QUEENSLAND'S GERMAN CONNECTIONS - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

“Anton (also known as ‘Clock Doc Number 2’) looks after our website, clock repairs, deliveries and installations. We have earned a very good reputation with our repair business and we are always receiving incoming repairs not only for cuckoo clocks but also wall clocks, mantle clocks, antique clocks, Dutch clocks and grandfather clocks. We receive much repeat business. “I take care of purchasing, administration and our wholesale distribution network. I have grown to feel very passionate about the clocks and really value and appreciate the job I have. The older I get, the more I realise how unique our business is, and how rare a really sound mechanical commodity is these days. “Anton and I have a harmonious work relationship which also reflects our relaxed environment in the workplace. The shop has become a tourist icon on the mountain and we are well known to people Australia-wide.

“We offer a free unique experience for people to see and hear the clocks, and, for those who wish to buy, we cater to everyone’s budget from a $4.90 German hat to a $4,990 German grandfather clock. “Customers enjoy coming back to the shop to see what’s new or to bring their friends to show them. Many of our visitors can relate their own European heritage to some part of the shop and we enjoy sharing and celebrating this heritage with them. We often have customers who recall their childhood memories of grandma’s or grandpa’s clock in their house, and wish to create that same atmosphere again. “We distribute around Australia and overseas. Although cuckoo clocks are our main staple, we also market grandfather clocks, as well as contemporary clocks, kitchen clocks, nutcrackers, weather houses, music boxes, German music CDs – and the witches, of course …” cuckooclocknest.com.au

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