Featured Compasses (Click on Compasses above for more) |
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Georgian Leather-Cased Long-Neck Silver Compass by DIXEY, Hallmarks London, 1836 SOLD |
Georgian Silver Long-Neck Leather-Cased Pocket Compass 1808 by W & S JONES |
Antique Sterling Silver English Compendium by Oliver, Hallmarked London 1879 |
Sterling Silver Victorian Hunter Compass, Hallmarked London 1871 |
Antique French Sundial Compass, c. 1900 |
Antique Leather-Cased Silver Equinoctial Sundial Compass, Hallmarked London 1908 |
Featured Watches (Click on Watches above for more) |
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Serviced 1912 Salesman 16 Size Case Hamilton Pocket Watch SOLD |
Serviced 1929 Salesman 16 Size Case Hamilton Railroad Pocket Watch |
Serviced 1868 Wm. Ellery Coin Silver 18 Size American Watch Co. (Waltham) Pocket Watch |
Serviced 1901 Waltham 0 Size Gold-Filled Pocket Watch SOLD |
Serviced Lancashire Watch Co. - Prescot- 16 Size Hunter Gold Filled Pocket Watch, c. 1900 SOLD |
Serviced 1915 Crescent St. 21 Jewels Salesman Waltham Pocket Watch SOLD |
He was five years old when his eyes came across a little compass for the first time. He was playing in the open field far from the house, and the new discovery made him run to meet his father. It was a little open-faced compass with a small needle. At first, the boy thought it was a watch, but the strange movement of the single needle, which even him recognized that it was unusual in watches, intrigued him. He was running fast, clutching the compass so carefully in his hand, searching for his father. He not for the world wanted to risk loosing his new discovery. His father tried hard to explain its mechanism, but in vain. The knowledge of the surrounding world was too small for the boy to understand. Finally, his father told him that a compass helps navigators find their way when they are lost. The intrigued boy felt a kind of magic in the air. He stopped listening and thought: I have a magic device, it is called a compass, what a magic word, ... compass ... |
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