Supreme x Leica Ultravid BR 8×20 Binocular
Supreme vs. Original
About the original
The Leica Ultravid BR 8x20 is a pocket-sized roof-prism binocular with 8x magnification, 20mm objective lenses, a 341-foot field of view at 1,000 yards, and a compact folding bridge that collapses to 4.2 inches and 8 ounces. The housing is nitrogen-purged and fully waterproof to 5 meters; the outer lens elements use Leica's AquaDura hydrophobic coating to shed water and fingerprints. Ernst Leitz Wetzlar, now Leica Camera AG, began producing binoculars in 1907 and still assembles its optics in Wetzlar, Germany and Portugal. The FW20 Supreme version is a black rubber-armored Ultravid BR 8x20 with the Supreme logo printed on the prism housing, released November 19, 2020 at $898.
About Leica
Leica is a German optics and camera manufacturer founded in 1869 by Ernst Leitz in Wetzlar, Germany, taking over the Optical Institute originally established by Carl Kellner in 1849. Engineer Oskar Barnack built the first 35mm prototype at Leitz in 1913, and Ernst Leitz II greenlit production of the Leica I in 1924, the camera that established 35mm as the standard format for photojournalism. The name combines LEItz and CAmera. Leica returned its headquarters to Wetzlar's Leitz Park campus in 2014 and continues to hand-assemble M-series rangefinders there. Supreme collaborated with Leica on a co-branded D-Lux 7 compact camera.
