Box-shaped gold-plated brass universal equinoctial sundial with lid and hanging eye. The lid serves as a universal equinoctial sundial. The engravings and decorations with leaf and flower motifs are blacked.
Dated 1572. Probably not used at sea.

1591 Phls Galle Engraving: Lapis Polaris Magnes. From Nova repertes illustrating the invention of the Compass

English nocturnal for ‘ Both Bears’

Early rare Dutch compass with Dutch wind direction. Roman hours on outer ring, and gnomon that can be lowered during transportation

Rare silver Belgian sundial signed by Jan van Sÿchen made circa 1670

Important clock designed by Christiaan Huygens, who did seatrials to find longitude at sea, 120 years after the suggestion by Gemma Frisius, and 100 years before Harrison's Chronometer.

Important clock designed by Christiaan Huygens, who did seatrials to find longitude at sea, 120 years after the suggestion by Gemma Frisius, and 100 years before Harrison's Chronometer.

17th or early 18th century. probably Continental. To remagnetisise the compass needle.

Typical marine hour-glass to measure the 'glasses' of the watch

Dutch or Spanisch universal ringdial in leather cover

Dutch. Anonymous but dated ‘1719’ with handle.

Large ring on stand, Nautical Quadrant on backside

Early Franch dry compass by the family Roux in Marseille’

Early French Hour-glass of 60 minutes to be used on a ship during times of stress , by the Roux Family . Normally an hour-glass of 30 minutes is used.

Classic wooden hourglass, running 28 seconds

Brass Log glass 28 sec used in Royal Navy

Hourglass by Nairne. from the HMS Amelia

Maritime Stick Barometer with thermometer. Signatuur: 'Geo. Stebbing. +/_ 1825 Portsmouth.
Gimbaltic suspention. Thermometer with Fahrenheit + Réaumur

Hourglass, Glass and Brass, used as Log-glass with 14 sec duration. In the lid we find the inscriptions 1827 and 14. Can be closed by rotation of the inner cylinder. Orange collared Silicate.

n/a

Important French Chronometer in Mahogany box, signed and numbered

compass includes Chiniese ten Celestial or Heavenly Stems, 1850 according to coin, or 1950 according to printplate?

Important Dutch chronometer by Andreas Hohwü from Amsterdam

Singer’s Patent. England Make: ?Nr.: 10041

1860-75 E. Dent & Co. ‘Chronometer Maker to the Queen’. London with rare 24-hour silvered dialplate

Rare Belgian gimbalded marine Compass

​

Laat 19 th Sewill Liverpool-Glasgow-London Noord en Oost mooi versierd

Bain & Ainsley 1895 Kent England Pat Nr 6573 Nr 2516

Barometer from the Manilla type by Schmidt & Ziegler Remscheid

A deckwatch from the famous chronometer maker firm Ulysse Nardin, fitted in its original box with key.

SESTREL. London Cardanische ophanging. geen lamp Serienummer B4/36083L/70

Barking & London Nr. 14671. With illumination In nice box

23.5 cm compass R8650

Reconstruction of a Sun-Compass and Sun Shadow Board according to artefact found in the ruins of a Benedictine convent in Uunartoq, Greenland, in 1948
Is was probably used by Greenland Vikings about 1200

Icelandic Calcite. Cordierite or Iceland spar. Used by Vikings in 800-1050 to find the sun in cloudy weather or beneath the horizon

Replica of the Antikythera mechanism, on show in the Archeological museum of Athens