French design and manufacturing

Know-how

Craftsmanship

Creating and shaping sunglasses

For more than forty years, we have been creating and shaping quality French frames. From the first sketches to the final wiping before shipping, they are completely made in our 1200m2 manufacture.

 In a craft where every gesture is important, most operations require a great precision because they are carried out by hand. This craftsman approach is combined to current technologies. A balance is thus established in the well-preserved respect of a traditional know-how.

Cellulose acetate

The material

Our meticulous work can be found as much in designing as in the choice of materials that we use to make our glasses.

They are made from sheets of cellulose acetate. It is a polymer which is three-quarters natural, made from a mix of cotton fiber and one fourth of a plasticizer. It is a material that we choose with great care from the world leader’s which is Italian. Cellulose acetate resists to mold and it is hypoallergenic.

The solar lenses are selected for their quality, they bring an optimal protection from the sun with a UV 400 ( CR39 lenses )

| Made in France

All of our frames have been creating and shaping in our family workshop in France. They all have the highlight certification “ French Origin Guaranteed ”.

| High quality and durability

Handcrafted sunglasses, with a traditional savoir-faire combined with recent technology to make quality products.

| Diversity of shapes and colors

A wide range of models, in very differents shapes but always offering quality at affordable prices.

Backstage in the workshop, in France

It is necessary to carry out about forty operations to manufacture a pair of eyeglasses. The raw material is delivered to us in large colored sheets that expert hands will meticulously shape.
We start by cutting them into rectangles in which the front is then cut. An additional layer is glued to obtain an over-thickness at the nose level, this will allow to shape the pads and increase comfort.
This set is then cut out by a digital-control machine, to give birth to the raw shape of the front.
Then comes the main matter removal, an operation which consists in taking out some of the matter to obtain the final thickness. We then machine the fronts with a spindle moulding machine to give the general shape of the pads.
For the glasses to fit the shape of the face, the fronts are bent.
Franck then takes care of making the bridge, it is a meticulous and delicate operation which consists in taking out some matter in the nose area (the bridge) using a conical reamer which spins at high speed.
Rodolphe then places the fronts in a rotary tumbler where they will remain for two hours, to take off the machining burrs: it is the deburring. Each front will go back twice in these tumblers to be successively sanded and smoothed ( these last operations can last several days ).
Kevin takes them again to mill the housings to fit in the hinges.
It is Fabienne who embeds them and drills the matter before lodging the rivets using pliers.
The rivets will then be headed ( the head of the rivet is rounded ). The fronts will be washed by ultrasounds before being polished again.
Meanwhile Rodolphe takes care of the temples/arms. After having cut them, he heats them in order to embed the wire cores (an inner metal framework): this is what we call the shootage. They will then be drilled, reamed … and once again sanded and polished…
A multitude of operations still have to be carried out before the fronts are assembled to their temples.
The frames are assembled and polished one last time on small wheels to give the matter its shine. Comes the time of the mounting of the solar lenses that we have cut. Then the geometry is adjusted by Franck. The temples are bent and laser-marked by Rose. Each frame is then wiped and controlled one last time before it is shipped. Our frames are carefully taken care of, we take the time to manufacture a quality production.

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