Prepared for James Kisgen & Fabrice

The owner holds their phone to the case.

Matsuda frame photo

Certificate of authenticity

Handcrafted in
Sabae, Japan
Material
Sterling silver
Owner
registered

The story of this frame

Its inspiration, its lines, the hands and the steps that made it. The language of a house founded in Tokyo in 1967.

Provenance

First owner
on record
Care
by your optician
Next owner
transfer ready
From MatsudaA new collection arrives at your optician. As an owner, you see it first.

Some brands need a logo. Matsuda needs a glance.

Across a room, before a word is spoken, people know. Not by a name on the temple. By the line of the metal, the depth of the engraving, the way the frame holds the light. Very few houses in any craft ever reach that. Matsuda did.

You never truly own a Matsuda. You look after it for the next generation.

The greatest houses of watchmaking understood this long ago: their pieces outlive their first owners. Matsuda belongs to that rare company. Frames made decades ago are still worn today, still admired, still recognised.

"Matsuda is a timeless brand."

James Kisgen

More than 250 steps. Every one by hand.

In Sabae, craftsmen who learned over decades, and from the generation before them, work metal the way a jeweller does. Every hour of that work deserves to be on record.

Titanium
Light, strong, shaped with precision.
Sterling silver
Worked and engraved like fine jewellery.
18k gold
For the pieces that become legends.
Sabae
The most respected home of eyewear craft in the world.

"To have heritage is to have a story."

James Kisgen
  1. 1967

    Mitsuhiro Matsuda founds a fashion house in Tokyo.

  2. 1989

    The first eyewear: Gothic architecture, Victorian art, American jazz.

  3. 2012

    The rebirth, faithful to the founder's vision.

  4. Today

    A house collectors recognise at a glance.

What is recognised everywhere is imitated everywhere.

The copy
A design that people identify from across a room is the first design others try to copy. And today, a customer has no simple way to be certain.
The vintage piece
Because Matsuda frames are still worn decades later, they change hands. Each time, the story of where the frame came from, and who looked after it, is lost.

Three things a masterpiece deserves.

  1. Ring-fence

    Its papers.

    Proof that the frame is a genuine Matsuda, and proof of who owns it, travelling with the frame for life, through every new owner.

  2. Tell

    Its story.

    At every authorised optician, one tap reveals the inspiration and the making of that model, in Matsuda's own words.

  3. Return

    Its collectors.

    New collections, rare pieces and invitations reach owners directly. The second and the third Matsuda come back through their optician.

One tap. The whole provenance.

The certificate. The story of the model. The line of owners who looked after it. Everything a collector would want to know, carried by the frame itself.

A Matsuda frame held in a craftsman's hands

2046

A collector holds a Matsuda made this year. One tap, and its whole life opens: where it was made, who wore it first, who looked after it since. Today's frame becomes tomorrow's vintage piece, with its history intact.

Heritage, on record.

Luxury that never raises its voice.

Nothing about a Matsuda should change. The technology stays invisible. The house stays in control.

Engraving a temple by hand in Sabae

Let us show you what a Matsuda's papers could look like.

James, Fabrice, it was a privilege to meet you at SILMO. We would welcome the chance to show you the experience in a private demonstration, and to begin where it matters most.

  • The precious pieces

    The 18k gold and sterling silver frames, where provenance means the most.

  • One collection

    To see the full experience, from Sabae to the owner.

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