My 3 Jeff Thomas NixiChrons http://www.amug.org/~jthomas/clockpage.html, are AVAILABLE ONCE AGAIN IN LIMITED QUANTITIES!!!!!. SO, GO GET ‘EM!!!

These things are the cream of the crop! They are perfect and I just can’t say enough about these Nixie clocks! They are GPS accurate and dependent (won’t work without the GPS) and the only thing that doesn’t work to perfection is the temperature, but I think that’s because the probe sits beneath the case. If one took the time to extend this I have a feeling it would work just fine. The electronics (direct drive) and the simply elegant casework are unmatched! I have had the black one running for over 4 years now. I have had two shift registers go bad in this clock, and in the end determined the problem to be a bad solder joint on the “seconds” tube pins. The other 2 have been working flawlessly. Unlike many Nixie designs, there is no slow digit fade option, but who cares with this clock!  Thomas now uses the HaiCom 204III GPS. This GPS is awesome. Locks on in seconds anywhere inside my home! ( should be noted that Thomas programs these 204III’s to work with his clocks. (Not sure what it is he does to them, because the GPS seems to work just fine with the clock right out of the box) The NixiChron offers several chime style choices. The “Mantle Clock” style is a beautiful little series of tones that one would swear is mechanical. And to top it all off, these babies are MADE IN THE USA (except for the IN-18’s, of course, which BTW are not provided with the current kit).

BTW: Couldn’t help myself and bought another silver one!! A kit version this time! There are virtually no SMD’s on this beautiful black PCB, he uses all thru hole components. This is just fine with me. SMD’s are boring and, IMHO, out of place on a Nixie clock PCB!

Check out the pics below of the NixiChron driving red filtered IN-18’s (I colored these myself with glass paint) I also had the anodized coating removed and polished the aluminum case to a high lustre finish. I think it came out really NICE!!

Click on the big pic above to see and hear the polished NixiChron with the red IN-18’s in action.