Description
Engstler 522 mechanical weight driven clock with cuckoo bird and internal gong.
This is a classic ''no-frills'' small size one-day-movement traditional cuckoo clock made in the Black Forest area of Germany with traditional materials.
It is an Engstler 522 mechanical weight driven clock. The price in 2026 for this mechanical clock is $400 Australian ($500 or more at some Clock Shops).
The cuckoo pops out once on the half hour and also the appropriate number of times each hour accompanied by the sound of a gong each time he appears!
Unlike a battery operated (Quartz) cuckoo clock, there is no ''echo'' or sound of running water......just the cuckoo sound accompanied by the gong.
The clock (and the cuckoo) are powered by the two heavy weights on the chains which have to be 'elevated' on a daily basis.