Boat Barometers

For as long as barometers have existed they have been standard equipment on water-going craft of all shapes and sizes. There is little as important to a mariner as the weather and sea conditions, and the barometer gave a way to measure air pressure, a statistic from which determinations could be made as to sailing or rowing course and tactics.

The barometer was first created in the early 1600s. Advancements were made over the years, and barometers using either water, mercury, or air were all available. (In 2007, the sale of mercury was restricted and from that point, most if not all new barometers in Europe were either the air or water variety.)

Antique barometers are very collectible and great pieces tend to show up on one of eBay's sites rather often. Look through the listings here and see if any of them suit your needs; we usually feature, at any one time, several varieties, eras, styles, prices and companies. Often barometers are built into a wooden piece containing a clock, and sometimes with a barograph or some other instrument.

We also list equipment needed to display some barometers and barometer/clock combinations (stands, mounts, etc). Look through the listings below and check our latest offers - many of these are unique and if you see what you like in your price range, go for it because it may be a while before a similar item pops up for sale.

Boat barometers for sale

We search the web for vendors who sell boat barometers, select the most relevant ones and sort them into specific categories so you can see a larger selection of offers.

Articles (nautical antiques)

Mystery or misery on the high seas? Crew eschews GPS to sail by sextant

In 1854, a wooden ship called Mystery completed a successful voyage from England to Australia. And in 2008, a crew pulled up the anchor on that vessel's spiritual descendant, Spirit of Mystery, to make the same voyage with the same technology. Namely, Captain Pete Goss and his three-man crew (son, brother, brother-in-law) are using the sextant and the stars...

eBay emerges as an unexpected hotbed of high-priced antique diving helmet sales

Although eBay would seem to be a less efficient place to buy something as bulky and obscure as an antique diving helmet, in fact there are some exquisite, unique examples changing hands for large amounts. Looking at recently completed auctions in the Antique Diving Helmets category, a surprising seven helmets sold for over $1000 (ranging from $2,280 for a...

New 11-part series about exploring shipwrecks to air on Discovery Channel

The Discovery Channel, long known for its interesting but artificially melodramatic series about the natural world and history, has recently announced that it will be producing eleven episodes of a series that follows a company searching and collecting treasure from shipwrecks around the world. The exploration company is Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., which...

Historic Civil War shipwreck faces uneasy future in its Marine Sanctuary home

The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, sixteen miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC, is home to America's first such designated shipwreck: the USS Monitor, an iron ship that went down during the Civil War. The designation was given in 1975. Although the ship is still in reasonable shape, with several sections of it having been removed and put on display...

Stash of first-ever US gold coins (worth $100K each) found in Gulf of Mexico shipwreck

Divers exploring wrecks in shallow water in the Gulf of Mexico have located the remains of a 19th-century paddle wheeler that had, among other exciting treasures, a bunch of coins that are the first gold coins ever minted in the United States. The coins were minted in New Orleans; in Charlotte, NC; and in Dahlonega, Ga. The Civil War stopped the minting for a...

Boat barometers