page_title: Leica Camera
section_title: Leica and Valbray
hierarchical_section_title: Leica Camera / Co-operation / Leica and Valbray
caption_attribution_description: English: Valbray EL1 limited edition in black for 100th anniversary of Leica camera
context_page_description: Leica Camera AG is a German company that manufactures cameras, lenses, binoculars, rifle scopes, microscopes and ophthalmic lenses. The company was founded by Ernst Leitz in 1869. The name Leica is derived from the first three letters of his surname and the first two of the word camera: lei-ca.
  Leica Camera AG is 45% owned by The Blackstone Group which licenses the Leica brand name from the independently owned Leica Microsystems GmbH.
context_section_description: In 2014, to commemorate Leica camera's 100th anniversary, they partnered with Swiss watch manufacture Valbray to develop a limited edition chronograph wristwatch with Valbray's signature Leica aperture inspired dial.
caption: Valbray EL1 limited edition in black for 100th anniversary of Leica camera panorama
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