Congratulations to the winners of An Unconventional Clock contest in /r/diyelectronics on reddit!

Winner of Community vote:

Steam Punk owl clocks by Kurt Schaefer

With 20 votes total, this comprehensive build combines electronics, woodworking and using plexiglass to simulate Nixie tubes in a clock with a bunch of added features.

Be sure to check out Kurt’s detailed blog about the design and construction:

Plexitube Owl Clock

position an LED at the edge of a piece of acrylic that has a pattern laser-etched into its surface, and the LED lights up the pattern. Long ago I’d realized that a stack of 10 laser-etched digits with an LED to light up each digit might have the same visual charm as a Nixi Tube

Winner of Jury vote:

Persistence of Vision Clock by mr_stivo

We appreciated the innovative idea and the finished look the project has. Moreover, the documentation was great and it looked awesome in the demo video.