Originally Posted by
AustinEyewear
The WP has popped up in our neighborhood and I've been trying to understand exactly what products they are offering. I'm reading they are a market disrupter, but its not the first time someone has produced cheap eye-wear. So obviously its a big marketing job on the public.
The things I've noticed are:
Products made in China - yet they seem to go to great lengths to not mention that fact.
Their Titanium is a PVD coating, not solid titanium, yes, they state that, but it appears misleading, the general public doesn't know what PVD is. Not sure what the metal underneath may be. Monel ???
Sources for other materials/parts are hard to gather.
They claim private Italian Acetate company, but why don't they come out and say who it is. Seems odd/strange at best.
I'm trying to understand if final assembly is done in Italy/Germany and then they are stamping Made In...... (haven't ascertained that, or know Country of Origin Laws)
A note on Acetate : A designer/manufacture that I met at VEE a year back told me that some Chinese Acetate manufacturers are not allowing their acetate to cure properly, to do so increases costs. This is why some frames get out of adjustment so easily, e.g. The WP. We see their frames coming in for adjustment quite often, with people complaining of that issue. Made me wonder if what I was told was true.
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