The world’s largest cuckoo clock was completed in 1994 after five years of construction. Given its unprecedented size, every piece needed to be custom-made. Visitors are able to walk inside the clock to see the impressive mechanics in action. Constructing the giant timepiece required a great deal of precision and mastery.
Just like the smaller traditional models, the world’s biggest cuckoo clock has one weight to drive the pendulum and another to drive the cuckoo. The cuckoo itself weighs 330 pounds, and the swinging pendulum is 26 feet long. Our original cuckoo clocks for sale have a warranty & are shipped worldwide. They followed century-old blueprints to build a clock using traditional Black Forest craftsmanship-but 60 times the size. The dimensions are impressive: The clockwork is 15 feet tall and weighs six tons. The Black Forest Clock Association (German: Verein die Schwarzwalduhr VdS) is a syndicate that was set up in 1987 to protect traditional mechanical cuckoo. Shop the best German cuckoo clocks, a timeless art piece from the Black Forest. Local clockmakers Ewald and Ralf Eble showcased their mastery of the craft in the creation of this massive cuckoo clock.
It has become the main draw of Germany’s Eble Uhren-Park. This is the world’s largest cuckoo clock, a distinction it has held since 1997. Each time, the call comes from pipes 13 feet long. The cuckoo clock in Triberg-Schonach chimes twice an hour.
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