Hubert Herr Black Forest 8-Day Cuckoo Clock

Some of you may be familiar with the cuckoo clock I got as a Christmas gift in 2016, but for those of you who aren't, I first got this cuckoo clock from Grandma and Grandpa Carlson. My dad told me that Grandpa Gardner used to have a cuckoo clock, but I never had the chance to meet him, since he passed away from brain cancer in September 1984. Apparently, he had passed it down to my dad, but it never got used because some of my other family members didn't like having it running because it would make them go "cuckoo-crazy."
When my family and I had that house fire in November 2003, the cuckoo clock burned along with almost every one of our valuables. Yes, we all got out safely, otherwise, I wouldn't be living to tell the tale. Also, I knew a good family friend who had a cuckoo clock of his own. His name was Doyle Nash, and I first saw his cuckoo clock in December 2004, and that got me interested in having a cuckoo clock in my clock collection. Plus, he and his wife Jean had a house near Milo, Iowa that was built in the same era as the house on West Mound Road near Platteville, Wisconsin.
So in 2016, I decided to get a cuckoo clock to replace the one my family and I lost in the fire. Apparently, this cuckoo clock wasn't brand new, even though it felt and seemed new, but I can't be certain of what year this clock was manufactured.
This clock had problems working when I first got it because it had been stowed away for a long time before I got it. In the beginning portion of the montage, the clock struggled to strike at full speed. Of course the first part of the montage was filmed in 2017. Then in February 2018, the clock's strike slowed down dramatically, so I took it to Windsor Clock and Watch to get it serviced. It worked like a champ after that, but in December 2021, when we had that unexpected warmth and a derecho, I didn't want to risk the clock getting blown away, not that it would so easily since the building is pretty new, and well-built, but I didn't want to take the chance, so I took it down to the hallway on the lowest level of the building. Fortunately, the building wasn't damaged in the least by the severe weather.
When I tried to get the clock back up, every time I tried to start it up, it would stop unexpectedly, so I took it to get serviced again. This time, it needed some new bushings among other things. So I got it back in early 2022, since we had to get through the holiday hustle and bustle.
Then earlier this year, I had a couple of minor accidents with the crown, for it fell to the floor and broke into two pieces. Then the second accident, it broke into another piece; three pieces altogether, so I asked Windsor Clock & Watch to repair the crown. The clock itself was fine.
So that's the story of the cuckoo clock and why I was interested in obtaining one to add to my collection. I may add a cuckoo quail clock to my collection someday. Since I got this cuckoo clock, Grandpa Carlson passed away in September 2017 and Grandma Carlson passed away in June 2019. I miss them both very much, plus Doyle and Jean Nash, too.