Making Glasses! How Are Spectacles Made?

Making Glasses! How Are Spectacles Made?

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How Do They Make Glasses Frames?

Prescription glasses are seen as just a functional accessory, but in reality, they make the right fashion statement. They are made with detailed craftsmanship and precision.

You often look for cheap prescription glasses online that are stylish helping you make that right first impression, whether it's your new job or your first date! Getting the right glasses says a lot about your personality!

You have a plethora of options when you are scouting through mens and womens glasses online. Rimless for the matured look? Chunky for the retro appeal or fierce with the cat-eye? You can experiment with new looks and effortlessly compliment your wardrobe.

While looking at amazing frame styles you wonder how this utility accessory is made, what goes behind the coating that makes them anti-glare and how are the tints applied?

To begin with, making womens and mens glasses right takes a combination of skill and technology. So, let's start with the Lenses.

Do You Know? A whopping 25 million frames are made every year in the world!!

How are Lenses Made?

Earlier lenses were made only in plastic because they were sturdy, malleable and could adjust to any shape or prescription required. Today, people want their glasses to be as light on their nose as they can. We ventured into glass frames too!

Now we all know how the convex and concave lenses work right, it's the right curvature that helps reflect light off based on what kind of prescription you hold. There is short sightedness, long sightedness and reading the prescription.

It all begins with curving a flat piece or a round piece of lenses. A technician places these in the machine and with precision starts the curve to match the prescription.

Then the lenses are edged to fit perfectly into the frames you have selected, let's take clubmasters for instance. High-end equipment allows technicians to shape the lenses accurately with the frame style.

Once the shape is made, a chemical coating is applied to the lenses that give it the tint, colour or a coating like digital blue coat or anti-scratch.

Today, technology has surpassed ease and it makes online retailers, like PerfectGlasses who house eye experts to make these lenses quickly to get your frames right on time!

Now let's talk about the frames!

Frames can be acetate or metal. Acetate is leading the fashion charts for its malleability and ability to take on any colours or textures easily. Metal, on the other hand, is known for its minimalism, and sturdiness.

Both look great, and there is no denying that when you buy prescription sunglasses online you would pick out a metal frame than an acetate one, for its chic outlook!

A chemical bath is created known as the lathe, that affects the molecules of the material to make it easy to mould and shape. The maker uses this lathe to perfectly shape the frame in the design given. The more detailed the shape the more effort it requires to make.

It takes expert craftsmanship to shape these frames, just as beautifully without any rough edges. The abrasive solution is then used to smoothen out the edges, including the arms tips too. The frame front, the hinges and the arm tips are separately cut-out and smoothened individually.

Did You Know? Frames in the 19th century used rocks and sand to smoothen out the edges!

Using a simple heating process and some wires, the temples are then fitted neatly into the frames with the screws holding in them together. Some cheaper glasses avoid the cutting holes in the hinges and insert hot wires directly to complete the frame.

It doesn't end here! Each piece is individually checked to ensure it is aligned and fit perfectly. Once, that is confirmed then the final polish stage begins where any remnants of chemicals or any edges are smoothed out.

Although we at Perfect Glasses have made this sound easy, there is a lot of technology and material that is involved in crafting the right piece.

There are so many factors, like the thickness of the lenses and the frame, the durability and most importantly creating the textures like tortoiseshell or camouflage.

The textures require more detailing because the acetate used needs to be treated in colours and dyes, to create that effect before the maker takes the frame to be smoothened out.

Lastly is the Packaging!

Perfect Glasses uses a luxurious packaging material that is encased in the die cut process where the logo is embossed inside out of the box. A black or brown silicone covering is then put on the exterior to seal the make of the glasses box.

Accompanied with a microfiber cloth that is sourced from local textile experts, that enable cleaning the glasses and storing them right.

And Voila! The process of making glasses is complete! Let's have a short look at it once again, so we begin with Cutting the lenses, then machining the frames, then tempering the frame shape, riveting the pieces together and tumbling the frames in abrasives!

Then comes the final fit-out, where hard works finally give results to see how perfectly each piece fits in, and how aligned it actually is, before it goes into Perfect Glasses custom-made luxury cases.

While the process might seem tedious and requires skill, Perfect Glasses believes in bringing stylish glasses to you at affordable prices.

We have authorized stockist of leading labels like Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Fendi, Marc Jacobs, Guess, Hugo Boss and more alike, which means we source the best quality of frames at amazing prices.

Being an online retailer takes away brick and mortar overheads, or staffing costs which means we bring the frames to you straight from our manufacturing warehouse!

You can explore a variety of frame styles in our online catalogue and use the Virtual Mirror to see how each frame looks on you virtually before you make that buy!

So, next time you buy glasses online at great prices, don't forget the effort that goes behind making these bespoke frames and glasses for you!