Alarm clock makes you get up and enter a code on a wall keypad to turn it off

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The arrival of the new-old-stock Soviet Union nixie tubes for the clock display of the Nixie Ramos

The back of the front panel partly assembled

Back panel with circuit board attached

The Ramos clocks designed by Paul Sammut require a snoozer to get out of bed and enter a code on a number pad located in another room to silence the alarm buzzer

A nixie tube proudly displays the number 3

The outer shell of the Nixie Ramos assembled and clamped

A view that owners are unlikely to see - the inside of the Nixie Ramos

The debugging stage of development

The front panel of the Nixie Ramos

The LED Ramos is housed in sustainably-harvested birch, has an electronic buzzer sound and features an internal antenna

The LED Ramos model with the Defuse Panel

The fully assembled Nixie Ramos, ready to get you out of bed

The Nixie Ramos with Defuse panel showing its circuitry

The four nixie tubes mounted and ready for install

Paul Sammut's work area, where the Ramos clocks were first created

The Nixie Ramos alarm clock features vertically mounted, new-old-stock Soviet Union nixie tubes with green LED backlighting for the clock display

Close up of the Defuse Panel wiring

The four nixie tubes mounted and ready for install

Close up of the nixie tube clock display of the Nixie Ramos

Article Summary

While there are still some who, at the mention of the alarm clock, might think of a small, spring-driven, mechanical device topped by a couple of bells with a hammer between them, my generation would probably envision a digital clock radio. Recently, designers have come up with more and more ingenious (read evil) ways to get us out of bed - such as a clock with wheels that runs away at the appointed hour with buzzer sounding, or a 113dB sonic boom skull that also shakes the bed until you switch it off. The Ramos Alarm Clock from Paul Sammut is another design aimed at the dedicated snoozer who can usually find a way to prolong the warmth and comfort under the covers. The clock is wirelessly linked to a separate Defuse Panel located in another room, such as the bathroom, and a code will need to be correctly entered to silence the buzzer.

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