Thanks for the info everyone. I'm going to try to set up a small clock out 
of these.

On Tuesday, 19 January 2021 at 16:54:27 UTC-5 Jon wrote:

> We're talking about the old East Germany here, the DDR. As I understand it 
> RFT was a large state-owned enterprise which had a number of operating 
> subsidiaries amongst which production responsibility was divided. WF was 
> one of these, based in Berlin at the Oberspreewerk, at least during the 
> 1960s when it made nixies and dekatrons amongst other things. If you search 
> German Wikipedia there's quite some background covering origins and 
> evolution of the factory - Google Translate will help you out with the 
> language if needed (which needless to say it was for me!).
>
> Jon.
>
>
> On Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 6:26:33 PM UTC alex nolan wrote:
>
>> No expert by any means, but according to 
>> https://frank.pocnet.net/brand.html WF is listed as "RFT Werk für 
>> Fernsehelektronik". It seems to be a subsidiary or branch of RFT of some 
>> kind.
>>
>> On Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 2:55:35 AM UTC-5 ZY wrote:
>>
>>> Apologies for not being a nixie tube here, but it's a vintage display so 
>>> hopefully it fits the theme.
>>>
>>> I have some old VQB76 LED modules with the logo WF. I see for tubes WF 
>>> is associated with RFT. Is WF a brand name, or a separate company? And what 
>>> does it stand for?
>>>
>>>

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