Greenwich Sundial Compass

Greenwich Sundial CompassOur brass pocket sundial is a completely self contained portable instrument, with a compass for alignment and velvet carry pouch for protection. The gnomon is set for latitudes around 50 degrees North, so will be most accurate in the south of England, northern Europe, Canada and so on. At these latitudes this is a functioning time indicator (in as much as sundials ever were!) diameter 3", height 1". Made from chunky solid brass.

the time and date as well as temperature in °C or °F

Developed using advanced computer-aided design

The gnomon is set for latitudes around 50 degrees North

evoking images of classic early cars negotiating crowded city streets and bustling harbours being criss-crossed by a myriad of small craft

Supplied with leather case

Once set on the straight and narrow

it is intended for decorative use around your home

impacts (tested with a 3m drop onto concrete)

Instruments like this were once used by explorers and navigators to tell the time anywhere in the world

Engraved in tribute to RMS Titanic

Traditionally

in the 17th-18th centuries