Geeky Clocks – The SCRA Scope Clock
Posted 12 Aug. 2008 8:00 AM in Geeky by Roland Hutchinson
Check out this amazing clock from the same designer that brought us the Nixie Watch, the SCRA Round Scope Clock.
This stunning clock features a cathode ray tube that sits inside a 3/8 inch cast acrylic tube.
At the back of the clock there are a host of programmable setting which control light, data display method, focus etc.
The SCRA Clock will be available in a limited number and will cost you $999, I know it seems a lot for a clock, but you have to admit it looks amazing.
Cathode Corner via Gizmo Watch and Dvice
August 12th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Geeky gadget indeed but I’ll say its a waste of power, running a cathode ray tube just for time piece is not economical.
August 12th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Geeky gadget? Only slightly. Artistic? Uhm…maybe, but only in a “techno” sense. It isn’t ‘retro’ enough to be truly artistic.
Twice you used the adjective “amazing”. Once you used “stunning”. Is it? No. Not at all. In fact, it is quite boring. There is absolutely nothing about this clock that could be considered ‘extraordinary’ in anyway. Which negates the use of the adjectives you chose.
It uses a CRT, so it will use more electricity than your refrigerator.
The bottom line is this is a THOUSAND DOLLAR clock that isn’t “artistic”, has no “bells and whistles”, and costs more to operate per year than a large home appliance. It has no redeeming reason to exist. It’s not even good enough for a conversation piece.
August 12th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
That’s cool. I’d want one, but I’m too cheap to buy one.
August 13th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
@WrkrB: Get a grip, man. Retro? Certainly, this is a 1920’s technology – it works in the way of a technology that never happened. This device is nothing like a tv, which is what you’re expecting. This technology was designed to display messages, not images. Boring? Come on, really. It’s all glass and 19th century electronics, unique in a way few things are. It’s like a person in 2120 walking around with a minidisk player. Expensive to run? Na, about the same as a boombox. Certainly wasteful as a clock, but won’t cost you more than $5 a year to run. If a crt tv costs 1/10 of a major appliance, why would this little guy cost anything close to as much? The price tag? Dear God, what the hell.
August 14th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
In the last image it seems the ‘2′ remains burned on.
August 14th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
Thats the second counter so its likely that the number just changed as the photo was taken so the two was partially exposed as well.
WrKrB needs to stop applying his own opinions as definitions on what art is. I consider this a piece of art. I also consider a finely tuned engine or pedal bike to be a piece of art. Engineering all these things takes a lot more work than you apparently give them credit for.