The clock was beyond what I expected and at a GREAT price! It is a smaller cuckcoo clock and you will have to wind it every 30 hours. There is not a silencer lever on it, but you can move the metal catch over the bird-door so that it won't cuckcoo. I leave the bird on all night to keep my kids from trying to sleep downstairs as I cannot hear it up stairs. The clock is made in Germany, and is completely wind-able (no batteries/power cord). If the clock gains or loses time, all one has to do is move the leaf on the pendulum to make it run faster or slower. The clock had such a good price, I completely made an impulse buy;in the past, I have always seen these clocks go for hundreds of dollars.

My 80 year old mom said to me one day that she always wanted a cuckoo clock. So I got her this one and it is really wonderful. She loves it and it brightens everyone's day. It's a great buy.

It looks nice, has a solid feel to it and is well made. The exterior is entirely wooden, no plastic except for the clock face and that still looks nice. The counter-weights are brass and they are very heavy.

The clock is entirely analog, no batteries and no motors. It makes a soft click as the pendulum swings that is just loud enough to tell you that the clock is working and quiet enough that you won't be disturbed by it either. The cuckoo chirps on the hour and again on the half. It is surprisingly loud but not shrill, so it won't scare anyone who may have been napping.

It's really a charming and wonderful thing.

Nice working cuckoo cuckoo clock. Took me about four days to get the pendulum set in the correct position to get it to keep time though It's really touchy. Also when I shut the little cuckoos door at night so it don't wake the family it don't seem to keep time quite correctly need to figure that out. There is no off switch to turn the cuckoo on silent.

I love the quality of this clock! It was delivered just 2 days after I ordered it. The cuckoo bird is adorable and has a happy sound! The wood is beautiful German wood. And most importantly, the clock DOES come with a quiet switch. A little lever on the left of the cuckoo bird door. Turn it to were it's sideways and no cuckoo. A lot of reviews say that there's no shut off switch. It's there. 😃

The cuckoo clock is a bit smaller than I expected, but it is beautiful and it has to be hung high on the wall so that there is room for the chains and weights to hang down. I'm having a bit of a time adjusting it to make it faster or slower, but feel confident I will be able to work this out by adjusting the weight on the pendulum. The cuckoo comes out and announces the hour, and at the half hour the cuckoo chirps once. I think a cuckoo clock is a charming thing to make a house a home.

Revised 12/6/2017 This clock has never worked right. I followed all instructions. I contacted the seller who said call Amazon. The clock advertises it has a 2 year guarantee. Amazon gave me $66 to get the clock repaired. It cost $100. It still does not work. I would advise, do not buy this clock. Never worked right and nothing but a headache.