That looks nice David! Definitely better than the renderings you previously showed us.
It's very 1960's style I would say, smooth and sleek, no trouble passing airport security. I think compared to your previous version, it looks much better but at the same time it will probably attract less attention. It could be more like "I am wearing a nixie watch" rather than "hey look, he is wearing a nixie watch". It's a bit like U-boat bringing a 35mm diameter / 8mm thin watch onto the market. It would still be a nice watch but out of proportions and people wouldn't recognize it as a U- boat. I would still prefer to see more of the tubes themselves rather than the digits only. I know you explained the reason why doing it this way, which is totally fair, it's just a personal preference. Is the official release going to be somewhat water resistant? I have found that to be quite important as it is very easy to get it wet even though you try your best to protect it from water. Last time you mentioned you wouldn't update the software (much). The thing I am missing is some form of tube brightness control. You can see in your video that the digits are totally overexposed, which is not a problem for the video, but if you wake up in the middle of the night and want to know the time, you're in for a serious shock! I know this because that is what happens if I put my watch on constant brightness rather than adjusted to the ambient light. Anyway, it is a nice watch and it looks much better than what I thought it was going to look like. Michel On Oct 20, 3:51 pm, David Forbes <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks, > > I finally got the first article of my new Nixie watch built. > > See it here:www.youtube.com/watch?v=MayQ2zil768 > > The video is home-made, but it gets the point across. > > I hope to be producing these in a few months. I will offer a few watches > as beta units at a discounted price for intrepid early adopters, > provided you agree to give me useful feedback about the watch. > > I'm also interested in ideas for colors to anodize the front of the case > (the rear is stainless steel). I'm currently considering clear, black, > and orange. > > -- > David Forbes, Tucson AZ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
