NEWEST PRODUCT OF LEICA
SPORTOPTICS: ULTRAVID 8x32 EDITION ZAGATO
Binoculars of Leica Sport
Optics are not immune from special editions.
Leica just introduced the Ultravid 8x32 Edition Zagato. In their introduction they state:
ITALIAN AUTOMOTIVE ATELIER MAATS LEICA BINOCULAR
The Leica Ultravid 8x32
‘Edition Zagato’
Leica Camera AG, Wetzlar,
presents in collaboration with Zagato, the Italian automotive Atelier and Total
Design Center, a special limited edition: the Leica Ultravid 8x32 ‘Edition
Zagato’. Uniting the values shared by both classical companies – premium
quality, craftsmanship and tradition – the Leica Ultravid 8x32 ‘Edition Zagato’
combines unique design with cutting-edge technologies.
The outer shell of the
‘Edition Zagato’ is manufactured from aluminium and its front lenses feature
two red anodised rings inscribed with ‘Zagato’. In an elaborate process,
hundreds of fine grooves have been milled into the surface of the aluminium
shell to lend this pair of Leica binoculars previously unseen stylish looks and
a unique haptic sensation.
The Leica Ultravid 8x32
‘Edition Zagato’ is strictly limited to only 1,000 examples for the entire
global market. In addition to the binoculars, the edition also includes a case
designed by Zagato and a matching carrying strap and hand strap in genuine
Italian leather. The Leica Ultravid 8x32 ‘Edition Zagato’ will be available
from September 2015 at selected Leica Stores and Boutiques at a recommended
retail price of 3,450 euros.
Zagato was founded in Milan
in 1919 by Ugo Zagato, who is famous for having been the first in the
automotive industry to apply aviation’s advanced, lightweight technology to
design more aerodynamic car bodies. With these principles, Zagato became an
iconic racing champion of the world’s greatest competitions and even today
remains a leading international marque for classic, lightweight, aerodynamic,
sporting-lifestyle collectible cars.
Zagato’s Atelier and Total
Design Center remains in Milan, where it continues to design and build unique,
limited-series collectible cars. Earlier this year, the Atelier presented the
Zagato Mostro powered by Maserati to the international public at the Concorso
d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. The Mostro pays tribute to the historic, one-off
Maserati 450 S Zagato from 1957, nicknamed “the Monster,” which is one of the
most precious collector cars in the world today.
Today, Zagato is an Atelier
of the third millennium and Total Design Center expressing Italian excellence
through the creation and limited-production of avant-garde, collectible cars
that are lightweight and aerodynamic. Under the guidance of the Zagato family’s
third-generation, Andrea Zagato and his wife Marella Rivolta Zagato, the firm
has continued developing upon its legacy of innovative styling and advanced
engineering by applying the same Milanese philosophies of functionalism and
rationalism as Founder Ugo Zagato had nearly a century ago. Its portfolio of
internationally-renowned, automotive projects includes Aston Martin, Alfa
Romeo, Ferrari, Maserati, Bentley, Lamborghini and Porsche.
Leica Sport Optics and Zagato
will be publicly presenting the Leica Ultravid 8x32 ‘Edition Zagato’ for the
first time on 6 September 2015 in the course of the Chantilly Concours
d’Elegance in France.
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