I've seen a lot of it here, but what gorgeous clocks, truly works of art: http://dornob.com/clocks-dont-get-more-bonkers-or-beautiful-than-the-bad-dog-designs-nixie-tube-clocks/
... A career in electronics and a childhood of taking his toys apart and putting them back together again to greater effect has lead Parry to really coming up with the goods this time. In the past, Nixie tubes, also known as “cold cathode tubes” as they have no internal heater and are cold to the touch, would have been hidden away within equipment — like old fuel pumps — but now they are a prominent feature of Parry’s clocks. Tiny metal pieces all stacked together create numerals which emit an orange, gloom-like glow when given an electrical charge, all encased in glass tubes and looking like something that would be at home in a 1950s sci-fi movie. Or a Hammer House of Horror film set in the basement laboratory of a crazed scientist. ... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAJrqPH_478Rt5aNgxOQsZvL_Nhd8r9baEqS9q_iJCCAuQQu8Ng%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
