If you’ve ever yearned to take a noisy cuckoo clock and hurl it against the wall to silence it forever, then you just might appreciate Nikolai Erngren’s work. His handmade, one-of-a-kind cuckoo clocks ...
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Bill Galinsky has likely heard the call of the American cowbird more times than an ornithologist. The European cuckoo, too — Galinsky hears that bird all day, every day. Whether it’s ...
Sometimes identifying and dating an antique seems easy, but it fools you. An unusual wall clock was offered at a recent auction. It was labeled “Friesland wall clock with automata, 1800.” Friesland is ...
Two brothers with the world’s largest collection of cuckoo clocks are preparing to move their 750 timepieces back one hour this weekend - for daylight saving. Roman Piekarski, 71 and Maz Piekarski, 69 ...
WOODSTOCK, Ga. - It wouldn’t be an insult to call Jodie Davis a little “cuckoo” — after all, these days, the iconic sound of a cuckoo clock is practically her calling card. “I call them boxes of joy,” ...
The sandstone cliffs surrounding Triberg should have holes in them from which large wooden birds spring each hour, for the town is the heart of Germany’s cuckoo clock industry. Kate Hairsine ...
Clocks are ancient devices because people have always needed to keep track of time. Around the world, sundials, water timers, candle clocks and hourglasses were the earliest timekeepers. However, once ...
Siblings Philip Mure and Roberta Mure have an extensive collection of clocks in their Mayville home in Chautauqua County. Most came from garage sales and thrift shops. Here is how they described their ...
If you want to know what time it is, just step inside Time After Time. You’ll have no trouble finding out. Ray Evans has dozens of clocks waiting to be picked up inside his downtown Grand Island shop, ...