Nixie Clocks at BDDW

We had to look up nixie tubes on Wikipedia to fully understand this clock. When we did, what we took away was that the device is essentially a glowing gas tube shaped like a numeral, developed in the fifties. This series of clocks using the tubes fully capitalizes on the mid-century industrial charm.

One of our friends thinks it looks like it's counting down to armageddon, but we're not swayed. It's cool.

• Nixie Clocks at BDDW

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gorgeous!

posted by *heather leaf* on September 17th 2008 at 1:26pm
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we had a multimeter with nixie tube numbers in lab for a while. it was really quite lovely for a piece of equipment. they're really fun in person - sort of flickery.

posted by sciencegeek on September 17th 2008 at 1:44pm
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Beautiful! But kind of creepy.

posted by Comicgeek on September 17th 2008 at 2:02pm
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How much though?? The website doesn't seem to have any prices....

posted by littlebrownbird on September 17th 2008 at 2:20pm
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Reminds me of the ticker on the atom bomb that stopped at "007" at the end of Goldfinger.

posted by bepsf on September 17th 2008 at 2:23pm
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ooo i love the first one

posted by atlantadesigner on September 17th 2008 at 2:37pm
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Very steampunk. Love 'em.

posted by lightspeed on September 17th 2008 at 4:47pm
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Start saving- BDDW is EXPENSIVE!
Beds for $6,000 and more
Tables for $15,000 and more
Beautiful but you have to be rich.

posted by wild-er on September 17th 2008 at 5:35pm
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The first clock pictured is $2400! I get that as a designer, you can set your price for what ever you think you're product is worth but, the really insulting part is that it would cost me $375 to have them ship it from NY to Los Angeles. Am I paying for a "One of a kind" shipping experience? I could buy a round trip plane ticket for less and pick it up myself.

posted by modernguy on September 24th 2008 at 12:31pm
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