Gigantic nixie watch on Ebay

[gregebert]

Not mine, but thought this was worth a few grins

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nixie-Tube-Watch-Steampunk-Style-Protomech-Prototype-A-/291410140509?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43d965dd5d

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.

[David Forbes]

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

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David Forbes, Tucson AZ

[Terry S]

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

[gregebert]

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.