Best Ballerina Clock Music Box- Schmid Tune Roses From the South VIDEO withSOUND

Finest Vintage Ballerina Music Box Alarm Clock, Tiny ballerina dances "em pointe" to the waltz, "Roses From the South". Designed by renowned German clock makers, Wm. With genuine Swiss Reuge music movement. On the set alarm time, the formally attired ballerina, "en pointe, " one arm raised, spins left and right, moves up and down in time with the Strauss Waltz. This is not a modern quartz clock but a vintage/antique 24 hour wind-up with alarm music shut-off knob at the base. The clock keeps excellent time and the Swiss alarm music is so very sweet and clear.

This exquisite piece operates beautifully for it's 60 + age. Out of dozens of ballerina clocks, in my opinion, this is, by far, the finest, most realistic, ballerina music box alarm clock ever made. Size: 7 Inches High, 3 inches round. "Rosen aus dem Süden" (Roses From the South), Op.

388, is a waltz medley composed by Johann Strauss in 1880 with its themes drawn from the operetta "Das Spitzentuch der Königin" (The Queen's Lace Handkerchief). Strauss dedicated the waltz to King Umberto I of Italy. The waltz was first performed at the Sunday concerts of the Strauss Orchestra and conducted by Eduard Strauss on 7 November 1880 at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.

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