft tradition. To this day this principle continues almost unchanged: the descending weights drive the movement, the pendulum sets the tempo – clockmaking in its purest form. The clock is wound daily by pulling the weights back up via their chains – with this clock a particular pleasure, because you can watch the movement while you do it.