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Freiberger Drum Sextant

Note:	Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery. We may be able to ship sooner - get in touch and we can advise on current availability.

£1,279.00

Includes 20% VAT. Shipping calculated at checkout.

Horizon Mirror

Full View Split View

Freiberger Drum Sextant - Full View is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.

Delivery Information

We dispatch most orders within one working day.

Admiralty charts are printed to order and are dispatched within two working days. If you'd like to know our current dispatch time or if you're up against a deadline please get in touch and we will do our best to help.

Shipping is free on orders over £50.

We ship to the UK. If you're ordering from outside the UK, get in touch and we'll see what we can do.

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Returns

Not what you were looking for? No problem. We accept returns of items in as-sold condition within 30 days. Just let us know and we'll sort everything out, including the cost of return shipping.

Please note that Admiralty charts are not returnable as they are printed to order. See our returns policy for more information.

If anything arrives faulty or damaged, get in touch and we'll sort it out.

A Full-Size Sextant

German-made drum sextant with a 4x40 telescope

A full-size marine sextant from Freiberger in Germany, with a light-alloy frame, a hardwood handle and a micrometer drum. The arc has a radius of 170 mm and reads from −5° to +125°; the drum is graduated in minutes and read by estimation to 0.1′. The standard telescope is 4x40.

Four index shades and three horizon shades swing in on metal frames. The index mirror is 57 x 42 mm and the horizon mirror 57 mm across, split or full view (choose above). The index arm runs between the frame and the handle, out of the spray. The sextant measures 26 x 24 x 13 cm and weighs about 1.4 kg; it comes in a wooden case (about 4 kg packed), with an adjusting key, a user's guide and a test certificate of its corrections.

Split or full-view mirror

A full-view horizon mirror shows the horizon across the whole glass, which makes it easier to bring a body down to the horizon on a moving deck, and most people learning find it easier. A split mirror gives a brighter reflected image, which some navigators prefer for stars at twilight.

About Freiberger

Freiberger Präzisionsmechanik continues more than 250 years of fine mechanical and optical instrument making in Freiberg, Saxony. Its sextants are made there, alongside surveying and monitoring instruments.