Most members of the VdS use industry standard REGULA movements by SBS Feintechnik, a metal processing company in Black Forest Germany that is known for its high-quality clockworks. Mechanical movement clocks are powered entirely by weights and gravity, as opposed to quartz movement clocks, which are powered by batteries. Additionally, the clock must work using mechanical movement, which is how cuckoo clocks worked centuries ago.
The clock must be made entirely of wood, except the movements, which are made of hard brass. What Makes a Black Forest Cuckoo Clock AuthenticĪ cuckoo clock is deemed an authentic Black Forest cuckoo clock when the clock and all of its essential parts-everything from the clock case and the decorative details to the cuckoo pipes and the mechanical movement components-have been handmade exclusively in the Black Forest region of Germany. Anton Schneider, a clockmaker in Schonach, won the cuckoo clock of the year award in 2014. Every year, the VdS chooses a cuckoo clock that best represents the art, integrity and standards of an authentic Black Forest cuckoo clock. The members of the association formalized guidelines that determine if a clock is an authentic Black Forest cuckoo clock and created a certification process to ensure cuckoo clock owners that their clock was built using the same mechanics as the Black Forest Germany clockmakers from centuries past. In fact, about 90 percent of all producers of authentic Black Forest cuckoo clocks are members of the VdS. The Black Forest Clock AssociationĪlso known as the Verein die Schwarzwalduhr, or VdS, the Black Forest Clock Association is comprised of producers, traders and experts, as well as providers, dealers and collectors, who are passionate about preserving the time-tested traditions of Black Forest Germany clock makers. In 1987, these cuckoo clock experts formed the Black Forest Clock Association to protect the Black Forest clock making tradition. For more than 300 years, wood-carvers and clock makers in the region have been preserving the art and craftsmanship of cuckoo clock making by using the same mechanics, components and construction as clockmakers from the early 1700s. There are many types of cuckoo clocks, but only mechanical movement clocks handmade in the southwestern region of Germany known as Black Forest, or Schwarzwald, can be considered authentic Black Forest cuckoo clocks.
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