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New and Used Sextants

Why we love sextants
  • For their role in trade and exploration. For centuries navigators depended on celestial navigation for finding their next landfall. These instruments brought mariners to adventure, to wealth, and home again.
  • For their precision. Most modern sextants, properly adjusted, can put the experienced celestial navigator - assuming no error in timekeeping or computation - within a couple of miles of the actual location.
  • For their simplicity. There are just two moving parts, two mirrors, and a frame with a handle. Everything is bolted together. Easy to understand, easy to clean.
  • For their perfection. There have been some refinements but no major improvements to the general design of the sextant for many years. They are at or near the zenith of their design evolution.
Why our customers love us
    We are finicky in acquiring pre-owned sextants: we buy the best. And we buy only those which are in at least good condition. Then we overhaul them, making repairs, adjustments, lubrication, and cleaning. And very important, our policy has always been to be fair in pricing. If you wonder if the price is fair, ask yourself the value of the following:
  • Our 60-day money-back guarantee: we insist that you be satisfied with your purchase, or you can return the sextant and we will refund the purchase price. You can’t be sure of this with an eBay purchase!
  • Our 47-year reputation for honest representation of all merchandise
  • Our ability to service almost any problem with any sextant, with expert attention and the nation’s largest supply of Plath and Tamaya parts
Condition
    All instruments listed will not leave our premises until they are in A-1 working order. The instrument will have been cleaned, lubricated, and adjusted. The mirrors will be new, or resilvered and like new. With basic care the instrument will work like new and last for many years.
Celestial Navigation
Cassens & Plath Fulvew


Our Price: 750.00
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C. Plath Navistar #49788 SOLD


Our Price: 950.00
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Cassens & Plath SALE PENDING


Our Price: 995.00
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C. Plath Navistar


Our Price: 1050.00
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Tamaya Jupiter


Our Price: 895.00
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English Octant, circa 1790
English Octant, circa 1790

Our Price: 1900.00
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Astra IIIB
Consider the Astra IIIB Deluxe for your best value.

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Cassens & Plath
Highest quality for those who insist on owning the best.

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TI-T89 StarPilot
Navigation Graphing Calculator

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Practical Celestial Navigation
A Book to Aid in your sextant and navigational needs

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