Founded in 1920, Lötscher Ltd. is billed as the only genuine Swiss brand of cuckoo clocks in existence today. All of the initial steps involved in building the clocks are done in the woodworking facility in Brienz. All of the clocks are handmade, hand carved and hand assembled using aged linden wood.
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Going cuckoo about real Swiss cuckoo clocks
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What could come as a surprise however is learning that Switzerland is not in fact the home of the cuckoo clock and that many of the cheap quartz clocks on sale are made in China, South Korea and Japan. The Black Forest region of southern Germany is where cuckoo clocks – mostly depicting a hunting…
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