Watch With Real Vintage Nixie Tubes

EVA NIXIE brings authentic American-made NL5870 tubes to a compact, lightweight wristwatch, so the warm orange Nixie glow becomes part of everyday life. Each tube uses real metal numerals sealed in glass, with a rated operating life of up to 200,000 hours and clear 13 mm digits that remain easy to read on the wrist. A built-in 3-axis accelerometer enables raise-to-wake wrist activation, while magnetic wireless charging keeps the case clean with no exposed ports. Choose 12 or 24 hour display, use the 99 second stopwatch for quick timing, and fine tune the atmosphere with four selectable backlight colors, all protected under scratch-resistant sapphire crystal. Back EVA NIXIE on Kickstarter now.

About

We believe good products should be simple, reliable, and built to last. Our journey with the crowdfunding community began in January 2025, when our previous Nixie-inspired watch was supported by 508 backers. Their early trust and real-world feedback became the blueprint for our engineering roadmap. Following that success, we went back to our workshop to solve the biggest challenges in wearable cold-cathode tech. Through rigorous R&D, we optimized power efficiency and stability, culminating in the release of UltraNixie in April 2026, which set a new standard for our hardware reliability. Now, we are taking our engineering a step further. Our latest project combines everything we learned from UltraNixie with original, rare American-heritage components to create our most refined and wearable timekeeper yet. We don't chase trends or add unnecessary software bloat. We focus entirely on thoughtful industrial design, custom micro-circuitry, and creating honest products we are proud to build and stand behind.

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