Re:Mark Twain’s Quest to Bring Affordable Watches to the Masses
by masklinn on Monday September 02, 2019 @03:01AM
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> I've never worn glasses... But it does seem that in Europe you can get them in the range of €2-€5000.
Glasses have two components: frame and lenses. Both can vary widely in prices.
For frames there's components (from cheap hard plastic to metal e.g. shape-memory titanium alloys) and branding & style.
For lenses there's material (basic polymer, impact resistant, high-index, …), complexity (e.g. bifocal) and further treatments (polarised, photochromic, anti-reflective coatings …), the actual prescription likely has a complexity impact as well.
€5000 glasses I expect would mostly be down to branding and style (e.g. dior frames or whatever). Aside from branding and style, most of the price would come down to the lens'.
Glasses have two components: frame and lenses. Both can vary widely in prices.
For frames there's components (from cheap hard plastic to metal e.g. shape-memory titanium alloys) and branding & style.
For lenses there's material (basic polymer, impact resistant, high-index, …), complexity (e.g. bifocal) and further treatments (polarised, photochromic, anti-reflective coatings …), the actual prescription likely has a complexity impact as well.
€5000 glasses I expect would mostly be down to branding and style (e.g. dior frames or whatever). Aside from branding and style, most of the price would come down to the lens'.