60 % · CHF 329
VERNIER 61
The auxiliary scale. Reads the fraction between two divisions.
Why it is called that
VERNIER
Sixty-one keys, no arrows, no function row. A vernier scale exists to read what falls between the marks on the main scale, which is a fair description of what this keyboard does with a keystroke.
61
keys
1.34kg
without cable
1kHz
report rate
Its own key field
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61 keys, 15 × 5 u at 19.05 mm — the same pitch every keyboard has used since the Selectric, and the module this whole page is set on.
Specification
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Layout | 60 %, 61 keys, ANSI |
| Key field | 15 × 5 u at 19.05 mm pitch = 285.8 × 95.3 mm |
| Case | 301.8 × 111.3 × 32 mm |
| Weight | 1.34 kg, +180 g with the Laiton weight |
| Material | CNC 6082-T6 aluminium, bead-blast 120 grit, Type II anodise |
| Mount | Gasket, 1.5 mm FR4 plate |
| PCB | 1.6 mm, four layer, one EF-1c per key |
| Switches | PALPEUR, five-pin hot-swap |
| Report rate | 1 000 Hz, always |
| Connection | USB-C, detachable, 1.8 m braided. No wireless. |
| Indicator | One white strip under the front edge |
| In the box | Board, cable, switch puller, keycap puller, 2.5 mm hex driver, bulletin d'étalonnage |
| Price | CHF 329 |
Finishes
The house finish. The colour of the limestone Neuchâtel is built from.
Slate. Type II anodise run long, at the dark end of what the bath will give.
Silver anodise over a finer 180-grit blast. The only finish that shows a fingerprint.
A brass bottom weight, unlacquered, that will go brown in a year. +CHF 65.
The other two
CADRAN 68
A dial you can turn, on a board that already reads one.
- Layout
- 65 % + encoder
- Case
- 320.8 × 111.3 mm
CHF 389
ÉTALON 87
The reference artefact. The one the others are measured against.
- Layout
- Tenkeyless
- Case
- 363.7 × 135.1 mm
CHF 479
PALPEUR
The switch, on its own. Three weights, forty to a box.
- Travel
- 3.60 mm
- Life
- 100 M
CHF 39