Gigantic nixie watch on Ebay

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Mar 19, 2015, 1:21:21 AM3/19/15

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Not mine, but thought this was worth a few grins

Says 6-16 hour battery-life, so with those tubes it's gotta be a pretty big battery, maybe 3500mA-hr. 2 months in standby seems pretty short, so it's

probably running a small CPU in sleep-mode.

Mine (still working on the case) draws 2uA in standby, and therefore limited by however long it takes the Li-ion battery to self-discharge.

But when the display is on, I'd be lucky if I got 2 hours with it's 1050mA-hr cell.

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Mar 19, 2015, 8:47:48 AM3/19/15

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I'd say that they nailed Steampunk. That is not a bad price for this item.

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David Forbes, Tucson AZ

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Mar 19, 2015, 4:43:37 PM3/19/15

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The guy is a talented and creative artist. I like his steampunk keyboard.

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Mar 19, 2015, 4:52:13 PM3/19/15

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A pocketwatch would be a nice steampunk theme. Didn't people keep them visible and dangle them from a chain ?

Using the chain double-duty as wiring would solve the annoying headache of having the battery in the case.

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