The A-frame chalet houses feature scenes including watermills, hunting scenes, scenes of figurines dancing, chopping wood and drinking beer, and more. You can see familiar elements of the Black Forest in all our August Schwer cuckoo clocks. Shop our August Schwer cuckoo-clock collection below along with cuckoo-clock spare parts. The cuckoo clocks from August Schwer are characterized by their affectionate decoration and high quality. Winter has won the annual “Cuckoo Clock of the Year” competition time and time again after his appointment, solidifying the August Schwer brand as one of the best brands of cuckoo clocks in the Black Forest. In 2000, the company was taken over by Andreas Winter, a man who worked at August Schwer for many years and knows the company and its products well.
The August Schwer factory is located in Schoenwald, in the heart of the Black Forest in Germany, and August Schwer cuckoo clocks became well known in many regions of the world because of the clockmaker’s dedication to intricate and detailed carvings on the cuckoo-clock face. Overview:German Gifts - Erzgebirge Wood CraftsĪugust Schwer In 1885, clockmaker August Schwer founded a company to make replicas of his original Black Forest cuckoo clock. Overview:Modern wall clocks and mantel clocks 8 day classical cuckoo clock with music.This timeless trophy comes to you with Black Forest VdS certification together with the undisputed August Schwer guarantee of design, craftsmanship, and reliability. A beautiful floral trellis design extends from the base giving the clock a feel of extra height.Įxquisitely crafted and handpainted traditional dancing couple figurines add a great deal of vitality to the entire picture as they begin rotating to the merry sounds of the music box every time the cuckoo announces the hour. Hunting gear is abundantly visible throughout the clock front, with two rifles on top, and a belt powder pouch hanging from the bell of a horn that prettily encircles and enhances the vintage dial. The traditional hunter’s bag of hare and pheasant hang suspended on either side of the clock dial in true to life depiction of the scene. The all-important trophy of the stag head over two crossing rifles creates a striking effect on the roof of the clock, and on either side of it are detailed carvings of branches and leaves of the endemic oak tree.
This replica by August Schwer clocks outshines others in its class by tastefully merging antique traditional hunting clock features with contemporary elements like the iconic cuckoo, Swiss music box, and colorful dancing figurines to make it a highly attractive and animated timepiece.
The earliest hunting clocks that were crafted in Black Forest workshops in the 1860s incorporated three-dimensional carvings of the deer head, hunter’s catch, hunting gear, and oak leaves. Germans proudly maintain that the traditional hunting clock (also known as jagdstuck), was birthed in the legendary hunting grounds of the Black Forest thus, renowned clockmakers in the region make it their personal responsibility to create outstanding hunting-themed timepieces that are authentic as well as original in tone and design. A stunning work of art that recreates the atmosphere of one of the most beloved of all cuckoo clocks themes.
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