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That's not how eyeglasses work. Lenses are supplied to opticians as a round blank, which are then cut to fit the frame. Any optician should be able to re-glaze
by jdietrich 8y ago
That's not how eyeglasses work. Lenses are supplied to opticians as a round blank, which are then cut to fit the frame. Any optician should be able to re-glaze any frame, regardless of age or manufacturer; their equipment measures the frame, then cuts the lens to fit. It's really quite impressive to watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCjGNUPO0WU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCjGNUPO0WU
- _ph_ 8y agoThings are changing again. My optician used to work as you described, but for my last set of glasses I would choose the frame and he would enter my lens specification into the manufacturers webpage. The manufacturer (a German brand) with a Singapore factory would produce then the desired frame and equip it with the fitting lenses and send off the bundle to my optician here in Germany. As I had the same lens specs as my previous glasses, I can say that the new glasses are optically superior and the whole package was even distinctively cheaper than the previous one.
- TheRealPomax 8y agoStill the same concept though, just moved: the Signapore facility still starts with a round blank and grinds it to "whatever is required", so you can fit any lens to any frame still.
- patentatt 8y agoWell my experience above was with Costco optical and Kirkland branded frames, a Luxottica brand frame through a small independent optician, and Warby Parker. Maybe they were just blowing smoke to drive sales of new frames? I dunno. The one time I did get new lenses, they didn’t fit quite right and always looked a little “off”.