Introduction: Nixie Watch Prototype_C
Small worklog of my new nixie watch creation
I spend 6 month for building this watch.
Aluminium case. - Created from one solid piece of aluminium. Using lathe I cut 2 parts: top cover and casing
Quartz glass. - Glass cutted and polished from one solid block of quartz glass
Leather bracelet. - 28mm width
Docking station. - cutted from oak wood. On docking station installed mini-USB port for connectivity with charger.
Description:
Sensor adjustments - no mooving parts.
This is Fully Assembled and Tested Nixie Watch with 2 Pieces IN-16 NOS Tubes.
Power By: DC 5V via rechargeable battery or via Docking station.
Time before recharging: 6+ hours in active mode or more than 3+ month in passive mode
User Selectable: HH-MM / Change on - off / Charge left /Back-light colour
Dimension: Width 50mm x Depth 19mm
Docking station powered via USB. Oak Wood
Water resistance: Rainy weather will be not a problem.
Battery: Lithium-polymer, nonremovable. 400mah
Accuracy: +/- 1 second per month
Operating Temperature: -25 to +40°С / +3 to 105°F
Glass: Quartz glass !!!
Step 1:
First of all i'll ansver for your question abaut sharing drawings or cirquit:
Sorry byt it will be really impossible: 2 weeks ago my SSD drive died with all drawings... of all my creations
https://www.instagram.com/p/BOiJdTYAKV_
I have 5 finished boards left and i\ll use them for Steampunk art. (like on first photo)
Casing
Materials: Solid aluminium block, bicycle spokes, quartz glass, oak, little brass.
Equipment: Lathe, Dremel, file, time
Step 2: Circuits
Watch assembled from 4 circuits
1. Mainboard
2. Tube board
3. Left RGB led board
4. Right RGB led board
Components
1. Atmel microcontroller
2. Accelerometer or buttons
3. 2 batteries
4. no RTC
5. power supply
Working mode: Dynamic indication
Circuits i ordered on factury this time. I use board with multiple layers. Board thickness 0.75 mm
Step 3: And More Photos
And more photos from photoset it was really cold

Runner Up in the
Arduino Contest 2016

Runner Up in the
Green Electronics Contest 2016

Participated in the
Trash to Treasure Contest 2017
52 Comments
3 years ago
Let me congratulate you for this awesome project!
Is there any update in trying to recovery the files from the broken SSD? So you could please share the circuit schematic and programming files....
Best regards from Portugal.
Eduardo
5 years ago
Hi for all) sorry my english)))
I working about this question something like one year. I have some circuts and sourse codes. I am ready to work with you. Write me on massoyama@mail.ru
Reply 5 years ago
ok, i'll contact with you+i know belarus, ukrainian and russian
Reply 5 years ago
lets see a collaboration!
well done, sir, well done.
I have never worked with arduino or nixie....but I think they are beautiful.
This really is a great piece!
5 years ago
That's just awesome, I love nixie clocks, never thought I'd see one on a wristwatch.
5 years ago
Is there anyway that you can recover the schematics, maybe through the company that made the board and post them?
Reply 5 years ago
its too expensive. ill draw new one for watch with in-17 tubes
5 years ago
I LOVE THIS! Would like to buy one for my son, I'm not smart enough to make one!
Reply 5 years ago
i can assembly one for you
Reply 5 years ago
How much would it run me? My son is a junior in high school, along with his sisters (yes they are triplets) and the girls just love this for him. He's the one in the red suit at the Texas state Debate competition! Just think how cool he would look with your super cool watch, (I get it I'm old)
Reply 5 years ago
Check PM
Reply 5 years ago
can i buy it?
Reply 5 years ago
https://www.facebook.com/prototypemech
5 years ago
I LOVE it.
As one who followed the Apollo program as a kid, I've always lived nixies.
And while this is wayyy beyond my capabilities, it inspires me to make something.
Thanks for sharing!
5 years ago
"2 weeks ago my SSD drive died with all drawings... of all my creations"
So sorry! Hopefully it will at least serve as a reminder to others to do online backup.
Reply 5 years ago
how can you do a backup online? i use 2 hdd's for backup cuz putting 5tb of data on DVD's is unreasonable.
Reply 5 years ago
Better choose what to backup, Hardly 5% of those 5 gb are thing that you create.In my opinion it's just enough make backup of the pictures folders and personal documents.
Reply 5 years ago
Agree. Point is to backup material which would be impossible/difficult to reproduce.
You can get free cloud space with Microsoft Onedrive, Google Drive etc. or paid service such as Carbonite.
Onedrive is great but requires a bit of "mindset" change. It's not a backup per se rather it's an online drive which you can sync to your local drive (PC, Tablet etc.).
5 years ago
I'm so sad for you that your SSD failed. This is one of the coolest watches in the whole world and totally unique. I also really like the Steampunk versions you built using five (?) Nixies and three leather straps. They are very bold and beautiful as well. Great work! Your solid aluminum Nixie watch should someday be on display in a major museum. Is it for sale? I'm sure I could not afford one, but I think a well-off watch collector would LOVE to have it. Thank you for sharing this Instructable. You are a design genius!
Reply 5 years ago
<i>I also really like the Steampunk versions you built using five (?) Nixies and three leather straps</i>
4 in14 nixietubes and one dot-nixietube
https://www.instagram.com/p/08F--GMSeH