Free lens upgrades through May · Hand-finished in Lisbon · Two-year warranty
Optics · The lens, up close

It starts and ends with the lens.

Every Custom Lens Express lens is ground to your prescription in our Lisbon workshop, anti-glare-coated, and quality-checked by hand. Here's what goes into each pair.

Lens diagram
CR-39 · 1.60 · 1.67 · 1.74 indicesGerman mineral glass option
Lens types

Pick the lens, we'll grind it.

01

Single vision

One prescription across the whole lens. The most common.

Included
02

Reading

Magnifies for close work. Choose +0.50 to +3.00.

Included
03

Progressive

Distance up top, reading down low. No visible line.

+ $120
04

Non-prescription

Plano lenses for sunglasses or styling.

Included
Treatments

Six finishes, applied by hand.

Every Custom Lens Express lens ships with anti-glare and UV400 standard. The rest, you can mix in.

01

Anti-glare

A six-layer coating that cuts reflections from headlights and screens. Included on every lens.

02

Blue-light filter

Filters 35% of blue light between 380–450nm. No yellow cast, no compromise.

03

Photochromic

Lenses that darken outdoors and clear indoors. Adapts in under 60 seconds.

04

Polarized

Mineral-glass polarizing film for true color and zero glare. Sun lenses only.

05

Hydrophobic

A nano-coating that sheds water and resists smudges. Easier to clean, harder to scratch.

06

UV400 block

Blocks 99.9% of UVA and UVB. Every Custom Lens Express lens, clear or sun.

The materials · CR-39, MR-8, Trivex

The right index for your prescription.

Stronger prescriptions get thinner, higher-index lenses — we'll match them automatically. No upcharge tricks.

  • 1.50 CR-39Standard. Up to ± 2.00.
  • 1.60 MR-8Thinner. Up to ± 4.00.
  • 1.67 MR-7Thinner still. Up to ± 6.00.
  • 1.74 MR-174Ultra-thin. Above ± 6.00.
Lens cross-section