Product Description

The perfect executive office gift for the nautical enthusiast in your life!

It would look great on the shelf in your nautically themed home too.

Hourglasses are collectable because of their combined historical and practical value. Some glasses measured up to two hours.

Ship’s hourglasses were calibrated to the half hours of the ship’s watch, and if the helmsman didn’t turn the glass too early, it actually doubled in defining longitude.

Navigators tried to keep count of the hours; the galleons wrecked on the Western Australian reefs remind us of the perils of incorrectly kept time.

Measures 7.3" x 5.1" x 10"