Oxidation on the contacts of “zebra strip” LCDs has caused many a consumer device to head for landfill. I recently threw out (well threw back in the scrap box), an LCD alarm clock with an
NPL (MSF) receiver that someone had donated to me a few years back.
The corrosion on the LCD contacts caused by leaking batteries was so bad that it was impractical to attempt a repair.
I did salvage the ferrite coil/cap, so I may take a stab at building a receiver out of that, but given the price of GPS modules these days, which are more accurate, (but probably use more power) it may never happen.
EDIT: “The signal’s carrier frequency is maintained at 60 kHz to within 2 parts in 1012, controlled by caesium atomic clocks at the radio station.” … actually the MSF signal is probably just as accurate as GPS