Brass sundial, Pizarro | Hemisferium

For centuries, people have measured time by the sun, and with a brass sundial you can bring that idea into your home or garden. This sundial from Hemisferium is a decorative instrument: the shadow of the dial falls on the hour markings and shifts with the sun throughout the day.

If you really want to use it, place it in a flat spot in the sun and orient it north. You can read the sun time, which in the Netherlands is one to two hours behind the clock during summer time.

A gift for anyone who loves astronomy, gardening or old instruments. Those who want to try more can choose for the equatorial sundial in Augsburg style, which you set on your latitude, or for a portable sun compass. Background information about the sun, the moon and the stars can be found in our astronomy knowledge center.