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IN-14 Nixie tube clock in a rounded walnut case, seen from an angle with the tubes lit

Handmade in Ukraine since 2017

Nixie tube clocks, handmade in Ukraine

Built around Soviet Nixie tubes that stopped being made in the 1980s, never used, in solid walnut, olive ash or clear acrylic. Shipped free to the United States and Europe.

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Forty-year-old Nixie tubes, in new wood

Four or six cold-cathode tubes made in the Soviet Union before the 1980s ran out, tested one at a time, and set into a case of walnut, olive ash or clear acrylic, finished by hand in Ukraine. Nothing about the light is simulated: it is gas glowing behind glass, the way it was in 1975.

Four tubes, four kinds of clock

They differ by the tube inside and the case around it.

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IN-14 nixie tube clock in olive ash, four tubes lit

IN-14 Nixie Tube Clocks

IN-12 nixie tube clock in solid walnut, four tubes lit

IN-12 Nixie Tube Clocks

Six-tube IN-8 Nixie clock in laminated olive ash veneer

IN-8 Nixie Tube Clocks

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IN-14 Nixie tube clock in an olive ash case, main product photo with the tubes lit
Nixie tube clock IN-14 with its size marked: 15.5 cm (6.1 in) long, 6.5 cm (2.6 in) deep, 8 cm (3.1 in) high, weight 300 g

IN-14 Nixie Tube Clock β€” Olive Ash

Nixie Star
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$249.00

IN-14 Nixie tube clock in a rounded walnut case, front view with the tubes lit orange on a dark background
IN-14 Nixie tube clock in a solid walnut case with rounded corners, size marked: 15.5 cm (6.1 in) long, 6.5 cm deep, 8 cm (3.1 in) high, 300 g

IN-14 Nixie Tube Clock β€” Walnut, Rounded Corners

Nixie Star
5.0 (23)

$249.00

IN-14 Nixie tube clock in a splined olive ash case, main product photo with the tubes lit
IN-14 Nixie tube clock in a vintage olive ash case with the Nixie Star badge, size marked: 15.5 cm (6.1 in) long, 6.5 cm deep, 8 cm (3.1 in) high, 300 g

IN-14 Nixie Tube Clock β€” Olive Ash, Splined Corners

Nixie Star
5.0 (15)

$249.00

IN-14 Nixie tube clock in a glued olive ash case, main product photo with the tubes lit
IN-14 Nixie tube clock in a layered olive ash case, size marked: 15.5 cm (6.1 in) long, 6.5 cm deep, 8 cm (3.1 in) high, 300 g

IN-14 Nixie Tube Clock β€” Olive Ash, Glued Case

Nixie Star
4.9 (33)

$249.00

IN-14 Nixie tube clock in a solid walnut case, main product photo with the tubes lit
IN-14 Nixie tube clock in a solid walnut block case with square corners, size marked: 15.5 cm (6.1 in) long, 6.5 cm deep, 8 cm (3.1 in) high, 300 g

IN-14 Nixie Tube Clock β€” Solid Walnut

Nixie Star
5.0 (11)

$249.00

Six-tube IN-14 Nixie clock in a clear acrylic case, orange digits glowing on a dark desk
Six-tube IN-14 Nixie clock in clear acrylic with its size marked: 17.5 cm (6.9 in) long, 6.5 cm deep, 9 cm high with the tubes, case 2.5 cm, weight 214 g

IN-14 Nixie Tube Clock β€” Six Tubes, Clear Acrylic

Nixie Star

$340.00

IN-14 Nixie tube clock cut from a solid ash block, main product photo with the tubes lit
IN-14 Nixie tube clock in a solid ash case with rounded corners, size marked: 15.5 cm (6.1 in) long, 6.5 cm deep, 8 cm (3.1 in) high, 300 g

IN-14 Nixie Tube Clock β€” Solid Ash Block

Nixie Star
5.0 (11)

$249.00

IN-14 Nixie tube clock in an ash case, main product photo with the tubes lit
IN-14 Nixie tube clock in a solid ash block case, size marked: 15.5 cm (6.1 in) long, 6.5 cm deep, 8 cm (3.1 in) high, 300 g

IN-14 Nixie Tube Clock β€” Ash Wood

Nixie Star
5.0 (8)

$249.00

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IN-12 Nixie tube clock in solid walnut, main product photo with the tubes lit
IN-12 Nixie tube clock in solid walnut β€” photograph 2
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IN-12 Nixie Tube Clock β€” Solid Walnut

Nixie Star
5.0 (98)

$229.00

six-tube IN-12 Nixie clock in a clear acrylic case, main product photo with the tubes lit
six-tube IN-12 Nixie clock in a clear acrylic case β€” photograph 2

IN-12 Nixie Tube Clock β€” Six Tubes, Clear Acrylic

Nixie Star
5.0 (1)

$229.00

IV-18 VFD tube clock in acrylic and metal, main product photo with the tubes lit
IV-18 VFD tube clock in acrylic and metal β€” photograph 2

IV-18 VFD Tube Clock β€” Acrylic and Metal

Nixie Star
4.3 (3)

$259.00

IV-18 VFD tube clock, Divergence Meter, main product photo with the tubes lit
IV-18 VFD tube clock, Divergence Meter β€” photograph 2

IV-18 VFD Tube Clock β€” Divergence Meter

Nixie Star
5.0 (25)

$259.00

The one part that wears out

Tubes are the part that eventually goes. Ours sit in sockets rather than solder, so you change one yourself in about a minute β€” no tools and no technician. Every four-tube clock ships with a spare already in the box, and every clock is covered for twelve months: if a tube fails inside that year, the replacement is free.

Why this one

IN-14 Nixie tube clock in an ash case β€” photograph 6

Designed, not just assembled

The tubes sit in sockets because I put them there β€” one of the first Nixie clocks built that way, back in 2019. A dead tube became a minute's work instead of a soldering iron.

IN-14 Nixie tube clock in a glued olive ash case β€” photograph 9

More than the time

On the four-tube clocks: temperature and humidity between the digits, a motion sensor that rests the tubes when the room is empty, and a backlight you can set to any colour or turn off. The six-tube clocks show seconds, with a rolling effect on the last two digits.

IN-14 Nixie tube clock in a solid walnut case β€” photograph 8

Free to the US and Europe

Standard shipping costs nothing to the United States and the European Union, and arrives in 12–14 business days. Express is 5–7 days for $15.

Brought over from Etsy

Reviews going back to 2017, written by people who had already waited for the parcel. The rating below is live.

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What a Nixie tube is

A Nixie tube is a glass bulb filled with neon, with ten wire digits stacked one behind another inside. Put about 170 volts across one of them and the gas around it glows orange in the shape of that number. They were made from the 1950s into the 1980s for counters, instruments and calculators, until LEDs replaced them. Soviet factories were among the last to stop, which is why the tubes in our clocks are Soviet: new old stock, never used.

Each type looks different, and our guides explain what each one is and how long it lasts: IN-14 Β· IN-12 Β· IN-18 Β· IV-18

Before you ask

You change it yourself, in about a minute. Inside the first twelve months the replacement tube is free; after that we sell tested ones separately.