The pair you
stop replacing.
Acetate hand-polished over three days. Titanium bent to temple curves that sit behind your ear like they were always there. A single pair, made to last decades.
500
Frames made annually
3
Days per frame
14
Artisan steps
Italian Acetate
Japanese Titanium
Bridge Study #7
The Arno · Tortoise
A block of acetate,
cut from the earth.
Every Spectacle frame begins with a sheet of Italian acetate — layered cellulose from cotton and wood pulp, pressed into translucent slabs over weeks. We source from the same mill in Cadore that supplied the great houses for sixty years.
Cadore, Italy
Acetate origin
Fukui, Japan
Titanium origin
Fourteen steps,
three days of hands.
A hinge is filed by hand until it swings with exactly the right resistance — not stiff, not loose, just the weight of the acetate counterbalanced. The lens edge is buffed on a felt wheel until it catches light without a single flat facet.
A face turns.
The brass catches light.
The finished frame settles behind the ear as though it was always there. The brass rivet — oxidised to a warm dusk — catches the last of the afternoon. This is the pair you stop replacing.
Frames that
become yours.
Acetate · Italian Acetate
The Arno
$480
USD
Titanium · Japanese Titanium
The Ponte
$620
USD
Acetate · Italian Acetate
The Fiesole
$520
USD
Acetate · Italian Acetate
The Murano
$495
USD
Titanium · Japanese Titanium
The Rialto
$680
USD
Worn in.
Never worn out.
I've worn three different frames in the past decade — each one felt like a compromise. The Arno was the first pair I stopped noticing, which is exactly when you know they fit.
Marcus Webb
Architect · Chicago
The weight is the first thing. Nothing. Then you look in the mirror and realise they've changed your face — not dramatically, just correctly. Like they were always supposed to be there.
Priya Nair
Creative Director · New York
I bought the Fiesole three years ago and haven't considered replacing them. The hinge still swings exactly as it did the day I picked them up. That's not luck, that's craft.
Daniel Schreiber
Editor · London
The pair that
becomes part of your face.
500 frames made each year. Each one numbered, each one signed. When a pair is yours, it's only yours.
Free shipping · 30-day returns · Lifetime hinge adjustment