ECLIPSE 01: oversized round black acetate sunglasses

Sunglasses · Handmade in Daegu

The hour the sun gets low.

Six frames cut and polished by hand in Daegu, for the long golden hour in Los Angeles. Pick a lens and look at the sun through it, then scroll for the eclipse.

Lens
Smoke · 12% light
ECLIPSE 01Round acetate · $340
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The house

We make sunglasses for one hour of the day: the long, low, golden one, when the light comes in sideways and every street looks like a film. Six frames, cut from 8 mm acetate and beta titanium by hand in Daegu, where most of Korea's frames are made.

Collection · 6 frames

Six orbits.

The full collection
PERIHELION: amber tortoiseshell cat-eye sunglasses with brown gradient lenses02

PERIHELION

Cat-eye · Acetate · Amber tortoise
$360
ZENITH: gold titanium aviator sunglasses with green lenses03

ZENITH

Aviator · Titanium · Gold
$420
UMBRA: black shield sunglasses with one wraparound mirrored lens04

UMBRA

Shield · Nylon · Black
$390
CORONA: thick square sunglasses in clear grey acetate05

CORONA

Square · Acetate · Crystal smoke
$320
HALO: thin silver titanium round sunglasses with rose lenses06

HALO

Round · Titanium · Silver
$380

Through the lens

The Pacific, 6:40 pm.

Move across the water. Inside the lens you see it the way each tint does. The haze over the sea is reflected glare: switch on polarized and it is gone, only inside the lens.

The sun low over the Pacific with a bright glitter path and haze on the water, a dark headland on the right

Asian fit · Global fit

Cut for your nose bridge.

Korean frames are often made for a lower bridge and higher cheekbones. Every SLOW ORBIT frame comes in both fits, so it sits right whoever wears it.

Standard nose pads that sit on a higher bridge; the frame rests a little closer to the face.

Fit and size guide
A Korean woman wearing ECLIPSE 01 in the Asian fit: the bridge rests higher on her nose and the frame clears her cheekNose pads 2.5 mm tallerClears the cheek by 7 mm
A woman wearing ECLIPSE 01 in the Global fit: standard pads on a higher bridge, the frame resting closer to her faceStandard nose padsClears the cheek by 4 mm
Global fit · as worn
A craftsman polishing a black acetate frame at a workbench in Daegu, amber tortoise pieces beside it

Three days of polishing per frame.

Each acetate front is cut, tumbled and polished by hand in a small workshop in Daegu, then fitted with seven-barrel hinges and studs. Titanium frames are bent and plated there too.

A concrete showroom with a glowing orange sun sculpture and sunglasses on black plinths

Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles (fictional)

The House, Melrose.

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