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E. Schmeckenbecher 1-bird 8-day Cuckoo Clock, modern.

This is an average size Cuckoo clock with one bird. The movement is signed "E. Schmeckenbecher" and also has the REGULA brand stamp. A good friend gave me a large box of old clock parts and said that among other things, the box contained "most of a cuckoo clock". Well he was right about there being enough parts to assemble a Cuckoo, but it's pretty clear that not all the parts came from the same clock. The Regula 30-hour movement is signed "E. Schmeckenbecher" and that movement, whistles, bird, and the box part of the house were possibly all from the same clock made by E. Schmeckenbecher. The "house decorations", hands, weights, and pendulum are not original to this clock. The clock ran well and keept decent time for a Cuckoo. It has little market value, but because a friend gave me the parts, and it was basically resurrected from a box of junk, I have become attached to it so it has become "one of the family".

An on-line search provided the following: "Emil Schmeckenbecher was a clock manufacturer of many Cuckoo clocks. He made the housing, and the clock mechanisms were made by Regula. These originate from the Black forest region of Germany (or, West Germany as it was then)."

I recently (2015) replaced the 30-hour movement and weights with a used 8-day movement and weights. That movement (shown here before restoration) is Regula 34 and is essentially the same as the old 30-hour movement in basic design so I was able to adapt it to the same case with little trouble. The weights are vintage 1550g weights and the chains are new because the 8-day movements require heavier chain. The pendulum is a new replacement. I enjoy the clock much more now that I do not have to wind it every day!


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