BIGGEST OF THEM ALL

Shot taken on 27th June – Second day of our vacation.
This is the last of my cuckoo clocks shots, I promise.
This is claimed to be the biggest of cuckoo clocks and occupies one whole building. It took us over an hour to find the place – not sure it was worth the trouble. Most of all I liked the mechanism almost completely made of wood as you can see from the pictures.
Joke: Joe was invited for a night out with his friends. He promised his wife he would be back home by midnight.
Well, the hours passed quickly and the beer was going down way too easy. At 3am, drunk as a skunk, Joe headed for home.
Just as he got in the door, the cuckoo clock in the hall started up and cuckooed three times. Quickly, he realized his wife would probably wake up, so he cuckooed another 9 times. He was really proud of himself for having such a rapid, witty solution, even when smashed, to escape a possible conflict.
The next morning Joe’s wife asked what time he got in, and he told her 12 o'clock. She didn't seem disturbed at all. Got away with that one, he thought! Then she told him “we needed a new cuckoo clock. It has gone berserk - last night it cuckooed 3 times, then said, 'oh f**k,' cuckooed 4 more times, cleared its throat, cuckooed another 3 times, giggled, cuckooed twice more.... then farted."
Thank you so much for looking and for the lovely comments on yesterday's picture.

[Sheralee S]

It is very impressive and looks great from the outside. The joke made me laugh :)

[Sharon Lee]

Very cool

[Maggiemae]

I'm still smiling! This must be a museum with wooden mechanism only! Really good photography to make the most out of these pictures!

[sally agnew]

Oh wow, love those working gears on display Dione :)

[Denise Wood]

So fascinating :)

[Kerri]

Great collage

[gloria jones]

Neat collage

[Danny G.]

Great collage. Those wood gears and mechanism are very impressive. I can feel your enthusiasm for clocks in your images and narratives.

[bkb in the city]

That is amazing

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Very interesting looking. Excellent collage.

[tony gig]

Lovely shot and information Dione.

[Margaret Brown]

Nice detailed collage, nice to see the workmanship that's been used

[Suse♡]

You always find the most interesting things to photograph

[Ivan]

Love it, fav. We visited it probably 20 years (or more!) ago!

[Pyrrhula]

A great fav. collage of those nice clocks and house.

[Call me Joe]

Incredible shot as always!!

[Beth]

Very nice collage. I learn a lot from your photos.

[Kathy]

Typically what happens to us all when we lie!! ROFL!!
I love all the clocks and would think with that great big one, you could take your broken cuckoo clock apart and see how it should go back together!! Would have loved to have seen this place!! FAV!

[Gena Pegg]

Awesome detail of this gigantic time piece. Actually very amazing!

[richard saffold]

does it go tick-tock?

[Dianne]

I am pleased you found this to share with us - what a terrific place to visit and lovely images to boot!

[Dione Giorgio]

@bella_ss @sugarmuser @maggiemae @hermann @gilbertwood @kerristephens @seattlite @soboy5 @bkbinthecity @mittens @tonygig @craftymeg @susale @ivan @pyrrhula @joemuli @vernabeth @cashew @eyesmile @chard @dide Thank you so much for the lovely comments and the fav's.

[alia_801]

What a lovely clock - amazing that it's made of wood too.

[Kim]

Wonderful detail in this giant cuckoo!

[Nina Ganci]

spectacular collage.
You are a clock maker, so this should have been very interesting indeed
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[Phil Howcroft]

another fab montage from your collection of shots dione

[mervyn hobbs]

This is lovely.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

The mechanism's beautiful! Well presented monatge as always, Dione, nice captures too.

[Paula W]

I think we visited this place when we lived in Germany and our American visitors bought us a lovely little cuckoo clock which we still have. The little children love it.