KAMEMANNEN

About KAMEMANNEN

KameManNen is an eyewear label from Japan, reputed to be the country's oldest eyewear brand. It began in 1917 in Fukui as a plating factory called Kimura Seisakusho. After the Second World War the business became an eyewear factory in Sabae, and KameManNen was born. In 1981 it became the first in the world to make eyewear from titanium. The name comes from a proverb, "a crane lives a thousand years, a turtle ten thousand", and reflects founder Kikujiro Kimura's wish for frames that last. Colours are kept few because metal plating and ion plating give hard-wearing finishes. The design is simple and lean, built to sub-millimetre accuracy.