Roorkee Instruments Antique Nautical Vintage Directional Magnetic Sundial Clock Pocket Marine Compass Essential Baptism Gifts with Red Leather Case plus Chain for Loved Ones, Partner, Spouse, Fiance 3"

Working: his is a beautiful, rugged, very well made, beautiful, hand made solid, heavy brass, Compass/sundial built like a pocket watch. It works really well. Both the sun dial and the compass work well. This beautiful piece of equipment arrived in perfect shape and was very well packed. Its leather case is very well made out of good strong leather. The little company that makes these has only five people working there. You can tell they are real artists in metal. Each part is hand made out of heavy, durable, brass, and each part is very well made. Here is how it works: 1. Lay this Sundial/Compass on a flat place in the sunshine. I use an outside picnic table to lay it on. 2. Push the button that looks like a watch winder. The spring loaded top will pop open. 3. Turn the Sundial/Compass until the compass needle is pointing to the North mark on the inside of the Sundial/Compass 4, Shut the top of the Sundial/Compass gently so as not to turn it and change the North setting. 5. Now very gently pull up the Sundial arm until it is pointing straight up. (Or you can pull the sun dial arm up before you open the top) 6. Look for the shadow of the Sundial arm on the face of the Sundial. The number that the shadow sets on is the time of day. For example, if the shadow of the sundial arm in covering the number II (Roman numeral for 2) on the face of the Sundial, it is two O'clock PM. (It doesn't work at night, no sun you know) In case you don't know the Roman numerals I is one, II is two, III is three, IV is four, V is five, VI is six, VII is seven, VIII is eight, IX is nine, X is ten, XI is eleven, and XII is twelve.