Barometer

[lizzop]

Can anyone recommend a make of barometer which is accurate, nice looking (pref brass to match our clock), not expensive and on which we can actually read the numbers! The one we have doesn't seem to work at all, and if it did, we can't read the numbers very well. They need to be round the outside so they are written bigger.

 

[Talbot]

Depends on the size you want.

I had the 160mm ( 6") FCC Barometer and clock until some thieving erk ripped it off my bulkhead http://www.bosunslockerchandlery.co.uk/default.aspx?ItemID=FCCM1205&CategoryID=10030

Alternatively the Schatz 7" from nauticalia.

 

[eclipsemullet]

Can I suggest you look here. Kevin Hughes Ltd is a very reputable company and you can be confident of good quality products and service.

No connection etc (other that I bought a barograph from them).

 

[tangomoon]

Barometer world told me some time ago, that the cheap ones do just as good a job as the expensive the expense comes in the decoration etc. of the case. The £2:50 small face I bought 5 years ago and keep on my desk, is still keeping good track of the pressure. So it's looks and the sky is the limit.

 

[Krusty]

I note you are looking for an accurate barometer. If you buy one of the traditional type, as illustrated by Talbot, it will very soon be inaccurate unless you take good care to prevent anyone tapping it.
People seem to have an irresistable urge to tap them on the face! The forces generated by the mechanism are very weak, so the pointer is mounted on a spindle with needle-sharp ends supported in very hard ('jewel') bearings at each end. The outer one is in the brass 'button' in the face.
The first tap on the face begins the blunting of the needle-points, and the movement becomes 'sticky': so everybody then taps it, and in no time it is not much more than an ornament!
I suggest you explain this to your regular crew, and stick a little warning beside it:

DO NOT TAP ME!
But if you really must, then tap my body, not my face!

Good luck! My crews ruined two in quick succession, until I bought a digital electronic one.