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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 — photograph 2
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IV-18 VFD tube clock in acrylic and metal — photograph 5
IV-18 VFD tube clock in acrylic and metal — photograph 6
IV-18 VFD tube clock in acrylic and metal — photograph 7
IV-18 VFD tube clock in acrylic and metal — photograph 8
IV-18 VFD tube clock in acrylic and metal — photograph 9
IV-18 VFD tube clock in acrylic and metal — photograph 10
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 — photograph 2
IV-18 VFD tube clock in acrylic and metal — photograph 3
IV-18 VFD tube clock in acrylic and metal — photograph 4
IV-18 VFD tube clock in acrylic and metal — photograph 5
IV-18 VFD tube clock in acrylic and metal — photograph 6
IV-18 VFD tube clock in acrylic and metal — photograph 7
IV-18 VFD tube clock in acrylic and metal — photograph 8
IV-18 VFD tube clock in acrylic and metal — photograph 9
IV-18 VFD tube clock in acrylic and metal — photograph 10

Description

Not an LED fake. A real Soviet vacuum tube glowing jade green on your desk.

The tube

A genuine IV-18 vacuum fluorescent display from the Soviet era — new old stock, never used. Eight digits inside one long glass envelope, in a jade green no LED panel reproduces. It is a VFD, not a Nixie: one tube, not six.

The case

Clear acrylic panels on metal standoffs, so the circuit board stays part of the object: wiring, components and the tube's own pins all visible. 15 × 4 × 9 cm — it fits between a keyboard and a monitor stand.

Living with it

Hours, minutes and seconds in 12 or 24-hour format, a calendar, and twenty transition effects as the digits change. Brightness follows the room: bright in daylight, gentle at night. A backup battery keeps the time through a power cut.

Assembled and tested before it ships — no kit, no soldering. Built by hand in Kyiv and covered for twelve months.

IV-18 VFD Tube Clock — Acrylic and Metal

Nixie Star
SKU: IV-18 VFD ELEGANT-STRIPES
$259.00
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ADVANTAGES

Soviet IV-18 VFD tube

20 transition effects

Automatic brightness

Battery backup

Assembled and tested

Description

Not an LED fake. A real Soviet vacuum tube glowing jade green on your desk.

The tube

A genuine IV-18 vacuum fluorescent display from the Soviet era — new old stock, never used. Eight digits inside one long glass envelope, in a jade green no LED panel reproduces. It is a VFD, not a Nixie: one tube, not six.

The case

Clear acrylic panels on metal standoffs, so the circuit board stays part of the object: wiring, components and the tube's own pins all visible. 15 × 4 × 9 cm — it fits between a keyboard and a monitor stand.

Living with it

Hours, minutes and seconds in 12 or 24-hour format, a calendar, and twenty transition effects as the digits change. Brightness follows the room: bright in daylight, gentle at night. A backup battery keeps the time through a power cut.

Assembled and tested before it ships — no kit, no soldering. Built by hand in Kyiv and covered for twelve months.

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Etsy customer

Great build and well-designed electronics. The 3-star review doesn't have to do with the craftsmanship, it only has to do with the unfortunate property that this clock generates an enormous amount of noise. Noise is typical of nixie tube clocks generally but this is worse because it's encased in a material that doesn't do much to absorb the noise (like wood does) and it has vent holes.

It's still a great clock and I'll be using it but it has to go somewhere the noise doesn't bother us.

J
Jeremy Bell

Great instructions. Great packaging. Would recommend

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Jeremy

Great instructions. Great packaging. Would recommend