I just bought this cuckoo clock from eBay. I’ve never owned a cuckoo clock before and I’m not sure why I wanted to have one all of the sudden. I set it up last week and have been letting it run. It’s a one day clock, which means you have to wind it everyday. My job isn’t very conducive to allowing it to run unchecked. I found a number of great resources online about cuckoo clocks. The problem is, I can’t find anywhere whether I should stop the clock when I travel, or let it run down.
A lot of people think a cuckoo clock would get annoying after awhile. I actually kind of welcome the “Cuckoo Cuckoo” sound at the top of every hour. It allows me to keep track of time a little better. Fortunately, it doesn’t bother me at night. I have yet to wake up to it’s calling. It’s actually a lot of fun and looks good on my wall.
Anyone else have a cuckoo clock? Any experiences with one? And if anyone can tell me what to do with it when I’m away, I’d be grateful.
25/06/2005 at 12:36 pm Permalink
Hi Michelle sent me!
No. no cuckoo clock (my kids would drown it out anyway) but I do remember that particular model on a boyfriend’s mother’s living room wall, ooh back in the seventies.
Thanks for a trip down memory lane
25/06/2005 at 1:06 pm Permalink
Hi Michele Sent me. We had A clock similiar to that as a kid I loved it. Not sure about the travelng thing.
25/06/2005 at 5:58 pm Permalink
My grandmother had near a hundred clocks that needed winding. I’m 99% sure she let them simply run down when she would travel.
Cool clock - I have 3 of my grandmothers and no where to hang them that feels right!
25/06/2005 at 6:13 pm Permalink
that’s a great cuckoo clock!!
Michele sent me
25/06/2005 at 7:44 pm Permalink
cool clock….
Michele says Howdy!
26/06/2005 at 2:03 am Permalink
My parents have an old clock that chimes once every 15 minutes, and then counts the hour every hour. We always just let it run down when we went on vacation, and it still works, though I don’t think my parents keep it running most of the time now.
I’m here from Michele’s M&G.
26/06/2005 at 10:33 pm Permalink
From Michele’s M&G
We always had a coo-coo clock when I was growin’ up. I don’t have oen in my house now… but we still have one in the family. It looks just like that one but ours has color (red/green) in the leaves and such. When you’re away I’d not worry about it… just wind it when you return.