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Successful Hungarian business makes glasses from vinyl records
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Tipton Eyeworks is a small Hungarian business owned by Zakariás Milaskey Tipton who made his first bakelite frame in 1999, hvg.hu reports. People soon fell in love with the unique design. Now, Tipton works together with AC/DC, and the most famous celebrities wear their glasses.
Although Zakariás was born in Idaho, United States, he grew up in Pécs, Hungary. In 1988, he was looking for a pair of glasses for himself, but he could not find any nice ones for an affordable price, so he decided to make one for himself. He later admitted that now he realises that it is impossible to produce cheap quality products.
Zakariás made his first frame from one his father’s bakelite records. In 2000, he put his glasses on the market. He used to make ten eyeglasses a month, but he was lucky if he sold three. Now, Tipton Eyeworks produces 12,000 glasses a year.
The glasses take one month to make. The shape is cut out in Pécs, but the finalised products are made in Budapest. The frames are being polished for 72 hours, assembled by hand and then go through a thorough cleaning process. The glasses are marketed in Western Europe and the United States.
