Val Tury,
owner of Great Moments Company.

About.

Anton Schneider began producing cuckoo clocks in 1848 at his farm house in Schonach, Germany.The Anton Schneider Cuckoo Clock Company is now in their 6th generation and has been producing high value cuckoo clocks since 1952.

The Anton Schneider Cuckoo Clock Factory is among the most modern and largest cuckoo clock manufacturers in the Black Forest today.

The Clock Factory, an authorized dealer of Anton Schneider cuckoo clocks, offers these high quality, German masterpieces at the store and online.
Magnificent detail combined with ancient handicraft skills are the characteristics of the new generation of Anton Schneider Cuckoo Clocks. Highly Skilled Carpenters, wood-carvers and the cuckoo clock assembly shops followed by a quality inspection make it possible to offer customers a full guarantee.

 

The Canadian Loon Watch
La Montre Du Huart Canadien

By Authority of The Royal Canadian Mint

Avec l’autorisation de la Monnaie royale canadienne

This fine timepiece will bring you years of enjoyment.
The watch face is an exact foil of the reverse of Canada’s circulation dollar. The loon design was created by Robert-Ralph Carmichael, one of Canada’s most well-known wildlife artists. The one-dollar coin was placed in circulation in 1987 as a cost-saving measure to replace the one-dollar bank note. Canadians immediately dubbed it the "loonie."
The distinctive material used imitates the coin’s special colour which comes from the aureate nickel coating made of 88% copper and 12% tin.
The Common Loon (Gavia immer) is a true and lasting symbol of the Canadian wilderness. Its haunting call is known and recognized by campers and vacationers. It is a water bird like ducks, gees and grebes. Loons migrate to warmer areas around the Gulf of Mexico and on the east and west coasts of North America to winter, and return to northern lakes to breed when the ice melts in spring. Their days are spent hunting, feeding, resting and caring for young. Fish, crayfish, frogs, snails, salamanders and leeches make up their summer diet. Their life expectancy may be 15 to 30 years. Loons are protected by Canadian federal law and may not be hunted.

About the Designer
Robert Ralph Carmichael is one of Canada’s most prolific and respected artist. His paintings, many of which reflect the artist’s love of the rugged beauty of Canada and Europe. Mr. Carmichael’s art is featured in some of the countrie’s finest collections.
Born in 1937 in the nothern Ontario town of Sault Ste. Marie, Mr.Carmichael graduated in Toronto in 1959 with an Associate of the Ontario College of Art Diploma. He also holds a B.A. from Carleton University of Ottawa.
This well known artist has designed other coins for the Royal Canadian Mint: the 1988 Silver Dollar celebrating the 250th anniversary of the St.Maurice Ironworks, the 1988 Bowhead Whale $100 Gold Coin of the First Fifty Years of Powered Flight series.

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