New Nixie watch video

[David Forbes]

Folks,

I finally got the first article of my new Nixie watch built.

See it here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MayQ2zil768

The video is home-made, but it gets the point across.

I hope to be producing these in a few months. I will offer a few watches
as beta units at a discounted price for intrepid early adopters,
provided you agree to give me useful feedback about the watch.

I'm also interested in ideas for colors to anodize the front of the case
(the rear is stainless steel). I'm currently considering clear, black,
and orange.

--
David Forbes, Tucson AZ

[Dan Harboe Burer]

I would like a metallic red :)

Dan

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[Dan Harboe Burer]

And a beautiful watch it is!!! :)

Dan


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Forbes" <dfo...@dakotacom.net>
To: "neonixie-l" <neoni...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 6:51 AM
Subject: [neonixie-l] New Nixie watch video

[fixitsan]

On Saturday, October 20, 2012 5:51:15 AM UTC+1, nixiebunny wrote:

Folks,

I finally got the first article of my new Nixie watch built.

See it here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MayQ2zil768

In a league of it's own David, well done

[Terry S]

David -- it looks amazing. Looks like it displayed the seconds
sometimes but not others -- why?

Terry

[John Rehwinkel]

> I finally got the first article of my new Nixie watch built.

Heh, the USB plug end looks like a face! Was that intentional?

> I'm also interested in ideas for colors to anodize the front of the case (the rear is stainless steel). I'm currently considering clear, black, and orange.

I think purple would be really handsome, and set off the colour of the lit nixies beautifully. That, and the girlfriend (you've met her, actually)
would approve.

- John

[Quixotic Nixotic]

On 20 Oct 2012, at 05:51, David Forbes wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I finally got the first article of my new Nixie watch built.

Well done David. Amazing work as always.

Somehow I still really like the hockey puck. My nephew asks me every time I see him if I have it on. He says he wants to inherit it.

John S

[Quixotic Nixotic]

On 20 Oct 2012, at 16:50, John Rehwinkel wrote:

> I think purple would be really handsome, and set off the colour of the lit nixies beautifully. That, and the girlfriend (you've met her, actually)

How do you get your girlfriend to light up?

Ducking incoming,

John S

[Michel]

That looks nice David! Definitely better than the renderings you
previously showed us.

It's very 1960's style I would say, smooth and sleek, no trouble
passing airport security.

I think compared to your previous version, it looks much better but at
the same time it will probably attract less attention. It could be
more like "I am wearing a nixie watch" rather than "hey look, he is
wearing a nixie watch". It's a bit like U-boat bringing a 35mm
diameter / 8mm thin watch onto the market. It would still be a nice
watch but out of proportions and people wouldn't recognize it as a U-
boat.

I would still prefer to see more of the tubes themselves rather than
the digits only. I know you explained the reason why doing it this
way, which is totally fair, it's just a personal preference. Is the
official release going to be somewhat water resistant? I have found
that to be quite important as it is very easy to get it wet even
though you try your best to protect it from water.

Last time you mentioned you wouldn't update the software (much). The
thing I am missing is some form of tube brightness control. You can
see in your video that the digits are totally overexposed, which is
not a problem for the video, but if you wake up in the middle of the
night and want to know the time, you're in for a serious shock! I know
this because that is what happens if I put my watch on constant
brightness rather than adjusted to the ambient light.

Anyway, it is a nice watch and it looks much better than what I
thought it was going to look like.

Michel

[John Rehwinkel]

>> I think purple would be really handsome, and set off the colour of the lit nixies beautifully. That, and the girlfriend (you've met her, actually)
>
> How do you get your girlfriend to light up?

Hook her up to 180 volts and stand back!

- John R

[Charles MacDonald]

On 12-10-20 10:25 PM, John Rehwinkel wrote:

>> How do you get your girlfriend to light up?
>
> Hook her up to 180 volts and stand back!

I am afraid that _YOU_ would end up as the one seeing bright lights in
that situation.


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cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe
http://Charles.MacDonald.org/tubes
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[Instrument Resources of America]

If I ever did that to my g.f. I'd have to sleep on my stomach for the
rest of my life. Ira.

[Alan Tan]

Nice watch. What's it's size physically? In mm?

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[yuckymucky]

Nice work, I like it a lot. I think orange would make an awesome color, depending on how dark/light it turns out.

[J Forbes]

48 x 50 x 15 approximately. Weight is just under 75 grams.

I got the second watch module in the first (non-anodized) case from David. I'm going to put a stainless bracelet on it to replace the leather one, and see how it works. I'm also going to cut the setting buttons down so they are flush with the case.

Jim