Reasons to Get a Cuckoo Clock, Part II - Money

No one is arguing that cuckoo clocks are cheap. Far from it, in fact, as very few things hand crafted of wood and designed for time keeping and music and movement, could be so.

But they are economical; and the difference is key. Barring very unforeseen circumstances any cuckoo clock can be repaired. It is wood and brass, put together in a way that has easily survived centuries.
A movement can be re-bushed, bellows can be recovered, a case can be glued, tacked, and oiled. Cuckoo clocks can recover.

As a time keeper, as a conversation piece, as an heirloom, the cuckoo clock can be timeless. It can happily live in generations of homes and become a story of families and memories.

Obviously, this makes it priceless.