Monaco Royale Sunglasses
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Monaco Royale
Sunglasses
A heavy angular square in thick acetate, with a stepped temple and a metal marker at the hinge. Five colourways.
Polarised lenses with anti-glare treatment and full UV400 filtering.
Weight used as a design
This is the heaviest front in the range and it is meant to be. The acetate is carried far past the lens on every side, the corners are cut rather than rounded, and the temple steps down in two stages instead of tapering. Nothing about it is trying to disappear on the face.
Photographed here in Midnight Black. The same front is offered in five colourways.
Cut in stages
The front is moulded acetate at full thickness, squared at the outer corner and stepped where it meets the bridge. Every edge is a flat plane rather than a rolled one, so the frame catches light in facets as it turns.
Each temple is a wide acetate arm that steps down in thickness behind the hinge — heavy at the front, lighter at the ear — with a small metal marker set into the outer face. It is the step, not the width, that makes the profile.
The frame is acetate; the tortoiseshell pattern runs through the material rather than being printed on it.
Where it sits
- A wide angular square that covers past the outer corner of the eye
- Thick acetate spreads the weight across the bridge instead of pinching it
- A moulded acetate bridge, so the height on the nose is fixed rather than adjustable
- Stepped temples keep the weight forward rather than at the ear
- Reads large on any face, which is the look rather than a fit issue
Filtered, not just tinted
The lenses are polarised with an anti-glare treatment and full UV400 filtering across UVA and UVB. Polarisation is what removes the flat white shine off a wet road, a windscreen or open water; UV400 is the protection figure, and it is the number worth reading on any pair.
Smoke Gradient and Amber Tortois run darker at the top and clear towards the bottom; Midnight Black, Royal Plum and Seafoam Mint carry a flatter dark tint.
Five colourways, one front
All five use the same angular front and stepped temple; the acetate colour and the lens tone are what change.
Why it costs what it costs
A front this thick uses more material than a standard frame and every flat face has to be finished and polished separately. Stepping the temple is a second cutting operation on top of shaping the arm. A polarised lens costs more than a tint. None of that is where the usual shelf price comes from.
We sell direct. There is no shop floor between the frame and you and no distributor taking a cut on the way, so the retail margin that normally sits on top of a build like this is simply not in the price. What that money pays for instead is the lens — polarised with UV400 on all five colourways.
- Sold direct — no retail margin stacked on the frame
- Polarised, UV400 lenses rather than a plain tint
- Moulded acetate front at full thickness rather than a pressed one
- Stepped temples cut rather than simply tapered
- Five colourways at one price
| Frame | Acetate, moulded |
|---|---|
| Finishes | Black, tortoiseshell, plum and mint |
| Rim | Full rim, angular square |
| Hinge | Metal hinge |
| Bridge | Moulded acetate, fixed |
|---|---|
| Temples | Wide acetate, stepped, with a metal marker |
| Lens | Polarised with anti-glare treatment |
| UV protection | UV400, UVA and UVB |
1 × Monaco Royale Sunglasses · 1 × case · 1 × cleaning cloth
Is this a heavy frame?
It is the thickest front in the range, but the temple steps down towards the ear, so the weight sits forward on the bridge rather than pulling at the sides.
Are the nose pads adjustable?
No. The bridge is moulded into the acetate front, so the height on the nose is fixed. An optician can warm and reshape acetate slightly, but not the way metal pads adjust.
What does polarised actually change?
It removes the flat glare that bounces off horizontal surfaces — wet tarmac, a car bonnet, water, snow. Colours look deeper and you squint less. It is separate from UV filtering, which this lens also carries at UV400.
Which colourway is the most wearable?
Midnight Black, if you want the shape without the colour. Seafoam Mint and Royal Plum are the two that read as a choice rather than a default.
Is the tortoiseshell printed on?
No. The pattern runs through the acetate block, so it does not wear off at the edges the way a printed finish does.
How should it be cleaned?
Rinse under cool water to lift grit, then dry with the cloth supplied. Keep acetate away from heat — a car dashboard in summer is what warps a frame, not wear.
Five colourways, and not many of each
Each finish is held in a small run. The mint and the plum are the two that go first, and when a colourway goes it is not always brought back.
Pick your colourway above and add it to the bag. If it is not right on your face, send it back — the only thing you risk is missing the one you wanted.