Nixie watch case update

[David Forbes]

Dear all,

In spite of having designed a new sleek Nixie watch, I still have many
requests for the big old style. I can't argue; the Woz has made it a
must-have item.

I have had many requests to make the lugs more beefy, and the strap a
bit wider. I am going from 20mm to 22mm.

What do you think of the new lug design? Is it OK, or are some
proportions off?

http://www.nixiewatch.com/casetest.html

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David Forbes, Tucson AZ

[Dieter Waechter]

Hi David,
I like your new sleek design better.
At the old design I like the left version better.
Do you have a side view?
Where will the USB connection be?
Dieter

[Christian Bjelle]

Hi.
The right one seems more proportional, and looks sturdy and robust. The lugs on the left one looks small and brittle, and would probably make the wearer worried that it might fall off.

Regards,
Christian Bjelle
chri...@bjelle.se

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[Alan Tan]

I think the new proportion is just nice. The old skinny lugs looks weak, not that they're weak of course.

[Terry S]

David, I like the new rendering. My only suggestion would be to go to
12 notches in the bezel instead of 15, as a "tribute" to analog
watches. And have them line up in conventional positions as the bezel
is tightened down. Maybe easier said than done?

Terry

[John Rehwinkel]

> What do you think of the new lug design? Is it OK, or are some proportions off?

The proportions look good to me, the strap flows into the body nicely. I'd radius/fillet all the corners instead
of just one.

- John

[GastonP]

I have had many requests to make the lugs more beefy, and the strap a 

bit wider. I am going from 20mm to 22mm.

What do you think of the new lug design? Is it OK, or are some
proportions off?

http://www.nixiewatch.com/casetest.html

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David Forbes, Tucson AZ

I like this new more than the older one. However, depending on the kind of strap you plan to use you should check if it is thick enough not to look wimpy. I'm thinking in metal ones. If suck, perhaps an additional metal piece to cover the gap could help.

IMO the kind of strap that goes best with this humongous watches are fabric ones. Olive green. :)

Great watch!

Regards

   Gaston

[Lucky]

IMO the rightmost one looks both sturdier and better designed with the larger shaped lugs.
Dave.

[Michel]

Yes, I agree, the design on the right is better than your new sleek
one. If you can reduce the dial diameter to say 52mm or below, and a
bit thinner, you'll end up with a better watch while still maintaining
the shape and look of your popular nixie watch. I had a few people
commenting that the battery lasts only 6 weeks when you wear it on a
daily bases due to faulty time triggers, so you may see if you can
improve that. I am wearing my watch almost every day for about 6
months now, total readings 20,338 and battery still going strong. I
think that the average time readings of 50 per day is not really a
good number, it is closer to 125 on average.

Michel

[Terry S]

> I
> think that the average time readings of 50 per day is not really a
> good number, it is closer to 125 on average.
>

Really? You check your watch every 7 minutes during waking hours?

You are either obsessed with time, or with your watch.

[yuckymucky]

I like the new design, kinda glad I held off on getting one of the originals as I will most certainly be getting one of your new designs. Already have the money stashed away.

 

Really? You check your watch every 7 minutes during waking hours?

You are either obsessed with time, or with your watch.

Or himself.

[Lucky]

On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 16:13:10 UTC, yuckymucky wrote:I like the new design, kinda glad I held off on getting one of the originals as I will most certainly be getting one of your new designs. Already have the money stashed away.

 

Really? You check your watch every 7 minutes during waking hours?

You are either obsessed with time, or with your watch.

Or himself.

Wow not a very polite suggestion! Verging on the down right rude if you ask me.

Regardless, on viewing amount/times, as I understand it you have a tilt sensor to enable the tubes at a set angle but will not the tubes also ignite during normal everyday wearing? For instance my arm right now as I type is at the ideal viewing angle, I can also imagine many times when my arm would be at this angle, so is the watch going to be turning on regularly or what stops that from happening? (I can envisage the 'hundreds of times' scenario if no safeguards in place)

[J Forbes]

On Wednesday, November 7, 2012 10:24:43 AM UTC-7, Lucky wrote:

Regardless, on viewing amount/times, as I understand it you have a tilt sensor to enable the tubes at a set angle but will not the tubes also ignite during normal everyday wearing? For instance my arm right now as I type is at the ideal viewing angle, I can also imagine many times when my arm would be at this angle, so is the watch going to be turning on regularly or what stops that from happening? (I can envisage the 'hundreds of times' scenario if no safeguards in place)

I guess you don't have one of David's watches? The "ideal viewing angle" probably isn't what you expect it to be....the watch is designed so that you move it so it's "flat" then roll your wrist so the top of the watch moves toward your head. Hard to explain...watch the video and see how it works.  I like to set the angle so it's closer to 90 degrees, than the suggested 45 degrees.

It really does work, in normal use the watch does not turn on too often. I almost always get more than 6 months out of a CR2 battery.

The new rechargeable watch will be fun to see how the battery lasts...I plan to charge it weekly, and see how it does. Recommended charge interval is three weeks, which is probably hard to remember.

Jim Forbes

[Nick]

On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 17:24:43 UTC, Lucky wrote:

On Wednesday, 7 November 2012 16:13:10 UTC, yuckymucky wrote:I like the new design, kinda glad I held off on getting one of the originals as I will most certainly be getting one of your new designs. Already have the money stashed away.

 

Really? You check your watch every 7 minutes during waking hours?

You are either obsessed with time, or with your watch.

Or himself.

Wow not a very polite suggestion! Verging on the down right rude if you ask me.

Indeed - enough of that, thank you.

 

I like the new round case - I have one of the prototypes of the original (before they had serial numbers), but would like to change as the prototype case doesn't close that well (!! after all, it is a prototype!).

Will there be an "upgrade path"?

Nick

[Josh]

I apologize, my comment was rude and uncalled for.

[Lucky]

No I don't (unfortunately) have one of David's watches (Yet) but is certainly on my wish list but then along came Michel and I like the design of his watch as well, hmm...going to have to buy one of each now aren't I?
In all seriousness I think both you guys have superb designs and am envious of your skills and talents. Yes I think the rechargeable design is great and pushing me towards it, I hate have so many mini psu's (Wallwart?) hanging around but now the mini usb standard is starting to be extensively used eg with my mobile phone it makes sense to put them to further use.  I get the 45degree tilt idea, would be interesting to see the number of triggers per day/week
Kudos to both guys (and I actually enjoy the banter seeing you bounce ideas off of each other whilst we mortals listen in haha)

[Michel]

I noticed that my watch also has faulty time triggers, but only when
you cover it with a long sleeve (which I seldom do). It really depends
on the reflective properties of the sleeve whether it will trigger
time readings or not. However, while the watch is covered, it will be
in a darker environment and for this reason it won't use much energy
to display the time. Although I haven't done so yet, the motion sensor
can be disabled if you wear sleeves that have reflective properties
close to the threshold level of the time trigger mechanism. You can
then just push the button to initiate a time reading.

When the trigger angle of David's watch is increased (like Jim said,
close to 90 degrees), for sure that will reduce faulty time triggers.
There is many occasions that I like to know the time but do not want
this to be very obvious to others, with a 90 degree angle you cannot
hide the fact that you are checking the time. With the refection
sensor it is easy to twist your wrist a bit and reflect against
something (say your other arm or a table or whatever there is close to
you) to trigger a time reading while nobody else notices this.

As for the 125 readings per day, if you say that this means checking
the time every 7 or 8 minutes, yes it does sound a lot indeed!
However, normally when I want to know the time this is for a reason (a
schedule) and I probably then check it every 30 seconds, 10 times in a
row or something like that. Maybe I do check the time more often than
the average person, but I am quite sure that if you wear a "normal"
watch you check the time much more frequent than if you need to hold
your watch on a 90 degree angle that everyone will notice. Otherwise
it will become a watch that you only wear on occasions.

Michel

[J Forbes]

THis doesn't seem to reflect reality.....at least the reality of myself and the others I know who own David's nixie watches.

[Adam Jacobs]

Steve Wozniak looked pretty pleased with his when he was showing it to me.

-Adam

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[Jim_Z]

I would like a bigger watch band. I own David's watch on the left and am very pleased with it. However, I own many hefty Casio's and they all have wider wrist straps that are shaped to the enclosure. I would be willingly to spend more for a custom made wrist strap. I'm not sure it about the width as to the shape.

Jim_Z