Authentic B-17 Radio Compass Phone Charger

Limited Edition of seventeen pieces. Actual WWII vintage instrument as installed in B-17 aircraft. This instrument was located in the Navigator’s compartment. These were also used in B-24 bombers and some fighter aircraft as well. Each piece has original markings and several are dated. Each has a numbered aluminum tag. The charger atop the instrument will charge Android and Apple phones. USB cable is supplied.

As a child, San Francisco Bay Area artist Stephen Kowalski loved to take took his toys apart to see how they worked; oftentimes reassembling them into something completely different. As an award-winning graphic designer and industrial designer, Kowalski had the opportunity to create items both big and small—from the huge scoreboard clock at San Francisco Giants’ Oracle Park, to smaller useful items of imagination. Today, he works with antique and vintage mechanical, aircraft, nautical, and other decorative parts to create extraordinary clocks, lamps, and furniture. Each item is expertly crafted by hand so no two pieces are the same. As much as possible, vintage screws, nuts, and other hardware are used in assembly as an homage to a bygone era of creative wonder.