I really like cuckoo clocks and have since I was a little kid. The problem is that most of them, like this one, have a 30-hour movement. Watches and alarm clocks with 30-hour movements work because it's fairly easy to get in the habit of winding them every day. I can't get into the habit of winding other 30-hour clocks, for some reason. I've had a few and it seems like they're always stopped because I forgot to wind them. My father has a couple of cuckoos with 8-day movements, and they always run.

This one is a big, impressive clock. If it had an 8-day movement, it would be perfect. Besides the strike, it's got two different chimes, one for the hour and another for the half, as the little dancers twirl around.

Acquired: a gift from my father, he probably got it in the 1990s or early 2000s

Current conditions: runs when I remember to wind it