Retro Nixie Tube Clock on soviet tubes IN14 Vintage Hand Made Best Gift Clock

  

Lamp clock East-2 Black solid oak and ash (white) from Past Indicator. The body is made of solid oak and ash and treated with wax. Rings and nameplate are made of brass. Lamps are made in 70-80th years and in our hours are capable to serve 30 years. Gift personalized certificate made by high printing on cotton paper.

Come in a premium black box with gold lettering. Size: 200mm by 80mm and about 80mm high. Time and date display (date can be disabled). Date is displayed in European or American format.

24 and 12 hour time display modes. 2 modes of changing numbers (normal and superimposed numbers).

Sleep mode to save lamp life. Led backlight (switchable, blue by default).

Run digits from 0 to 9 every 10 minutes to extend lamp life. Ability to replace lamps without soldering. Saving the passage of time when the power is off. Lamp life in our watch: 30 years. Size: 200mm by 80mm, about 80mm high. Power supply: 220V power supply. The name Nixie comes from the abbreviation NIX 1 - Numerical Indicator eXperimental 1 (experimental digital indicator, development 1). The name was assigned to the entire line of such indicators and became a household name. In particular, the Soviet indicators IN-14 in foreign catalogs are recorded as IN-14 Nixie.

From the early 1950s to the 1970s, indicators built on the gas discharge principle were dominant in technology. Later they were replaced by vacuum-luminescent, liquid crystal displays and LED indicators and have become quite rare today. Currently, most gas discharge indicators are no longer being produced.

Some researchers believe that about 10 years before the invention of the Nixie tube type indicator, a similar design device called the Inditron was developed. The authors of this invention made a mistake by not using a separate anode at all.

In order to illuminate one or another cathode digit in such an indicator, it was required, as in a conventional gas-discharge indicator, to supply a negative potential. But the positive potential was applied to the next figure - it became the anode for a while. It is clear that it is quite difficult to control such an indicator, and the absence of a mesh anode that does not allow metal particles sprayed from the cathodes to the front wall of the balloon led to its rapid turbidity.

The Inditron was forgotten, and the gas discharge indicator soon had to be reinvented. Survived unusual devices quite a bit. If desired, not only a clock, but also a calendar can be performed on gas discharge indicators. In recent years, the popularity of discharge indicators has increased due to their unusual antique look. Unlike LCDs, they emit soft neon orange or purple light.

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We are a trading company providing excellent service and quality. These watches were collected under a special order and presented in a piece. The item "Retro Nixie Tube Clock on soviet tubes IN14 Vintage Hand Made Best Gift Clock" is in sale since Monday, September 23, 2019. This item is in the category "Home & Garden\Home Décor\Clocks\Alarm Clocks & Clock Radios". The seller is "anto-1687" and is located in Mytishchi. This item can be shipped worldwide.

1. Style: Vintage
2. Brand: Nixie Clocks
3. Display Type: Nixie Tube