Contour prism lens with progressive power

A contour prism progressive lens, having a position dependent optical power and a position dependent horizontal prism, and having a distance-vision reference point and a near-vision reference point, the contour prism progressive lens being characterized by a coordinate system with its vertical axis running through the distance-vision reference point, wherein:

• the optical power at the near-vision power reference point exceeds the optical power at the distance-vision reference point by a value between 1.0 diopter and 2.5 diopters;
• the horizontal prism on the vertical axis at a vertical coordinate of the near-vision reference point differs from the horizontal prism at the distance-vision reference point by more than 0.2 prism diopter base-in;
• and
• the optical power along a horizontal crosscut of the contour prism progressive lens through the near-vision reference point has a broad peak where the region where the optical power is at least 85% of its peak value is at least 8 mm wide;
• wherein
• the horizontal crosscut is oriented laterally in the coordinate system.