Spectacle Lenses

Lighter, Thinner, Sharper, Wiser

Modern lens materials can now reduce the thickness and weight of your lenses whatever your prescription. Special coatings also help to reduce unwanted glare and reflections.

Thinner lenses are made from materials which have a higher refractive index than standard glass or plastic. This means that less lens thickness is needed to achieve the same focusing properties. Modern aspheric designs also mean that the curvature of a lens will be flatter to give a better cosmetic appearance.

There are now many brand name ophthalmic lenses. Some of the manufacturers are well known in the photographic world; NIKON, KODAK, HOYA, ESSILOR and ZEISS. We can supply all these leading brands as well as generic alternatives. We also have a computer-modem link to a leading lens manufacturer which enables us to order custom surfaced lenses, ensuring the lens you get is a lens of the optimum thickness for your frames.

There are many brand named ophthalmic lenses available. Our number one supplier is Rodenstock who are the leading manufacturer in designs of the newst forms of both high index materials as well as Free form technology in Multifocal design.As an independent practice though we can offer any of the manufacturers as we are not restrcted by company policies!

Progressive Lenses

Progressive lenses, often called Varifocal lenses, enable clear vision at all distances where a different prescription is required for distance and near vision. Unlike bifocals they have no line to interfere with vision or to give away the fact that you need reading spectacles. Progressive lenses have continued to improve in design over the years to reduce the initial distortion that some people experience with this type of lens and to make them far easier to adapt to. There are nowadays many different designs of progressive lenses, different visual tasks or occupations may be better suited to a particular type of lens. Professional help and advise is the only way to ensure that the right lens is matched to your requirements.

We are now able to offer the very latest IMPRESSIONS® which is the tailored progressive. It is calculated and surfaced individually for you. This ensures that each and every lens retains perfect properties. It is slim, light and elegant, and gives the maximum width reading area combined with near distortion free distance vision, even for those unable to wear progressive lenses in the past.

So sure are we of the unrivalled performance of this lens, we offer a full satisfaction guarantee, promising to exchange any Rodenstock Progressive lens for bifocal or single vision alternatives should you find them not entirely to your liking.

Our professional dispensing service ensures that whatever your prescription and lifestyle needs, we will advise you of ALL the options available to you and provide expert advice to tailor lens options to your needs and budget.

Many opticians may promote a fast ONE-HOUR service. We have our own laboratory and can produce spectacles well within an hour, but in most cases this is not appropriate. We prefer to offer a wider choice of lens options and if this means ordering in materials which may take a day or two extra we feel the end result justifies it.

Our brands

ACTMAN & MICO

Two London designers creating a range of high quality materials, colour and finish to achieve a distinctive yet good value range

ALAIN MIKLI

Quite simply known as the master of individually designed frames - each made with unique materials to him, and designs that stand out from others to make him the No. 1 Paris designer

ALYSON MAGEE

A younger designer who works for Alain Mikli, who has progressed to having her own named range now made by the Mikli company - bold designs in strong colours

ARMANI

Giorgio Armani range always popular for that classic look, yet very modern styling

ADIDAS

Offers ranges from childrens to ultra-lightweight rimless for adults and keeping to their sports heritage - plus sports sunglasses available as they are, or made to prescription

ANGLO AMERICAN

The classic retro/yuppie look - but having a resurgence due to the 'geek' look coming back in - great classic colours and shapes in acetates

BELLINGER

Danish designs that are very individual - bold colours and always strong side designs as the model name of the frames is taken from the side design they use - striking and unusual, but typical Scandinavian design

BVLGARI

High class jewellery designer creating a luxury range of ladies metals and plastics, each with trims inspired by the jewellery collection - always beautiful

BYWP

German designer Wolgang Proksch has come up with pure titanium strip metal frames for men that are light and yet distinctive

CHANEL

Probably our No. 1 range of ladies eyewear - always striking with individual collections within their range creating set looks, eg, Denim Collection and Leather and each with the distinctive Chanel logo - plus a beautiful range of ladies sunglasses

CHRISTIAN DIOR

Ladies designer collection at the forefront of fashion design - great colours stand out from others to make him the No. 1 Paris designer

COCO SONG

Bright stunning designs from this oriental designer - but hand-made with quality materials in Italy. Very individual with some plastics made with laminated silk in the plastic to create great colour schemes in the frames

DANIEL SWAROVSKI

Swarovski crystal used in mainly metal and rimless designs that are luxury eyewear at its best

DOLCE & GABBANA

This pair of Italian designers have always created bold designs in metal and plastic both for ladies and men alike

FACE A FACE

Along with Mikli this Paris based design house create some of the most beautiful colours of materials and very much at the forefront of what's new in design-known in the industry for their quality of hand made designs

FIORELLI

Great ladies designs both in sunglasses for prescription and ophthalmic frames

FLEXON

The 1st memory metals to provde unequalled resilliance to hard wear and sports use - made from combination of titanium and cobalt - ultra light and very durable

GUCCI

This Italian design house still produces a lovely ladies collection of metals and plastic

HACKETT

Classic men's collection of tailored designs and fashoinable eyeshapes

INFACE

Danish design of quality frames made in titanium and acetate

JAGUAR

Mens collection from the car manufacturer that tries to replicate the quality and distinction of its cars - useful for classic mens metals particlarly with wearable yet different eyeshapes and good for the larger width fittings

JOOP

Great european designs of colour and modern eyeshapes - mainly ladies

KAREN MILLEN

This UK design chain produce ladies frames that are modern and yet classic

KENZO

Paris based manufacturer producing strong designs in flat metal titanium - always definitive

LINDBERG

Known throughout the industry as the best rimless on the market. The spirt collection is so varied for shape and finished in strip titanium. Our one range where once tried, the frame normally sells itself! They now also have their Acetanium frames of plastics that are leading the fashion stakes

LYLE & SCOTT

Men's range from the knitwear designer that are unusal shapes yet still within the field of a classic collection

MANARINA DUCK

Beautiful luggage company producing very European eyeshapes

MAUI JIM

Simply known as the best sunglass polarised lenses around - this sunglass collection has sports, rimless, lifestyle, fashion and even bifocal reading sunglasses

MERCEDES BENZ

Car manufacturer about to have relaunch of it's range made by Rodenstock - we know will be in the best materials and a classic range

MONOQOOL

Scandinavian design that is so unique - strong coloured strip titanium fronts that are fine but still flat fronted with distinctive coil type joint and this lightweight sides - another range that is specific to ourselves in Cardiff

MONT BLANC

The art of writing comes to eyewear - classic and traditional men's range

MYKITA

German strip titanium metals that are some of the best 'designed frames' around

OAKLEY

Both sunglasses and ophthalmic eyewear from the No. 1 American sports eyewear company

OASIS

Lifestyle ladies eyewear - always colourful and useful for the smaller face fittings

PHILLIPPE STARCK

Very original French designer has range made by compatriot Alain Mikli - all models are bold designs each with his unique cable joint which is the strongest known

POLO RALPH LAUREN

Classic men's frames with the known polo logo to the side

PORSCHE DESIGN

Very distinctive eyeshapes made in the quality you would expect from Porsche. The range includes sunglasses, ophthalmic and reading tools

PRADA

Made by Luxotica in Italy this collection is our No. 2 range (after Chanel) classic designs with more discreet trim to Chanel - yet still very distinctive

RONIT FURIT

Hand-painted acetate designs that are always unique and yet still good value for their individuality

REYKYAVIK EYES

Icelandic designer has won design awards for these ultra light strip - titanium supra frames that are almost rimless like in their appearance without the attachments into the lens that the rimless need

RODENSTOCK

Our top lens manufacturer always known for the quality of their frames. Reliable quality and design with ranges for men and women with some ultra light designs known as ti-lite

SHAPE-IT

Memory metals that are great value at around £80-90 for titanium/cobalt strength of materials

SILHOUETTE

Austrian manufacturer produces a mainly rimless collection that are of minimal art design and supported by NASA for their unique strength and lightness

TIFFANY & CO

New to optics this jewellery company have a luxury collection all trimmed with their jewellery, very striking and distinctive

TOM DAVIES

Tom's main range of the highest quality of materials and designed as bold beautifully fitting frames. Both in block titanium and acetate

TOM DAVIES BESPOKE

This unique concept enables us to make bespoke hand made frames to whatever sizing and colour you need, yet made in about 3 weeks!

TOM FORD

As one might expect, very stylish and set designs from this top designer light material in plastic and most of the metal in titanium

VERSACE

Italian design at it's best - made with often that 'bling' effect on the sides

WIMBLEDON

A set collection of complete priced prescription sunglasses-high quality made by Rodenstock

YOU'S EYEWORKS

Dutch design company with ranges for kids, teens and adults mainly in bolder flat metal colours

ZOOBUG

Award winning children's range of fashion frames and sunglasses. The best quality and colour in our selection of children's frames