Hi group,

I'm looking for a real gimballed marine compass, with a flat face
usable with a direction-finder. All of the compasses I've found online
have a hemispherical glass face, which makes them useless for taking a
bearing. I also strongly suspect that hand-held bearing compasses are
useless on a steel boat such as mine.

The only flat-faced gimballed compasses I've found are desk
decorations.

I'm looking for something similar to a real ship's compass, without
the giant compensating balls & bar (I will compensate it with
magnets). Anyone know where they can be bought?

Regards,
-Maxime Camirand