Archive for February 17th, 2012
Have you ever taken a look at the inside of a cuckoo clock? It’s fascinating to see all the gears and mechanisms in action. Weights are primarily used to drive the movement of cuckoo clocks.
In one day and eight day cuckoo clocks the cuckoo announces the time at the top of the hour. In some models, the time is also called out on the quarter and half hours. The weights in one day and eight day clocks look similar, with the eight day clocks a bit larger and heavier, accounting for the fact that those models are wound less frequently.