Puchsed in New Zealand

Purchase Date: Feb, 2026

Promotional advertsing compass by August Amos (1891–1978) owner of “Optik August Amos Tallinn” (optician) selling glasses and tools. Definitely active by 1922 (dated instrument). From Tallinn Estonia

Purchase Date April 2026

Purchased from an antique shop in Tallinn Estonia. It’s a Soviet-era pocket compass labeled “Tourist” (Турист) and made in Moscow (Москва), likely from the 1950s–1970s. It was a civilian hiking/navigation tool, not specialized military gear, with Cyrillic direction markings and a standard magnetic needle.

Purchase Date: April, 2026

Antique purchased from an antique shop in Napels Italy. The shop was in a basement and was used to lease period specific items to movies being filmed in the area.

Purchase Date: June, 2025

Purchased in Prague, Czech Republic at a military suprlus / antique store. Antique pilots compass designed to be worn around the wrist in case of ejection.

Purchase Date: December, 2025

Purchased in Prague, Czech Republic at a military suprlus / antique store. It was tiny and made Ellie happy.

Purchase Date: December, 2025

Replica purchased at a unique little store in Andorra.

Purchase Date: January, 2024

This compass was purchased in a flea market for a few cents in Bangkok Thailand. Orginially from the USA.

Purchased Date: May, 2023

Ross London. Purchased in the Costwalds in the UK

Purchased Date: July, 2022

Gift from Matt Garton

Recived Date: July 2022

Replica of an Astrolabe. Purchased in Marrakesh, Morocco. We did wonder into a store that was being turned into a museum. There we saw an authentic astrolabe that was stunning (and crazy expensive).

Purchased Date: June 2022

No idea, but old and cool

Purchased from an antqiue Jewlrey store in Sciliy Italy.

Purchased Date: January 2020

Purchased from an antique shop in Antalya, Turkey. German WW2 era compass.

Purchase Date: April, 2019

Gift at the wedding of my good friend Cory. It has the coordinates of Mt. Kilimanjaro which we climbed in 2013.

Gifted Date: May 2016

First compass purchased at an antique shop on the island of Zanzibar, Tanzania. Thomas Cook orginial from 1914.

Purchase Date June 2015