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Geneva, May 10, 2009
LOT 169
Electrosplit Breitling, Geneve, ?Electrosplit?, No. 8660. Made circa 1970. Fine and rare, electronic 220v mains/12v battery operated timer with nixie-tube display and settings to time up to two events. To be sold without reserve
CHF 2,000 - 4,000
USD 1,700 - 3,400 / EUR 1,300 - 2,600
Sold: CHF 1,320
C. Aluminium and grey plastic coated, carrying handle, fascia with two sets of buttons for run/stop/reset and display, time setting buttons and power on/charge switch, battery power-reserve window. D. Nixie-tube display with red plastic screen, inscribed below Hours; Minutes; Seconds; 1/10; 1/100. M. Electronic. Dim. 37 x 13.5 x 27 cm
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3** |
Good Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 |
Good |
Notes
Nixie Tube
The Nixie Tube is an electronic device for displaying numerals or other information. The glass tube contains a wire mesh anode, and multiple cathodes in the shape of Arabic numerals. Applying power to one cathode surrounds it with an orange glow discharge. The tube is filled with a gas at low pressure, usually mostly neon, often with a little mercury and/ or argon. Although it resembles a vacuum tube in appearance, its operation does not depend on thermionic emission of electrons from a heated cathode. It is therefore called a cold cathode tube (a form of gas-filled tube), or a variant of a neon lamp. Such tubes rarely exceed 40 °C (104 °F) even under the severest of operating conditions in a room at ambient temperature. The most common form of Nixie Tube has ten cathodes in the shape of numerals 0 to 9 (and occasionally a decimal point or two) but there are also types that show various letters, signs and symbols.
The Nixie Tube is an electronic device for displaying numerals or other information. The glass tube contains a wire mesh anode, and multiple cathodes in the shape of Arabic numerals. Applying power to one cathode surrounds it with an orange glow discharge. The tube is filled with a gas at low pressure, usually mostly neon, often with a little mercury and/ or argon. Although it resembles a vacuum tube in appearance, its operation does not depend on thermionic emission of electrons from a heated cathode. It is therefore called a cold cathode tube (a form of gas-filled tube), or a variant of a neon lamp. Such tubes rarely exceed 40 °C (104 °F) even under the severest of operating conditions in a room at ambient temperature. The most common form of Nixie Tube has ten cathodes in the shape of numerals 0 to 9 (and occasionally a decimal point or two) but there are also types that show various letters, signs and symbols.