Invented in the 17th century, the clocks are still made by hand today. Rombach & Haas, a family company in the Black Forest, has been manufacturing them for generations.

Elaborate cuckoo clocks made in Germany's Black Forest were (and remain) marvels of automation, and the British built heavy wood-cased clocks of every description. By the end of the 19th ...

Q: I have attached pictures of two clocks owned by my aunt who is 83 years old. She says they belonged to her parents who moved to the United States from Germany ... are likely made of spelter ...

When Mr Best was called up to do military service that was compulsory for young men in West Germany, he made his next move ... the weights on those old clocks are very heavy and the wheels ...