The Optical Workshop

The Optical Workshop Don't replace, resurrect! We repair, refurbish and re-lens your treasured eyewear. We will perform repairs that most opticians say cannot be done.

We have twenty years experience in eyewear and especially in the luxury, high-end sector. We have been working with hand-made frames throughout our experience and have the necessary skills and care to look after your expensive frames. Our repairs are carried out by our highly skilled craftsmen and are guaranteed for 3 months from their return to you. From replacing screws, and nose pads to making

entire new frames that match your broken ones exactly. As the potential repair list is enormous, we have not been able to list all so if you have a request that is not mentioned, please email with a clear photo of the damage and one of the full frame to our email address and we will try to make an assessment. We make lenses to prescription in standard and thinner lenses and also we can replace scratched, non-prescription sun lenses. We offer Hoya lenses as standard. Hoya are a Japanese company that, although very well known in the camera industry, are less so in eyewear however we believe in their quality and durability and are pleased to make them our provider of choice. If you require an alternative, please contact us so we can quote you for another brand. We can make a clip on sunglass for your spectacles, allowing you the luxury of prescription sunglasses without the cost of a new pair of glasses. When you come to change your prescription, you can keep both the frames and the clip and just change the lenses. Finally we can take your worn frames and give them a new lease of life through careful cleaning in our ultrasonic tank, then polishing and buffing on our specialist equipment giving you the feel of a new pair of glasses for relatively little in these austerity times.

10/06/2026

Clip no.3 is a rust brown chassis with brown lenses for Jenny’s Chanel 3414. Not the one pictured, hers is tortoiseshell but I happened to have a clear pair to hand which meant she didn’t have to be without glasses.
A classic colour for a classically elegant spectacle frame.

05/06/2026

A trip to London and another down memory lane as I went to see a client from my old store
He needed new high end varifocals in his exquisite frames so a face to face was needed.
I did enjoy a trip in so if you are London based and would like me to visit, let me know.

03/06/2026

Another pair of sunglasses rescued from the junk drawer. Having lost a nose pad and the rubber sleeves from the temples, Matthew had stopped wearing his favourite Oakleys. Luckily, his wife Victoria thought to ask me about them when I came to fix her glasses.
A new set of parts, a clean and tighten and these Oakleys are back in action.

29/05/2026

Kevin got a good price on some Rayban Meta frames but wanted his prescription added.
I swapped out the clear lenses for some photochromic polarised thinner lenses and now they look as good as they see!

27/05/2026

Second clip of the season (I forgot to photograph the first).
Matte to match the finish of the frame but gold to contrast the colour. An elegant choice by Tom and delivered just in time for the current heatwave.
If you are thinking of a clip, don’t delay in ordering yours. Message for details.

25/05/2026

Pool season has officially started. Don’t put up with poor vision when swimming, see clearly sub aquatically!
Prescription swimming goggles are available in off the peg or custom prescription versions. With many colours to choose from, you can complete your poolside look.

22/05/2026

A custom tint for Franco. A base of graduated grey to shield his eyes from bright indoor lights added to a photochromic grey lens for when he goes outside. Cut and fitted to his beautiful vintage frames.

16/05/2026

New product alert!!!
I am very excited to share that we are official suppliers of Bollé prescription performance sports eyewear.
Since 1888, Bollé have been producing quality spectacles and in 1936, pioneered moulded nylon frames that delivered safety and function.
I can now off this range to you in single vision and varifocals. If you’d like to know more, send a message.

23/04/2026

Simon told me he had a pair of his father‘s RAF issue 1950s aviator sunglasses that he hoped to put into service.
I replaced the badly scratched lenses with polarised ones and added a blue mirror finish.
The frame, which had become tarnished over the years, was polished and a cracked nose pad arm was soldered to strengthen it.
These beautiful frames, handmade by Algha in East London, are ready to wear again.

20/03/2026

Bill asked me to try and bring his glasses back to life and if I could, convert them to sunglasses.
These frames are surprisingly well made and were a pleasure to restore.
New varifocals with a tint and back AR coat and another pair of treasured eyewear is back on the street, well the golf course in Bill’s case.

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Wokingham

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