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Friedrich August I  König Johann  Konrad der Große
Moritz von Sachsen  Moritz von Sachsen


CASE
Crafted from 18 ct rose gold,
diameter 44 mm,
sapphire glass on the top
and on the bottom,
crocodile leather strap,
with buckle in 18 ct gold

DIAL
dial in massiv silver
with arabic numerals,
Spade hands in blued steel

INDICATIONS
small second,
moon phase at 6 o’clock
date, days of the week at 3 o’clock
month (following) at 9 o’clock
day-/night indication
centre at 4 o’clock
declination angle at 12 o’clock

MOVEMENT

Manual winding movement Caliber III,
46 hours running time,
second hand stop mechanism

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Declination - a new indication in watches

From what do the seasons with different lengths of night and day result? The indications of sunrise and sunset and the equation are well known. It is the changing angle of the sun’s rays onto the surface of the earth that forms the basis of these indications. The inclination of the axis of the earth to the ecliptic of 23 degrees and the orbiting of the earth around the sun are the causes of the sun’s rays impinging sometimes more on the northern hemisphere, sometimes more on the southern hemisphere.

For the first time, LANG & HEYNE has made it possible to indicate directly the degree of the sun to the equator at midday. This suggestion made by one of our customers and a watch enthusiast (Nikolaus Garnreiter - Ulm/Donau). The earth disc which oscillates during the seasons is controlled by a programme disc where the value of the degree of the declination is accurately stored.




ELECTOR MORITZ OF SAXONY
born on 21.3.1521 in Freiberg, died on 11.7.1553 in Sievershausen

As one of the most important rulers of Saxony, Moritz was a political, military as well as cultural character. By being sensitive to political issues and also by clever intrigues and military power, he eventually snatched the throne from his cousin Friedrich and gained power over the Saxon estates. From then on, Saxony was reigned from Dresden and Moritz thus laid the foundation for a cultural as well as a political revival of that town.

Although he was on the side of the catholic emperor at the beginning, he soon put him under military pressure, so that eventually he achieved the "Religious Peace of Augsburg" and the freedom of the Protestant belief.

At the young age of 32, Moritz was fatally wounded in the battle of Sievershausen and entombed in the cathedral of Freiberg (which from this time on was the burial place of all Saxon rulers).



With a classical, symmetrical division of the dial, we combine in our watch-model "Moritz" all the calendar functions of a full calendar. The solid silver dial is, according to the tradition, pickled white and then dyed champagne.

The moon disc as well as the earth disc is cut in gold and enameled with the technique "Champlevé".

Above the crown, the date, the month and the declination can be changed rapidly. Two sunk-in correctors serve as the regulation of the moon phase and the day of the week.

As with the other models of LANG & HEYNE, the model "Moritz" is available in three different gold colours (white, yellow and rose gold) and with different hand variations.

We make three variations of the earth disc, one for the European/African, one for the Asian/Australian and one for the American viewpoint.