Mondlicht
moonlight over the high forest
- The wood
- Linden felled January 2013, waning moon, north slope above Schonach
- Movement
- Eight-day mechanical, brass
- The call
- Two notes, a falling minor third, voiced low for a sleeping house
- Dimensions
- 58 × 34 × 22 cm
- Carving
- 460 hours carved
- Price
- € 14,800
The craft record
The owl was drawn seven times before she was allowed into linden. She sits above the dial with her wings folded, and the crescent moon behind her is cut so shallow that it only appears when the room's light is low — a carving made for the hours it is named after.
The case is waxed dark, never stained: eleven coats, each rubbed back by hand, so the year-rings of the wood still read under the finish. The dial is walnut from the same valley, and the hands were cut from a single offcut of the case.
Provenance
- DrawnMarch 2024
- Carved, 460 hoursApril 2024 — February 2025
- Movement fitted and regulatedMarch 2025
- VoicedApril 2025
- Entered into the WerkverzeichnisMay 2025
Its papers
This clock carries the VdS certificate of the Verein die Schwarzwalduhr and the house's Urkunde: the wood, its felling winter, the hours of carving, and the signature of Elias Waldvogel.
WV 208 · Mondlicht
Entered into the Werkverzeichnis of the house, Schonach im Schwarzwald.