The Association of Black Forest Clocks has designated this clock as the official Clock of the Year for 2007. (VdS).

Cuckoo Clock (mechanical) with 8-day movement and running time, music and dancers, farmer’s wife ringing the bell, and bell tower with swinging fire bell. Every year, visitors to the Black Forest Museum (Gutach) vote for the year’s most beautiful clock. The Association of the Black Forest Clock presents the Clock of the Year award every year. All Black Forest cuckoo clock manufacturers enter a clock in the competition. The year’s clock is chosen by the visitors. This is the 2007 winner!

This colossal clock displays every aspect that represents the character of a Black Forest Farmhouse. The clock house itself is a representation of Black Forest’s construction skills. At the base, a partially open stonework building with a traditional shingle roof. Farm steads in the Black Forest are frequently lonely structures scattered throughout the mountainous land. The bell tower with the fire bell on the roof is a distinguishing feature of such a farmhouse. All of these elements, which appear to be charming adornments at first look, serve important duties in a Black Forest farmhouse. Many Black Forest farm residences now provide a variety of leisure activities to visitors. Farms with horses or ponies are quite popular with families. This clock depicts one of these family-friendly Pony Farms, complete with all of the characteristic Black Forest farm characteristics. There is a wayside cross, a little spring, and a hiding deer among the trees on the right-hand side, in addition to the ponies. The farmer’s wife in Black Forest’s (Gutach Valley) costume ringing the bell is the clock’s principal moving element. She tugs on the rope with her right arm raised. The bell in the bell tower swings and chimes at the same time. All of the figurines and decorative pieces are hand-painted and constructed of wood. The dancing figurines are high-quality children’s figurines, with each one being unique.