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KHUMYAYAD solid brass pocket compass, antique finish, brass chain and leather case

A brass pocket compass presented as an antique nautical instrument, whose bullets describe the metal, the chain and the leather and stop before every column on this shelf.

KHUMYAYAD solid brass pocket compass with brass chain and leather case

KHUMYAYAD solid brass pocket compass, antique finish, brass chain and leather case

A brass pocket compass presented as an antique nautical instrument, whose bullets describe the metal, the chain and the leather and stop before every column on this shelf.

Needle balancing zone
Not published on the listing
Declination adjustment
Not published on the listing
Baseplate scales
Not published on the listing — the maker describes a solid brass pocket case, not a baseplate
Romer scales
Not published on the listing
Sighting mirror
Not published on the listing
Luminous markings
Not published on the listing
Stated weight
Not published on the listing — no dimensions are given either
Amazon reference
B08Y2N34WH (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
8203542787794
  • The maker is specific about materials: solid polished brass, an antique finish, a fitted brass chain and a handmade leather case
  • States the dial is marked with cardinal points, given as N, S, O and W in the German bullets
  • Every one of the seven columns this hub compares is empty, including the balancing zone that decides where a needle works

Best for: A brass keepsake with a working needle, bought for the object rather than for the navigation.

≈ $20 / £20 / 20 €
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Specifications

Needle balancing zone
Not published on the listing
Declination adjustment
Not published on the listing
Baseplate scales
Not published on the listing — the maker describes a solid brass pocket case, not a baseplate
Romer scales
Not published on the listing
Sighting mirror
Not published on the listing
Luminous markings
Not published on the listing
Stated weight
Not published on the listing — no dimensions are given either
Amazon reference
B08Y2N34WH (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
8203542787794

What this listing puts on record

Solid polished brass with an antique vintage finish, a brass chain attached for carrying or hanging, a handmade leather case stated to protect it from scratches, and a magnetic needle the maker describes as free-moving over a dial marked with cardinal points. The fifth bullet repeats the fourth word for word.

An instrument sold as an object

Read the adjectives in order: high-quality, robust, stylish, classic, nautical, rustic. Read the nouns: brass, chain, leather. There is nothing dishonest in any of that — the listing is describing what it is selling, and what it is selling is a brass compass that looks like a brass compass.

What follows is only worth saying because the family it sits in is a navigation family: not one of the seven columns on this shelf has a value here. Three of the seven compasses in this hub are in that position, and this is the one that is most openly about the finish.

What a working needle does and does not settle

A needle that swings freely and settles on a dial gives you a direction. The question the balancing zone answers is a different one: the Earth’s field dips at different angles by region, needles are weighted for a magnetic zone, and a needle set for one zone drags on its housing in another. Nothing on this listing says which zone this one was set for.

What you would still have to buy

A map rule, if you want to work a bearing on a sheet. Everything on this listing lives in the case, the chain and the leather, and none of those touches paper.

Check these before you order

Ask for the diameter before you commit, because the listing carries no measurement of any kind. And read the two identical bullets as the signal they are: the maker has said everything it intends to say by the fourth line.

Availability

Selling between 20 € and 21 € across the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores when this page was checked.

It also sells on the American and British Amazon stores in the local currency, which the range above does not cover — that range counts euro stores and nothing else.

Every figure in this section is what Keepa returned on the day this page was last updated. Prices and offers change without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 6 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

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