Anyone else out there with a Nixie tube watch? When you flick your wrist, it flashes the hours, then minutes, then seconds.

 

I have a friend who made a nixi tube clock from a kit- was a big thing among the hi-fi geeks.
Is this a modern kit?

 

Yeah. I bought it 2-3 years ago. They're around $500: http://www.cathodecorner.com/nwl/index.html

 

The original ones that Woz wears have gone way up

 

I'm actually in the market for a nixie clock. Unfortunately, some of the tube pricing has gotten ridiculous.

 

The Woz model is from the same guy, and they've been $500 for at least the last ten years.

 

Does it take AA or AAA batteries?

 

I like the old school numbers but that case is fugly.

 

The bulk of that is what turns me off. I thought of building a Nixie clock but, I dunno, I was an electronics tech using HP equipment with Nixies in them and not terribly impressed.

 

For a watch it’s huge- wear it one day and the novelty would probably wear off quickly. But the clocks are cool

 

I prefer my wind-up Westclox.

 

This model uses a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. There's a micro-USB port on the side. A charge lasts at least a few weeks if you're wearing the watch every day. Lasts a few months if you don't. The tubes turn on when you twist your wrist to look at it, and you can set the angle.

 

I like it. More than the original hockey puck design. But I also have big wrists, which helps.

 

They are as new production but the early generation models are still trading for $1500+

 

That's really surprising. Forbes is the guy who made the Woz watch, and still makes that same model. There's nothing particularly different about the older watches compared to the newer ones.

 

I don't have a nixie tube watch but I do have a nixie clock.

I found an appropriate sized glass case to keep it in.