niell.org - 6/3/2009
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Very Limited Edition - Only 100 units! Shown above is the digit cycling feature which can extend the tubes' lifespan significantly. The user can choose to have the digits cycle every 12 hours, every hour, every 10 minutes, every minute, or not at all.
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An Exclusive Offer to Medgadget Readers
Medgadget —
... now Fred is back, and you have a chance to own a hand made Индикатор-6 (Indicator 6) Retro Nixie Clock V2, described by Fred as "functional art, combining electronics from the peak of the Cold War era with fine Virginia woodworking."
Fred has made only 100 Индикатор-6's, all hand made and autographed with a serial number. So head on to Fred's World of Science at www.niell.org, check out details about the clocks, and order them before they are gone.
Product page: Индикатор-6: Retro Nixie Clock V2
Indicator-6 Nixie clock is handsome, functional, Khruschev-approved
Engadget —
Hoping to relive the days of the Cold War -- you know, without the air raid drills? The handiwork of someone called Fred Niell (a character from a John le Carre' spy novel if we ever met one -- and we have), the Индикатор-6 ("indicator-6") uses gas-filled Nixie tubes to display the time. This timepiece is ...
A Steampunk Desk Clock for the Discerning Fellow.
I4U News —
A Steampunk Desk Clock for the Discerning Fellow. Posted on Thu, 4 Jun 2009 09:30:00 CDT | by Robert Evans | Topic: Hot Gadgets Most of us have desk clocks. Simple, cheap, boring digital devices that tell us the time, wake us for work in the morning, and generally get ignored when we aren't actively using them. Your current clock may be perfectly functional, but stylistically its dead. The only statement that a cheap, run-of-the-mill desk clock makes about you is, I don't care what my clock looks like. That's not necessarily a bad statement to make, but it is a pretty bland one. On the other hand, if you buy this ...
Fred Niell's Elegant Nixie Clocks
Retro Thing —
Fred Niell's Индикатор-6 (Indicator-6) digital clock mixes old fashioned woodwork with modern electronics. Each of these timepieces is housed in a beautiful mahogany and black walnut dovetailed case. The compact unit measures only 5.75” x 3.5” x 3.25” and consumes a mere 1.5W during operation.
The vintage display tubes were manufactured in 1971, at the height of the USSR's technological might. As Fred explains, "Russian-made vacuum tubes were specially selected for this clock. According to their original manufacturer, these tubes are rated for tens of thousands of hours of continuous use in extreme ...
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