World's largest "Nixie" clock?

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celzey11

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Jun 25, 2019, 11:00:04 PM6/25/19
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Saw this beauty in Copenhagen and thought it belonged on here!
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celzey11

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Jun 25, 2019, 11:03:17 PM6/25/19
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Anyone know of any other clocks like this?

Ron Walsh

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Jun 25, 2019, 11:08:35 PM6/25/19
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I have seen that clock.  Maybe is was the unconscious encounter that made me fall in love with tiny buzzing tubes.

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On Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 11:00:09 PM EDT, celzey11 <celz...@gmail.com> wrote:


Saw this beauty in Copenhagen and thought it belonged on here!

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jb-electronics

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Jun 25, 2019, 11:09:40 PM6/25/19
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The Evoluon exhibition in Eindhoven, Netherlands, in 1966 had a "Nixie clock" installation over the entrance:


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On 2019-06-25 9:03 p.m., celzey11 wrote:
Anyone know of any other clocks like this?
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jb-electronics

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Jun 25, 2019, 11:12:27 PM6/25/19
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celzey11

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Jun 25, 2019, 11:20:56 PM6/25/19
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That's fantastic!

jb-electronics

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Jun 25, 2019, 11:28:48 PM6/25/19
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They are not real Nixie tubes, of course, but neon tubes bent into the
shape of numerals. Still it looks super cool :)

On 2019-06-25 9:20 p.m., celzey11 wrote:
> That's fantastic!
>

gregebert

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Jun 25, 2019, 11:39:08 PM6/25/19
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Take a close look at the Copenhagen clock; you can see how the digits are formed with a mix of straight and curved segments.
It's much more aesthetic than a 7-segment display, and much simpler than a nixie tube with 10 cathodes.

Dan Harboe Burer

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Jun 26, 2019, 1:28:56 AM6/26/19
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I live in Denmark; I remember as a kid, seeing the clock for the first time back in the 1970's.
During the 1990's the station was renovated and the clock temporarily dismantled. I was keeping an eye on that it came back - if not I would have gotten in touch with DSB to save it :)

Dan

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Take a close look at the Copenhagen clock; you can see how the digits are formed with a mix of straight and curved segments.
It's much more aesthetic than a 7-segment display, and much simpler than a nixie tube with 10 cathodes.

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Tidak Ada

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Jun 26, 2019, 5:59:14 AM6/26/19
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I missed the  the link to the photo and accidentally deleted the message. Please can anybody place the link again?

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Bill Notfaded

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Jun 28, 2019, 10:34:49 AM6/28/19
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On Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 2:59:14 AM UTC-7, Tidak Ada wrote:
I missed the  the link to the photo and accidentally deleted the message. Please can anybody place the link again?

eric

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Op 26 jun. 2019 om 07:28 heeft Dan Harboe Burer <danb...@gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:

I live in Denmark; I remember as a kid, seeing the clock for the first time back in the 1970's.
During the 1990's the station was renovated and the clock temporarily dismantled. I was keeping an eye on that it came back - if not I would have gotten in touch with DSB to save it :)

Dan

On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 5:39 AM gregebert <greg...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Take a close look at the Copenhagen clock; you can see how the digits are formed with a mix of straight and curved segments.
It's much more aesthetic than a 7-segment display, and much simpler than a nixie tube with 10 cathodes.

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Dan Harboe Burer

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Jul 8, 2019, 5:50:56 PM7/8/19
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I live in Denmark; I remember as a kid, seeing the clock for the first time back in the 1970's.
During the 1990's the station was renovated and the clock temporarily dismantled. I was keeping an eye on that it came back - if not I would have gotten in touch with DSB to save it :)

Dan

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