Johngineer wrote an article detailing the build of his ChronodeVFD wristwatch:
The ChronodeVFD is a personal project I’ve been working on for a couple of months. It’s a wristwatch built around the IVL2-7/5 VFD display tube. I originally purchased a few of these tubes to build a standard desk clock, but after playing around with them, I realized I could probably build a wristwatch too. The tube has a number of features which make it more suited than most Soviet-surplus VFDs for this purpose.
Via Electronics Lab.
Dang. Two thumbs up from me. It’s got a kind of badass look. Well done.
Sweet. Looks like the VFD version of my Mini 7-Segment Clock. I’d love to have a crack at building one of these too!
Supercool. Personally, I would like to see there also DCF77 ferrite antenna of a proper size and protection for the vacuum glass pipe cut-off on the right side of VFD.