Description
The Engstler 4739QMT cuckoo clock turns every hour into a little party by the water, with a mill wheel that turns, dancers who twirl and a fine catch at the end of the line. Twelve melodies accompany the scene.
The call, the echo and twelve melodies
Born in the workshops of Engstler, this cuckoo clock runs on batteries with a quartz movement. On every full hour, the bird comes out to announce the time, extended by an echo, then one of the twelve melodies starts to play, from the Kuckuckwalzer to Salut d'amour, including Für Elise.
To the rhythm of the music, the mill wheel turns, the fisherman raises his rod and the dancers come on stage. A light sensor switches off the sound at night, and a switch also allows it to be done by hand.
A chalet carved right up to the roof
The roof is carved by hand, a rare detail on a quartz cuckoo clock. The façade, in dark walnut-stained wood, teems with details typical of the region and is adorned with a roe deer. In the centre, the wooden dial displays its Roman numerals, while the dancers, also made of wood, turn beneath the cuckoo's dormer.
At 34 cm, it nicely fills a section of wall, in a living room as in a dining room.
Another, more peaceful scene by the water: a fisherman waits for trout near the blue wheel on a chalet with a shingle roof.
