Jacques Marie Mage (JMM) - Sunglasses and Frames…
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In my opinion, the frames are absolutely beautiful and extremely well built...but as previously discussed they could/should improve their glass for such a premium product. I took the JMM's and a pair of Maui Jim's with me on vacation and the Maui Jim's excelled with their glass.
I personally think that if JMM improved their glass to Maui Jim's quality, you would have the perfect sunglass.
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Yeah first of all i couldn’t get my head around for paying even 600 or more for a pair of sunglasses.. tried several look a likes(like on the picture) but nothing compared to JMM if i must believe there quality like also stated here. In the end i could get a Taos from @Daniel-San and would buy a dealan or second hand( if they are in a like nee state) or at a shop here in NL.
Spend enough money on shittie glasses and just want 1 or 2 good pair. I have invested in good denim, good jackets and good boots.. life is to short to wear shittie stuff
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Got the Balzac back with the G15 lenses. MUCH happier with them now. They were cool before, but the light lenses didn’t really do it for me. Fixed.
WTB
IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal -
Came in today will post a ‘fitpic’ soon as well
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Our local JMM dealer is having a big trunk show next weekend. I’ll try to stop by for some pics. Doubt I’ll buy anything though, esp given their recent gouging.
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@Heavy_blue
Awesome mate ! looks great !
enjoy them
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@Daniel-San thanks my man!
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@popvulture dude I’m in the same boat! Got my first JMMs and love the frames. The lenses are a very see through orange tint that I’m not liking at all. To Roy Orbison for my liking. Guess I’ll have to make the swap myself.
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@Mizmazzle I sent mine off to 1269 in Miami and they did a great job. IIRC was a little over 100 bucks back and forth with insured shipping — they took care of all that, just sent me a label. Highly recommended.
WTB
IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
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@popvulture $100 included the lenses? If so, what general details if you dont mind sharing? Were they rx, polarized, just plain tinted cr39, etc?
edit: and speaking of lenses, I got back the hickory taos'. Ended up with a Zeiss Pioneer (green) instead of the amber transition I thought about originally. As soon as it's sunny enough outside today I can try to take a similar comparison as above to the herbies with graphite green transitions.
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Maybe swapping mine to prescription glasses as well will do some research at my optician
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@popvulture thanks buddy. I reached out to my shop where I bought them. I got prescription lenses in mine. Shop is incredible. They said they’d change them to any tint I want for free. Grateful.
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As I speak of JMM I have a had full handful of pair.
Yep you’re right some of the JMM lens are crap.
Picture taken do no justice until you try them on.
Luckily Seen has a few JMM lens as customers have taken sunglasses and put in prescription lens.
I had a chance to change a few over.
That get left behind.The orange colours are the worst and brown lens
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fwiw, I think many of the tint colors they do are great and complement the frames well. Living in a place that isnt very sunny for 9mo out of the year, I do love their orange lenses and specifically sought out a frame with them. Helps with with contrast and blocks just enough light, but they are mostly useless on a blue bird sunny day in summer.
Still, the tint darkness of them is a pretty wide ranging complaint or point of contention with many owners (checkout styleforum's thread on jmm) since most folks are buying sunglasses for the sunnier places they live. Definitely, 3 of the 4 pair I own were not dark enough for a "real sunglass" tint imo. The only ones that are good enough are the agar dealan's with their "Sienna" lens which is sort of a dark reddish brown.
