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rare elektronika-7 vacuum tube clock shows up on ebay
technabob.com - 11/5/2008
rare elektronika-7 vacuum tube clock shows up on ebay
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When I first spotted this dot-matrix numbers on this clock I thought it was a modern-day blue LED display. But lurking beneath the surface of this timepiece is something far more interesting. What we actually have here is a very rare Russian relic from the early 1980s. The Elektronika-7 ...

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ELEKTRONIKA-7 Russian NIXIE TUBE Clock REALLY VERY RARE - eBay (item 400006202343 end time Nov-05-08 17:00:37 PST)
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ELEKTRONIKA-7 Russian NIXIE TUBE Clock REALLY VERY RARE - eBay (item 400006202343 end time  ...
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Rare vacuum tube clock up on ebay
CrunchGear — ... There is something nostalgic, nerdy, and, dare I say, classy about this vacuum tube clock. Pedestrians might think that your retro clock is powered by bluish-green LEDs, but you and your nerdy friends will know that 16-segmented tubular vacuum fluorescent displays really produce the display. The ebay auction only has 10 hours left so if you have $152 to spare, you can own this extremely rare and extremely badass clock. ebay via tecnabob

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