![]() Maybe they were the inspiration for Ketterer to build his cuckoo clock. In 1738 Franz Ketterer from the village of Schönwald was the first to build a cuckoo for his clocks.Īt this time there were large artist's clocks with a calling rooster in towns like Prague, Heilbronn, Berne and Strasbourg. Some clocks were made with moving figures, for example, a turning couple or a butcher together with a cow. There were carvers, carpenters making the cases, painters (most clocks of that time were flat and painted, and looked quite similar to today's "Black Forest Wall Clocks") and manufacturers of chains and toothed wheels. Over a period of time, people in the Black Forest began specializing on certain aspects of clock making. He brought back new ideas and tools, and used his new skills in building clocks. In 1712 Friedrich Dilger from the small village of Urach went to France for a whole year. Clock-peddlers traveling to different regions heard about new technology that was developed elsewhere. People in the Black Forest continuued to improve their clocks. In 1690, the whole industry of clock making had developed in the high Black Forest. Those "Häuslers" had to work for other farmers to survive during the winter-months, and clock making was a welcome way for them to earn a little money. In the Black Forest area, usually the oldest son of a farmer inherited the farm his siblings only got a small piece of land. Most of the people who made clocks at that time were not the rich farmers, but the so-called "Häuslers". ![]() ![]() Instead of a pendulum, they used a piece of wood called a "Waag" that moved forward and back above the clock dial, to make the clock keep time. They used toothed wheels made of wood and simple stones as weights. Those first clocks were rather primitive.
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