The Idea

 

The modern world is digitized. That's why you can read these lines and that's why you can be here right now. It´s great and we are happy about that!

But there is also another world: haptic, sensual, charming, lovable. I wanted to create a product that belongs to this other world, but also has a connection to the modern world. Not just virtual, but real and above all, it shouldn't be a product that is simply being consumed. Rather a product that awakens creativity and trains dexterity, that is remembered, motivates and stimulates your own ideas. Contemplative and peaceful. And of course it should be unique!

The traditional cuckoo clock is a bizarre mix of tradition and technology. Driven by an astonishingly simple mechanism, it shows the time reliably when given careful attention and then rewards the owner every half and full hour with the clock striking, the agile playing of its figures and the unmistakable reputation of the cuckoo to which the clock owes its name. With the depiction of an Alpine idyll, it awakens the longing for untouched, peaceful nature and at the same time fascinates as a technical gem. Millions of watch lovers and miniature railroaders from all over the world already share this fascination.

So why not reinvent the cuckoo clock and get the rest of the world excited about it? A cuckoo clock to build yourself, with different motifs away from the mountain idyll and a clock that in the end also does more than “tictoc” and "cuckoo"!

We have been working on this idea for 10 years and now, in 2020, this idea has become a reality. We took our time, like a clock does: KUKOLEDO, the first and only clock manufacturer for DIY-cardboard cuckoo clocks on the whole planet. Maybe even in the entire universe!