Check out Kerry Shrives’ appraisal of a French brass pocket sundial with compass, ca. 1700, in Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, Hour 1. Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS ...
Pocket watches are all well and good, but they have some caveats. They either need regular rewinding, or they need batteries. Sundials on the other hand need only the light from our One True Sun.
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