Every sailor has his own hobbies; carving wood, making models, tying intricate knots, engraving a tooth. Authentic Models has items to display their best hobbies of nautical interest. The captain steers a course on the compass, holds his mahogany wheel, watching compass and hourglass, and sounds the 'glass' by ringing the ship's bell.

Every glass is a half hour increment of the four hour watch, the on-and-off working shifts for the ship's crew. All the ship's fixtures and fittings have been designed and manufactured to withstand the worst onslaught of the elements. Salty spray easily corrodes, so lamps and most fittings are made in brass or bronze. As are their reproductions by AM featured in this section.

From exploration on the high seas to exploring your own backyard, AM's brass compass will take you where you want to go. Their fun desk top gifts for wandering souls in need of direction can lead them to the light. Inlaid like precious jewels in the decks of the Gigantic J-Yachts, prisms dispersed daylight into the cabins below. Imagine the green light filtering from a sail filled sky.