Lang & Heyne marks their 25th anniversary with a new interpretation of their Friedrich, now version III with a power reserve display.
Our commentary in italics with full release information. Embargo for this release was lifted at 8am German time, 21 September 2026. We have not yet got time to examine the watches or to photograph them, and will do a more comprehensive review when we do. But we have handled extensively the Friedrich III Remontoir as well as the regular Friedrich III time only models.
Price, Specifications & Official Press Release
The Lang & Heyne Friedrich III Power Reserve has a retail price of EUR 58,900 in rose gold and EUR 63,500 in platinum. Limited edition of 25 total pieces for both case metals.
Deployant’s Commentary & Analysis
The Friedrich III is a classical looking watch within the Lang & Heyne collection for some time now. The watch was first released in rose gold with frosted silver dial in 2024 still in the maison’s current catalog. And a 5 piece limited Manufaktur Edition in 2025 with a steel case and black champlevé enamel dial complete with a hunter caseback. Their online catalog also shows a Remontoir with white ceramic dial in with either a blue or red center dial medallion. And then, this latest Friedrich III Power Reserve was released last week. Two versions are release, for a total of 25 pieces limited edition – in either a platinum case or in a rose gold case.
The design remains very classical. 39.5mm case diameter with a height of 10.5mm should wear well on most wrists. I have tried the Sincere Jubilee Edition watch which carries the same case dimensions, and it wears very well. The dial which is three-part and made of a flat ceramic givré (frosted) finished plate. This design style is very similar to the Remontoir, but with the frosted finished central medallion in either a grey hue for the platinum version, or white for the rose gold version. The font used for the Roman numerals has the same weight as the Sincere Edition and the railway track is now moved slightly inwards to the center and a set of 5 minute markers line the outer periphery. This is printed in either red or blue lacquer.
The hands are also less floral, and now feature spear shaped hands which are blued steel for the platinum case and gold for the rose gold case. The novelty is, of course the sub-dial at 12 o’clock, replacing the XII marker which now indicates the power reserve. The markings are in either blue or red matching the 5 minute markers.
The watch looks amazingly beautiful, with the center medallion providing visual relief to the white ceramic dial. Lang & Heyne is also one of the few manufacturers who use a ceramic dial. Ceramic is not a traditional material used for dial making.
The subsidiary seconds sub-dial is made from a separate ceramic disc merely 0.4mm thick. This is friction fitted on a cutout on the main ceramic dial, and is subtly sunken. This sunken sub-dial is a traditional styling often seen in vintage pocket watches with enamel dials, but is seldom done these days because of the technical challenges required to execute it perfectly. And certainly the first we have come across with a sunken ceramic sub-dial fitted into a ceramic ring with a solid silver center. The dial looks spectacular, with the beautiful interplay of the colours and textures being a defining character of the dial.
The movement is a variant of their Caliber VI, now christened as VI-II, of course equipped with a power reserve display via additional differential gear train.
Finishing is exceptional, and the same superlative level as with the other Lang & Heyne watches.
Pricing notes
Pricing wise, the Friedrich III Power Reserve settles at a rather reasonable EUR 59k in rose gold and EUR63.5k in platinum. The standard rose gold Friedrich III time only is available in rose gold in either a frosted, galvanic black or salmon or gloss bevel royal blue. This model retails at EUR 45k. Compared to the Friedrich III Remontoir which has a retail price of EUR 70k in platinum (SGD 99.6k) for the Sincere Platinum Jubilee Edition, which of course has the additional remontoiré complication (giving the watch the additional function of a jumping seconds).
Lang & Heyne Friedrich III Power Reserve Specifications
| Functions | Hours and minutes, large off-center seconds, power reserve display |
| Dial | Three-part, flat-polished ceramic dial, givré-finished sub-dial plate, Roman numerals engraved into the ceramic and filled with black and red or blue lacquer, broad spade-shaped hands |
| Case | 18ct rose gold or 950 platinum, diameter 39.2 mm, height 10.5 mm, sapphire crystal and sapphire caseback, anti-reflective coating on both sides, water-resistant to 3 bar |
| Strap | Alligator leather, pin buckle |
| Caliber | LH Caliber VI-II, hand-wound |
| Size | 14¼ lignes (33.5 mm), height 4.9 mm |
| Frequency | 18,000 vibrations/hour (2.5 Hz) |
| Components | 174 parts, 27 jewels, 1 brilliant-cut diamond |
| Refinements | Power reserve display via additional differential gear train |
| Engravings | “One of 25,” model designation “FIII-Reserve,” “LANG & HEYNE Dresden” lettering, hand-engraved balance cock |
The Official Press Release
To mark its 25th anniversary, LANG & HEYNE presents the Friedrich III Power Reserve. Limited to 25 pieces, the edition technically advances the manufacture’s classic Caliber VI: the new Caliber VI-II adds a differential gear train to its architecture to indicate the remaining power reserve.
What began in 2001 as a small workshop is today a team of around 40 watchmakers, finishers, CNC operators, designers, and quality inspectors, producing between 150 and 200 watches a year in small series — with an in-house manufacturing depth of over 90 percent in the movement. The Friedrich III Power Reserve thus represents the current stage of a development the manufacture has pursued consistently since its founding: uncompromising in-house production, grown out of craftsmanship rather than scale.
A three-part, flat-polished ceramic dial with engraved Roman numerals and newly designed, broad spade-shaped hands gives the model its distinctive character. The Friedrich III Power Reserve is made exclusively in 18ct rose gold or 950 platinum.
Power reserve displays have a long tradition, particularly in precision and observation watches as well as marine chronometers. At LANG & HEYNE, the display does more than simply indicate the remaining power reserve: it serves as a reminder to wind the watch in good time and also helps the wearer better gauge full wind. Technically, it is realized through a compact differential gear train with two crown-toothed wheels. The construction requires only a few additional components and integrates space-efficiently into the architecture of Caliber VI.
“As with the marine chronometer, the display is meant to remind the wearer to wind the watch in good time, since the more even release of power from the mainspring then improves timekeeping accuracy. It also helps the wearer visually recognize full wind, which spares the components during winding. For us, the watch is first and foremost a timekeeping instrument. Since this display helps improve timekeeping accuracy, it complements our movements harmoniously.”
— Jens Schneider, Development Director, LANG & HEYNE