German Clock Route Uhrentypen

Clock types

Clock with wheels made of wood
The oldest familiar shape of the Black Forest clock. Wooden wheel waves run on wooden circuit boards. With a balance lever serving as time control. The drive was probably a smooth field rock on a string with a counterweight. Running time was about 12 hours. Not until the second half of the 18th century were the wooden gear wheels replaced with brass wheels. The clock case made of wood and the wooden carrier plates remained.

Clocks with varnished shields
Normal size wall clocks as being made since the middle part of the 19th century. Artistic shield painters created real pieces of art. Approximately 50% of the total production in the Black Forest was allotted to this type of clock. and finally, the clocks with hand painted and varnished wood shields, striking mechanism and later followed by the cuckoo call, became the distinct trademark of Black Forest clock making.

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