Would you like to have a luxury clock with beautiful silky graphics in your office or home?

Currently In Stock!

I occasionally produce an Oscilloclock just for the heck of it, rather than made-to-order.

Want to connect with your retro oscilloscope or display unit? In stock now is a beautiful Oscilloclock Connect unit. Checking compatibility with your device is not for the faint-hearted, but don’t despair – contact me to discuss.

Option 1 – The Full Package

Complete hand-crafted timepieces (see the Gallery for more) are available strictly on a made-to-order basis — to serious buyers only. I usually do not keep rolling stock, as I prefer to work with each owner to produce a clock that meets every need.

Whether your preferred look is sleek acrylic, steampunk brass, military, or vintage audio – I may have something of interest to you.

For the most discerning individuals, I can design around the CRT of your choice, explore different cases and materials, or modify the software based on your ideas. contact me to discuss your requirements.

Option 2 – Oscilloclock Conversions

Some vintage test equipment have stunningly stylish cases! We can put your favorite retro beauty to practical use by installing a full set of Oscilloclock boards inside the device, bypassing the original circuitry. You will have a modern, safe, and artful timepiece that gives years of additional pleasure!

Do you have a beautiful old scope of tremendous sentimental value? Great! But we also have a collection of classy vintage devices that are in stock and just aching to be converted. Just for you. Let me know your passion.

Option 3 – The Oscilloclock Core

Do you just want the Oscilloclock innards?

For people who want to roll their own cases, and who have experience handling high voltage electronics and CRTs, we can craft up the Oscilloclock Core – custom board sets that are lovingly hand-assembled, tested, and tweaked for optimum performance with a given CRT.

Perhaps you already have some kind of control board from somewhere, but you just need a nice high voltage supply and deflection amplifiers to drive a specific CRT? You may find the Oscilloclock X-Y-Z Core handy.

Or do you want to use your vintage scope as a VGA display? The Oscilloclock VGA Core may be of interest.

For further information see posts linked to the pictures.

Option 4 – The Oscilloclock Connect

If you have a favorite oscilloscope or display that you seriously want to turn into an artful timepiece with minimum intervention, you may just need something to control it. Enter the Oscilloclock Connect! And the bare-bones variation, the Oscilloclock Bare!

Using the Oscilloclock Connect or Bare as-is requires a fully operational scope or X-Y display with reasonable DC bandwidth (ideally a few MHz) and full deflection at 0-5V on X and Y axes, and a pulse-tolerant Z-axis input capable of blanking sufficiently at 5V DC. Note that DC Z-axis capability is critical for a Circle Graphics clock, as segments are formed by blanking parts of a circle.

Typically, only boring, modern oscilloscopes will meet these requirements. To convert a delightful vintage scope requires bypassing the existing circuitry with a Deflection Board and/or a partially populated Power Board for isolated DC blanking. (The Heathkit OR-1 and Oscilloclock Bare(ly) makes it to Brazil posts mention these and other factors to consider in the conversion process.) In any case, contact me for more information.

Quality

I am fastidious about quality and beauty. Nothing here is mass-produced; even the PCBs are manufactured in very small lots.

For utmost safety, the high voltage transformer is constructed to my critical specifications in the United States.

I use a local acrylic manufacturer – and demand only the finest cast acrylic, not extruded.

Components are intentionally selected to be higher spec than technically required, and this makes a difference to longevity.

Your Oscilloclock will last, and last, and last…

Guarantees and Warranty

If I agree to sell something to you, it will have a two-week money-back guarantee. If you don’t like it you can return it – there are others who want it! (Of course you’ll need to cover postage, transfer fees etc.)

For complete clocks, I provide a 3-year warranty on all components excluding the CRT (depending on how I obtained it and whether it was new or used). If something goes wrong during this period, send the clock back and I’ll repair it. (If I find out you’ve dropped it or broken it while fiddling inside with a screwdriver, I’ll charge for the repair.)

After the warranty period, I’ll do my best for you but you’ll have to pay for the repair. And it could take a while.

For board sets or discrete components, there isn’t much point in a warranty, since you could fry the unit if you use it incorrectly in any number of ways. But you still have the satisfaction guarantee!

Enough dribble. I think you’ll be happy, and I’m sure it will last.

Accolades

I shy away from peppering my site with praise, as some folks find it cheesy (if not completely annoying). However, here are some customer comments that have really made my day!

“I want to give one of my favorite awesome clock makers wishes for a very Happy New Year. If my house was on fire, and I could save only one of my clocks, it would be Summer Dusk.”    — owner of the Oscilloblock Summer Dusk Edition

… but I didn’t really want to tackle the deflection amp or the high voltage circuitry. Buying the Oscilloclock XYZ display solved that problem. Everything arrived as and when promised, and I was beyond impressed by the care and workmanship that’s evident in everything from the boards to the harnesses to the documentation!    — owner of an XYZ Core

Reviews

Not exactly reviews, but the kind folks at Hackaday have written some very nice write-ups – see them here and here!

Even the AI wondertoy of 2023, ChatGPT, has reviewed Oscilloclock timepieces! See this incredible post here, and see if you can spot the mistakes it made.