UPDATE: not 5 minutes after this was posted, the item sold
Jeff Thomas has put one of his rare nixie watches up for sale on eBay for $500. To the best of my knowledge, this is the only 4 digit nixie clock on the market. It is slightly larger than the David Forbes design but it appears to be narrower and is enclosed in a clear acrylic case. As bet as I can tell in my research, this is the original nixie watch design.
Background: thirty five of these watches were assembled in 2001. Now nine years later, I revisited the original design.
I had completed a small production of six watches this week. This is the one remaining watch, and is being offered on ebay.
Shipping will be by USPS Priority Mail in the USA. International shipping will be USPS Express Mail worldwide.
(now quit reading and go buy it!)
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I am a big fan of Nocrotec's work and while doing my daily eBay search, I discovered that Dieter released a new VFD clock based on the GE-100 tubes. I have no idea where he finds sources for some of the odd tubes but I have never encountered these in person let alone in a clock for sale. These are easily the most elegant VFD tubes I've seen. The individual elements are rounded giving the display a much softer look than normal seven segment devices. Other than that, it appears to have the same specs as his other devices. At $259, this is a solid buy. Be sure to check out the links below for more information.
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Here is a great clock I found while doing my daily scour for gadgets on eBay. It is a 4 digit B7971 clock that was home-made but it looks quite nice. Given that the tubes alone have gone for as high as $80/each recently, I can't imagine this clock selling for less that $350. I've got to keep an eye on this one; I'm already jealous of whoever buys it.
The first of twelve digital clocks I built using B-7971 Giant Nixie Tubes
(This is also the last one in my posession)
The Clock Chip used is Fairchild's 7002, BCD output.
A cmos Logic circuit was designed so unique digits could be created.
(Note in the picture the unique shape of the 3,4,& 7 characters)
The cabinet measements are approximately 14" x 7" x 6"
These clocks & display tubes have a very long life expetency.
(Never had a failure of the 12 I built)
I will include any spec. sheets I can find for the components used in this item.
This clock was once used in a home with a smoker but cleaning and time has removed 99% of the related odor.
