FO> I've never heard of or seen a battery operated cuckoo clock, but maybe
 FO> there is such a clock. Good luck.
 
   I have already found two. One is a cheap plastic one, made in China, that 
plays a different electronic tune for each hour. It is a "Telesonic" quartz 
clock. The cuckoo only looks left to right continuously, it does not come 
out. I found it at a garage sale for $5, and with a little painting it does 
not look as plastic as it did originally. Still, I would call this clock a 
"cuckoo style" clock, not an actual cuckoo clock.
 
  Anyways, I did not like the electronic tunes that much, but my mother 
thought that clock was just the neatest thing, so I am going the mail it to 
her as soon as the UPS srtike is over.
 
  I was very lucky and actually found a battery powered real cuckoo clock, 
made in Germany. A local clock shop owner had found it years ago and had set 
it on a shelf. It was made in the 60's or 70's, and takes one "D" battery. It 
has mechanical bellows for the "cuckoo" sound and a mechanical chime, all 
just like the wind up ones. He is going to restore it for me and sell it with 
a 6 month warranty for $100. I am really looking forward to getting it. I 
really love that old clock sound.
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