I'm emailing Dalibor right now.  Maybe he can help.

On Monday, July 20, 2015 at 10:52:42 AM UTC-5, Nick wrote:
>
> There has been a suggestion in the past that these tubes were made by CSF 
> specifically for Patek and possibly Omega - they were certainly never in 
> mass production.
>
> I have an idea though - we have a member here who can actually MAKE new 
> tubes - Dalibor Farny <http://www.daliborfarny.com/> - a real craftsman. 
> If cost is really not an object, I suspect he could make you new ones.
>
> If you go down that route, we'd all love to see the results !
>
> Nick
>
> On Monday, 20 July 2015 16:43:29 UTC+1, Raymond Koonce wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the reply.  That's sort of what I expected, but I thought this 
>> would be a good place to look.  The interested party is in the antiques 
>> business and has some *very* expensive Patek Philippe clocks, as you can 
>> see here:
>>
>>
>> http://www.rauantiques.com/search/?start=0&q=patek%20philippe&sort=PRICE+desc
>>
>> They have converted the Nixie clock (not shown on the website) to use 
>> large segmented LED displays for the numerals.  The oddball shape of the 
>> tubes prevents using any other type of tube.
>>
>> On Monday, July 20, 2015 at 9:43:17 AM UTC-5, Raymond Koonce wrote:
>>>
>>> I have an acquaintance who is looking for some F9020 Nixies to repair a 
>>> vintage Patek Philippe clock. It has 7 tubes and he would like to find 
>>> enough of the tubes to have a spare set or two. Any ideas/sources?  Cost is 
>>> not a big issue.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Raymond
>>>
>>

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