“In the 20th century, cuckoo clocks became very commoditized,” he said. ... with the Kaiser Wilhelm clock hung on its own in a small side room and the rest of the collection kept in storage.

There were tall grandfather clocks and tiny cuckoo clocks, dome-shaped anniversary clocks and caseless skeleton clocks. There was a small, battery-powered kitchen clock on the wall above the ...

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