Never did I think

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That I'd want to own, much less repair, a cuckoo clock.

Welp...

At a July estate sale at Pebble Beach I spy this:


It's sitting in a cardboard box with several parts and assorted bits loosely jumbled on the bottom. The movement looks ok and the case seems largely intact (albeit in some pieces) but there are parts here that well... I know bupkis from cuckoo's. What are those red things?


I debated it and decided to do some research before deciding to buy. I have no idea what the thing is worth or what it will take to repair it.

Boy there are a lot of cuckoo's out there and there's not a lot of definitive info immediately available.

I came back the next day and bit the bullet, paid half price (whatever that means).

Oh and nice place there in Pebble. The house is on the 17th hole.


Zowee!

Here are some of the pieces in the box:


OK I get most of these but those red things I assume are supposed to be attached to the other red things. There was also a second pendulum.

Questions!

I do a basic disassembly on the bench.

There is no mark on the movement except "Made in Germany"




The movement looks... old? The bird is made of wood and it articulates. The wings flap and the mouth opens. Wow.




I really have no idea when this was made. I had guessed 40's or 50's when chatting with the lady at the sale. She thought earlier.

Much to research.

Fun!

Comments

  1. SaknussemSeptember 10, 2019 at 9:16 AM

    Any chance that 'bird' should be a dinosaur .... oh, wait .... birds ARE dinosaurs.

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