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The cuckoo clock known today is the most popular form of ornamental clock-one that is decorative as well as functional. When the tiny wood cuckoo emerges to call the hour, two small pipes attached to two miniature bellows make his call. The cuckoo clock is often wrongly viewed a Swiss creation.

This is not to say Switzerland has no part in cuckoo clock history. The cuckoo clock is a clock of the past, present and the future, still much loved by children and grandchildren.

The cuckoo clock is a clock of the past, present and the future, still much loved by children and grandchildren. The cuckoo clock history is linked to the Black Forest.

The cuckoo clock, as we know it, comes from the region in southwest Germany, the Black Forest, where a tradition of clock making started late in the 17th century. In Germany, there are several different firms making the whole cuckoo clock or parts of it.