New Nixie watch with custom made tube - close to prototype

[Vladimir Vucicevic]

Hi All,

I am working on a very fun project for about 3 years - a 4-digit nixie tube that can fit on a watch. I know this will be very interesting to you guys so after long time I am posting it here, since I am close to production.

I have posted it on a watchuseek forum:

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f77/first-true-nixie-watch-concept-1482449.html

Check it out, you will see a 3D model of the watch with some more details.

The nixie tube inside will be assembled soon - in a couple of weeks, and I'll post some photos what I finish it.

I must mention Dalibor Farny here because he helped me a lot during my work. Thanks Dalibor!

Vladimir

[Terry S]

Vladimir, why would you call it the first true nixie tube watch? Several members here have made such watches, at least one member produced hundreds of them in production.

Terry

[gregebert]

I'm curious about the battery you are using, and the capacity.

I've done some testing on my watch, and it draws about 2uA when idle. When the display is on, it draws about 400mA.

Initial testing gives me about 85 days of usage per charge, assuming I use it 10 times per day with the display on for 7 seconds each usage.

[Vladimir Vucicevic]

Maybe I have put it wrong, what I wanted to say is that it will be first watch with newly produced tubes, not NOS ones.

I didn't want to undermine the success of already produced nixie watches...

[Nicholas Stock]

Newly produced tubes?

Interesting!

Sent from my iPhone

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[Dekatron42]

Lovely!

Now you just need to put the numbers side by side, four in a row, and I'd consider buying one.

/Martin

[Niek]

Looks great! So you & Dalibor produced a new type of nixie which has all the 4 digits included in a single glass enclosure? That's quite an achievement, really impressive! Definitely a Kickstarter-worthy project :) And of course there are some other nixie watches out there, and while cool, they always looked a bit too bulky to me (but that's just me). This one looks a lot more clean, well done.

[Dylan Distasio]

This looks great.  Any idea on when they might be available and the pricing?  It will be quite an accomplishment to mass produce a new nixie. 

Thank for your comments, guys!

Dalibor and I are working on our project separately, but it happened that we started at the same time. Dalibor went for making big tubes while I focused on minimizing the tube size so it could be suitable for a watch. But we have consulted each other along the way.

@Dekatron42, for now this arrangement was the only possible. There are no 4 tubes in this watch, but 4 digits in one tube, multiplexed. I have another project in mind with 4 digits in one line, but I'll work on that when I finish this first.

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[Vladimir Vucicevic]

Thanks for your comments, guys!

Dalibor and I are working on our projects separately, but it happened that we started at the same time. Dalibor went for making big tubes while I focused on minimizing the tube size so it could be suitable for a watch. But we have consulted each other along the way.

@Dekatron42, for now, this arrangement was the only one possible. There are no 4 tubes in this watch, but 4 digits in one tube, multiplexed. I have another project in mind with 4 digits in one line, but I'll work on that when I finish this first.

субота, 31. јануар 2015. 13.41.44 UTC+1, Niek је написао/ла:

[Vladimir Vucicevic]

If all goes according the plan I expect to start shipping by the end of this year. There is a lot of stuff to be done because this will not be just for eBay but a CE and FCC certified product.

[Dalibor]

Congrats Vladimir, I am glad You came over (hopefuly) all the problems with manufacture of the tubes. I am looking forward to see more pictures and details of the watch.

Just to make it clear - this is completely Vladimir's project, he did all the hard work himself. I only shared some knowledge with him, as well as he shared his with me.

Regards, Dalibor

[Dekatron42]

Any update on when the watch will be available?

/Martin