I'm a sucker for a compass and chose this particular one because it’s proportionally perfect.
 
It’s small and chubby, in great condition and has a crisp hallmarks for Chester 1927, so getting on for antique but 97 year old if we're splitting hairs.
 
Set into a generous 9 carat gold surround, this is the perfect nautical piece.
 
There is surface wear to the glass which you can see in the photos but the dial is still visible and it's really what we'd expect to see from a working piece of this age because yes, this compass is still compassing on a hundred or so years after it was made. QUAL-I-TY.
 
Your talismanic reminder that you'll always get where you need to be.
 
*The chain in the photos is not included in the sale*