Cuckoo Clocks

Wall cuckoo clocks

The cuckoo clock is certainly one of the most beloved by children, and it continues to delight also in adulthood. In fact, for many it is an important element of the furnishings of the room in which it is placed.

The cuckoo clock models become more sophisticated and curious, thanks to the use of different materials and very special designs. For those who are still at least a little 'soul child, the choice is really wide.

Traditional cuckoo clock

Often, the design come alive from the most unpredictable forms of inspiration, and perhaps, also modest and a little childish.

Souvenir from many vacations on the mountains, the cuckoo clock is chosen with meticulous care in a large group of specimens, arranged in a seemingly random and crowded order on the wall of a shop of local products, capture our attention and our hearing with the boisterous blend of colors and the fast-paced and a bit annoying ticking.

Everything stops, however, at the top of every hour; we expects the fateful cuckoo and it goes on, waiting for the next prompt exit of the cute little bird.

How do we get something good from these kitsch twists and turns of traditionalism?

Something that is above reproach and that, while not denying its modest origins, does not fall to terms with the contemporary world?

Cuckoo inspired by the world of fairy tales

Hans & Greta has just unveiled the latest creation of the collection from Cucù da Favola, called Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

The collection Cucù da Favola was made possible thanks to the collaboration with Anton Schneider Söhne, maker of cuckoo clocks active since 1848. Cucù da Favola is a collection that began as a project by Caecilie and Virginia Hechtel, two German sisters who grew up in Milan, with the extension of the lens between cultural reference cuckoo clock to the most famous folk tales, creating an object that could come close to the families from all around the world.

With Cucù da Favola therefore starts a collection of watches of great emotional value. In fact, even today the cuckoo clocks by Hans & Greta are produced entirely by hand and using the same mechanisms that were employed in 1700.

Hans & Greta wants to bring up the story behind the clock, trying to celebrate the individuality of the piece and its details. The cuckoo Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, produced in limited edition, comes in the shape of a chalet in deep carved walnut and eight figures carved and hand-decorated, Snow White and the Dwarfs, which can also be detached.

Thanks to the manual sound lock you can turn off the sound of the cuckoo at night. The movement is mechanical and lasts for one day, so it must be recharged daily.

A large collection of refined design cuckoos

Diamantini & Domeniconi, an Italian brand famous for its forniture watches, is significantly present in the field of design, through the invention of objects characterized by a contemporary, elegant and essential style.

As in the Fifties and Sixties, is returning to trend the cuckoo clock; redesigned and worked with innovative techniques, and with its unique design, it has become a piece of furniture to suit any environment.

Diamantini & Domeniconi has recently introduced on the market a large collection of cuckoo clocks, thanks to the collaboration with famous designers.

Cemento, created by Arianna Subri, is a cuckoo clock that reinterprets the classic house, asymmetric and with atypical materials like cement: the gray or white facade is marked by a particular effect in relief, which refers to the grain of the wood.

Metropolis, designed by Samuel Saints, was inspired by the futuristic city of director Fritz Lang; the cylindrical case of the round cuckoo Metropolis is crossed by a grid of numbers on the dial carved in natural walnut, lacquered in gray, white or black.

Otto, on a design by Paolo Imperatori, is a tribute to Abstraction: in fact the Cuckoo Otto, consists of two cylinders of different sizes: the larger acts as dial for the triangular hands, the smallest contains the cuckoo. The two volumes are correlated with the triangular geometry of the pendulum, where the oscillation draws a figure in motion.

The company guarantees the quality of items made entirely in Italy, combining the use of industrial technology with the typical knowledge of the artisan production. These products are made of quality materials, safe and reliable, reflecting all the typical features of the craftsmanship and enhancing the highest quality.

The cuckoo clock by Pascal Tarabay, a Lebanese architect born in 1970, is instead one of the leading products of the company since many years.

Introduced in the corporate collection of watches since 2005, is revived for some time in a key low cost with smaller dimensions that flaw, however, the lack of detail more poetic: the classic bird.

The original design of this wall clock, in fact, provides for their output (only in daylight hours) from a figure carved in a simple and elegant metal lacquered in various colors, in a modern steel polished like a mirror or artistically rusty.

The latter is reserved for the fans of vintage, who with fun and a little bit of nostalgia, will love to hang it everywhere, even in plain sight next to the workstation.

The price, which for the size mignon, stood at 45 euro, rises to just over 190 euro for the classic format, less than 81 cm high.

Cuckoo Clock made in Italy

A cuckoo whose clean lines are complemented by a surface decoration simple and clean as it is a baby, comes from the collaboration of two designers.

We are talking about CùCùRùKù, wall clock with German precision mechanism (could not be otherwise, given the Teutonic passion for punctuality!) and, for the rest, made in Italy; the idea is by Riccardo Paolino and Matteo Fusi for Progetti, a young brand from Monza.

The elaborately carved rectangular shape which accommodates the bird's nest is made in oak or wenge wood, the surface where the design of the tree stands out thanks to variants of a contrasting color.

The clock is on sale online at 286,40 euro directly on the manufacturer's website; the price must be added the cost of shipping.

Cuckoo table

Again by Progetti is a cuckoo that, provocatively, started off from the wall and go sit on the top of the desk.

This rebel complement is called o'Coque and is made by Dario Serio, made entirely of wood.

Its shape is ironic and funny because it reflects perfectly the section of a hard-boiled egg; in the white albumen is the niche of the bird, ready to tick the hour.

The mechanism, however, not to be intrusive and annoying, is controlled by a sensor that can stop the ringing in the absence of light.