Any unusual clock, especially a design that used neon, is wanted by collectors. The first neon sign was made in Paris in 1910. Neon did not come to the United States until 1923, when a Packard ...

Q: I have a neon clock that I bought in 1992. The neon light is fine, but the clock stopped working. I took it to a clock shop and phoned a second one, but neither wanted to work on it out of fear of ...

Collectors want unusual clocks, especially those with designs that used neon. The first neon sign was made in Paris in 1910. Neon did not come to the United States until 1923, when a Packard ...

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Revisiting old projects is always fun and this Nixie Clock by [pa3fwm] is just a classic. Instead of using transistors or microcontrollers, it uses neon lamps to clock and drive the Nixie Displays.

[Josiah] said ‘no’ to LEDs and instead used blue-phosphor neon lamps to build this binary clock. The ATmega328 inside uses three 8-bit shift registers to control the display. Each lamp needs a ...

Minneapolis may soon turn back the hands of time on its signature City Hall clocks, swapping their red neon night glow for a more historically appropriate look. Frosted glass and LED backlighting will ...