About Cuckoo Clock
The Cuckoo Clock Showcase offers many different kinds of these special kinds of time pieces, from the antique and traditional to the modern and unique. There are even novelty clocks, and many offer specific themes of endearing activities and honored traditions. Whether it shows a natural wood front with intricately carved pieces or a painted chalet theme with charming accents, each cuckoo clock is a special part of history and will always garner attention.

Until the mid-1600's, Germany and its surrounding areas had to rely on sun dials and hourglasses as the only way to keep track of time. In 1630, however, a glass peddler brought back a crude wooden clock from Czechoslovakia which used wooden gears and common stones as weight. Even so, it was an enormous improvement over previous methods of telling time. The invention of the clock caught on, and soon clock-making became an important source of income to many. A piece of wood, called a 'Waag', acted as a pendulum by moving backwards and forwards above the clock dial.

 
The cuckoo clock in culture
Since its popularization, from the 1850s on, the cuckoo clock has been a common character in children's literature, comics and cartoons, for educational and/or entertainment purposes. All this is due to children are usually enchanted by the ¡§magic¡¨ of a happy bird which lives in a house-shaped clock and pops out to announce the hours
 
The differences between 1 day & 8 day cuckoo clock
1 day Cuckoo Clocks require the weights pulled up each and every day for proper operation.

8 day Cuckoo Clocks require the weights pulled up once per week for proper operation.

Music movements range from 18 note single melody movements, 22 note dual melody, 28 note dual melody, 36 note dual melody. Naturally the more notes the higher quality sound.

1 day Cuckoo Clocks will normally have an 18 note or 22 note music movement. If the clock has a dual melody 22 note it will play one melody on the hour and the other on the 1/2 hour.

8 day Cuckoo Clocks will normally have either a 22, 28, or 36 note music movement, the higher the price the clock will normally have a higher quality music movement. 8 day Cuckoo Clocks will play one melody on the hour and the other melody the next hour.