Member of Black Forest Clock Association
Black Forest Cuckoo Clocks are our Passion
Kismet Watch Company established in 1952 is a pioneer in Authorized Sales and service of Original Mechanical/Quartz Black forest German cuckoo clocks and Original Mechanical Black forest German Grandfather Clocks. We have the finest German cuckoo clocks for sale and each is certified by the Black Forest Cuckoo Clock Association – this guarantees you that the cuckoo clock was manufactured in the Black Forest, Germany. All of our mechanical German cuckoo clocks come with VDS certificate of originality. Every Black forest German cuckoo clock comes with a warranty of 2years.
We are a specialized service centre for all Swiss, German, Japanese, Korean and Russian watches and clocks. Specializing in restoration and repair of Wrist watches,Pocket watches, BimBam clocks, Cuckoo clocks, and Grandfather clocks.
Kismet Watch Company is the only Authorized cuckoo clock Service Centre in Basavangudi, Bangalore, INDIA and has partnered with many leading cuckoo clock manufacturers in Germany. If you’re searching for a German cuckoo clock – you’ve come to the right place!
German Quartz Cuckoo Clocks
These are all battery operated, traditional/chalet style with the most popular being the modern style cuckoo clock of geometric shapes, with/without moving elements, simplistic designs and bright colors.
The benefits of Quartz Cuckoo Clocks are appealing, very less maintenance required – usually a simple change of batteries. Quartz cuckoo clocks are equipped with a sensor that turns off cuckoo sound at night, making it less likely to disturb you.
German Mechanical Cuckoo Clocks
• 1-DAY MOVEMENT
– Requires daily winding
– Not equipped with automatic night shut-off
– With / Without moving elements
• 8-DAY MOVEMENT
– Requires winding only once a week
– Few equipped with automatic night shut off
– With / Without moving elements
German GrandFather Clocks
It is an impressive, big walnut finish floor clock with elaborate inlays. Walnut burl surrounds the pediment and base, beveled crystal glass, exclusive moon dial with applied milled and gold plated decorations. Arabic numerical dial with triple chimes (Westminster, St. Michael and Whittington) automatic chime sequence. True second and automatic night chime shut-off. Eight-day movement, winding once a week only.
How Blackforest German Cuckoo Clocks are Made
A cuckoo clock is a typically pendulum-regulated clock that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo’s call and has an automated cuckoo bird that moves with each note. Some move their wings and open/close their beaks while leaning forward, whereas in others, only the bird’s body leans forward. The mechanism to produce the cuckoo call has been in use since the middle of the 18th century and has remained almost without variation until the present.
The design of a cuckoo clock is made of Black forest Pine Wood in the “traditional style” or “chalet” to hang on a wall. In the “traditional style” the wooden case is decorated with carved leaves and animals. They have an automation of the bird that appears through a small trap door while the clock is striking.
“Verein die Schwarzwalduhr” Vds Certification from the Black Forest Clock association is awarded to the clocks made entirely of wood (except the movements), with all essential parts produced in the Black Forest and that meet quality controls set by the association.
Mechanical Cuckoo Clock
There are two kinds of movements: one-day and eight-day clockworks. Some have musical devices, and play a tune on a Swiss music box after striking the hours and half-hours. Musical cuckoo clocks frequently have other automation which moves when the music box plays. The weights are made of cast iron in a pine cone shape and the “cuc-koo” sound is created by two tiny bellows (pipes) in the clock, the clock’s movement activates the bellows to send a puff of air into each pipe alternately when the timekeeper strikes.
