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Nixie table would look so much cooler if it was full-sized

Friday, September 26, 2008 - 3:55am

Nixie clocks! They're the nerdiest way to tell time ever! And that's why we love them. But this nixie clock takes it to the next level, embedding the vacuum tubes not on some boring stand, but on what looks like...

Sexy and retro Scope Clock encases a cathode ray tube in acrylic

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 2:51pm

When a ‘50s-style nixie clock isn’t going to cut it, get even more retro-techno with this Scope Clock. Made by nixie wristwatch maker David Forbes in his Cathode Corner laboratories, this gorgeous creation mixes up the old and the...

Test Tube Digital Clock is a poor man's nixie

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 - 9:52am

We’re crazy about nixie clocks around here — you know, those exquisite timepieces using 1950s-style tubes? Well, this is not that. However, this Test Tube Digital Clock, with its numeric lineup of glassy-domed LED numerals, vaguely resembles that ancient...

Nixie wrist watch is impractical, but we want one anyway

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 12:29pm

We’re big fans of Nixie clocks, using old Nixie ("Numerical Indicator eXperimental") tubes from the pre-LED/LCD era and turning them into unique timepieces. Now we’ve found another Nixie wristwatch (here's the first one we saw), created as a gag...

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Nixie Clocks stories

Nixie table would look so much cooler if it was full-sized

Sexy and retro Scope Clock encases a cathode ray tube in acrylic

Test Tube Digital Clock is a poor man's nixie

Nixie wrist watch is impractical, but we want one anyway

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