Made this pair for a friend as a gift. I love the sledge series by JF Rey, decided to get him this orange and titanium frame and fitted it with 40% orange tint, 85% brown photochromic and a blue flash to set it off. Think it turned out wonderfully and think he’ll love it!
Happy 4th of July to all who celebrate 🇺🇸
Think Larus is a very under the radar design by RE, a classic silhouette with these wonderful wing tipped temple edges.
Lens: Trivex material, Shamir’s “relax” with boost for computer use. 20% yellow tint with sapphire flash and backside A/R.
My optician recommended this lens over the Zeiss and decided to order the Zeiss for me (at his cost) with smart life so I could compare and see for myself which one is better.
Don’t know any other optician that would be that hardcore in standing by their opinion 😂 Zeiss lenses come in a few days, I’ll review the two for yall.
Exquisite pair, blew through all my expectations and i'm so happy with this purchase. The color, the silhouette, the fit, the packaging, just 10/10. Glad I pulled the trigger and added this piece to my collection, its a shape I don't have yet.
I travelled a day in NYC with these in the Matsuda case in my backpack and when I opened it I noticed the other pince nez screw came off and the whole piece fell out with it. These frames arrived with an already dysfunctional pince nez right out of the box. They literally either sit on my face while I work, a tray or a hard case.
I thought Matsuda was supposed to be this legendary, God-tier brand. I am sorry to say, it's a load of BS. As beautiful as these frames are, this is an unacceptable level of user experience given the price and brand cache that's being peddled.
I’m exceedingly lucky the loose screw didn’t roll around in the case and scratch my lens.
Spectacle Factory is already getting me a new frame because the original pince nez wasn't working properly, but now I am of two minds to return the frame entirely and get a full refund or exchange for something else. This is too much frou frou for something that's meant to be a high quality daily pair I can use.
Added a few options... I was looking into adaptive sun so i can somewhat use this indoors but full coverage outdoors. I love the rimless feel of this lens btw, extremely under appreciated in the Ahlem collection, I think the right tint sets this OFF!
But please help me design this, what tint should I bring to AI to try? Looking to make a decision in 2-3 days.
You either wear this frame or it wears you.
A classic Round-Panto silhouette reimagined with a high-set bridge and sharper architectural intent. It captures the bespoke character of vintage handmade frames while delivering the precision, balance, and technical refinement expected from McLaren engineering.
Crafted from 3D-printed titanium, the front is both lightweight and remarkably durable, with a distinctive micro-textured finish
I wear this when riding my bike, or playing basktball, the ribber grips keep this pair in place as I run around. Looking through the lens most gives the landscape a blue/violet hue but I love the ruby/gold flash on the front of the lens it really sets this piece off!
It's a wonderful frame, have considered converting to sunglasses but i enjoy wearing it for 8-10 hours a day and don't want to give it photofusion lenses. If yall have this pair or a JMM pair in Etna and have done something nice with tints, lmk
It's unlike any other piece in my collection, I really want to see into the acetate under the leather to get a sense if there's something special awaiting me there, will prob need to wait 15 years or so for the leather to wear down, but then it'll be like a whole new pair of glasses lol.
It's a nice piece with a distinctly different feel in the hand and on the face due to the leather. I didn't like the purely acetate version of this, took a flier on the leather. The temple embellishment entirely makes this piece, without it it's a pretty bland design imo. But with it, **chef's kiss**
Biggest complaint is the tint on this is so dark that wearing it on anything other than an extremely sunny day would feel dangerous.
Frame: Lucas De Stael Zeppelin 04, Stone with Cow leather
Lens: Zeiss Smartlife, Blue photofusion X with Jade flash
Lens + tint detail (very subtle)
Black 20% full lens wash
Ruby flash
Zeiss Smartlife
Unfortunately need to return this pair and get a new one from SF, the right pince nez is defective. But a beautiful frame with a nice subtle tint/flash pairing.
...he doesn't put out content on YT. Are y'all as hungry as I am for a Anthony Bourdain-type in eyewear youtube? He has like 8,000 pairs of glasses, an epic boutique in the DMV, over 30 years of eyeglass war stories, a classic "Everybody loves Raymond" vibe with his staff... SO MUCH CONTENT POTENTIAL.
I find the eyewear content space so flat and boring, SF is the only thing that stands out but Rob is more of an "MKBHD of eyewear" persona in a world that can seriously use an "Anthony Bourdain" type.
Couldn’t find good examples before I bought a pair for myself, thought I’d share in case anyone else is looking at this pair. Overall impression, stock tint is brilliant, it’s mostly a reddish hued brown and the tinge of yellow toward bottom is extremely subtle. Rest of the frame is a 10/10 (this is my first masunaga, was hard to appreciate what the quality would be, im picky with quality and genuinely zero complaints on frame).
Their packaging was quite meh, so you know their entire budget went to making the glasses as good as possible 😅
Beautiful frame but my honest take is it’s painful to wear for long periods. The titanium is wired super tight you basically need to mangle the temples a bit to get relief. Still love this frame, very easy to look through.
Rob over at Spectacle Factory picked a spectacular frame for me, this is the Zeppelin series from LDS. Rob designed this with a photofusion x flash blue/jade.
I'm on the fence about how the blue looks OFF my face but on the face, and through the eyes, its a terrific color pairing. Notice how subtle the blue looks when its on my face compared to off. The blue off my face feels a bit sporty and less luxurious imo. Any thoughts on this?
I'll take close ups of textures etc in a diff post but extremely stoked with how this feels on face!
Out the gate I want to say that after a lifetime of buying cheap glasses to get a look, I ran into SF's youtube channel and found a whole new love for well made eyewear.
Rob is a wonderful presenter and has great taste. With every video I watched, I fell in love with new brands, new looks, new possibilities for myself even.
I've binged most of his content at this point, and a few videos more than once or twice because I feel like he delivers the goods, so to speak. Deep dives on brands, lenses, pairings of tints versus type of glasses, what type of glasses to wear during which occasion.
After a few weeks of binging I decided to book time with him... it took 3 weeks of waiting to get on his calendar which is fine. My call with him felt genuine, he took the time to understand my lifestyle and came back to me on the same call with 3 picks for me, he likes to keep selections small to lower cognitive load and I think this is good because it shows he has judgement. I ended up buying 2 of the 3 and paid over $3000 for them on the spot.
To be clear I haven't received my glasses yet, they come in about 5 days, so TBD on quality of output though im sure that won't be an issue. The issue is everything in between tbh. If you're planning to use SF's services, a few things you should plan for or keep in mind:
I get my glasses in a few days, i'll report back with pictures of the output. I like Rob's content and his taste, the glasses procurement process leaves significant room for customer experience improvement but im excited to see what they've made for me either way.