{"product_id":"in-14-nixie-tube-clock-solid-ash-block","title":"IN-14 Nixie Tube Clock — Solid Ash Block","description":"\u003cp\u003eFour Soviet Nixie tubes set into a single block of ash.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe tubes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour genuine IN-14 Nixie tubes, made in Soviet factories more than thirty-five years ago and never used since. Each digit is a shaped wire cathode lit end to end — an orange nobody has managed to fake with an LED. They sit in sockets rather than solder, so when one eventually goes you pull it out and push the next one in, in about a minute, with no tools. One spare ships in the box, so the first replacement costs you nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe case\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSolid ash, cut from one block rather than glued up from boards, and hand-oiled. One piece of wood means one continuous grain and no joint lines anywhere on the case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLiving with it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA motion sensor rests the tubes when the room is empty, which is what turns a few years of tube life into many. Temperature and humidity appear between the time, the backlight runs the full colour range or switches off entirely, and there is an alarm if you would rather wake to orange glow than to a phone screen. A backup battery keeps the time through a power cut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilt by hand in Kyiv and covered for twelve months: if a tube fails inside that year, the replacement is free.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nixie Star","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40758395666521,"sku":"IN14-STAR-CLEAR","price":249.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0272\/2145\/9033\/files\/DSC_0800_Fit50.jpg?v=1702754367","url":"https:\/\/nixiestar.com\/products\/in-14-nixie-tube-clock-solid-ash-block","provider":"NIXIE STAR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}