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Retro
Specs, is one of the largest eyewear restoration companies in
the industry, and definitely the most note-worthy. With archives
of refurbished glasses covering over century, between the
1870′s-1970′s, and years following. Retro Specs encompasses the
idea of “one of a kind”, nostalgia evoking pieces.
All frames
are made of precious metals, mostly gold, being that metal
frames from the past were gold- filled, not simply gold-plated.
Since this technique is so labor intensive, and costly, it is a
“lost-art”, in the world of even handmade eyewear. With
Spectacular details of buffalo horn, gold, diamond-inlays, pearl
nose pads, and original vintage hinges, Retro Specs is at the
top of the high end market. Please call for further inquiries
and detailed information. |
Each antique frame that enters the restoration facility in Los
Angeles goes through an extensive process before receiving a
Registration number approving the frame for sale.
The
process begins with overnight ultrasonic cleansing. The frames
are disassembled and the parts are sorted by company and design.
Each part is then thoroughly examined to determine the next step in
the restoration process. RetroSpecs has researched and developed sophisticated restoration
techniques that require custom made machines to do much of the
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The late Cecil Heath, a renowned chief
engineer at Shuron and Artcraft Optical for almost 40 years helped
design more than 15 machines for soldering, swaging, milling,
straightening, bending and curling that has enabled RetroSpecs to
restore almost any gold-filled frame to its original condition.
The final step in the restoration process is a high gloss tumble polish.
Frame parts are loaded into 50-year-old oak lined barrels recovered from
the original Bausch & Lomb RayBan factory. These barrels filled with
walnut shells tumble for several days in order to burnish the 12K gold
surface these frames are celebrated for.
Each antique
frame that enters the restoration facility in Los Angeles goes through
an extensive process before receiving a Registration number approving
the frame for sale.
The process
begins with overnight ultrasonic cleansing. The frames are disassembled
and the parts are sorted by company and design. Each part is then
thoroughly examined to determine which step in the restoration process
it should proceed to. RetroSpecs & Co. has researched and developed
sophisticated restoration techniques that require custom made machines
to do much of the work.
When the parts
are restored to perfection they are re-assembled to produce a frame in
its original form and Bakelite nose pads or newly cast 12k solid gold
nose pads are added. |
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