Golden Optical Alberta & Company

If I am not mistaken the main cat here is Thomas Chow. Anyway, a cris’ high end to low-​flow business. They deal a prescription for free if you purchase spex from them. I did this. How was it? Well…
The experience left in me needing to tell others about Golden Optical. The immediate presentation is dense neon HK through and through — all the branded companies of fashion and framing that are big in Hong-​Kong right NOW. But what’s this? A whole bunch of long, thin drawers behind the eastern display cases? What’s in them? Glass frames. A fairly complete range of frame-​styles that are not currently in fashion. Wow.
So I’m buying two frames. I want elliptical, not wide-​screen. No problem, Thomas says. He checks a couple of drawers until he finds the two or three that he thinks contains the manner of stuff I may like, pulls out attaches (with a clear material on one side) and lays them on the display cases. «Any of these interest you?» Glancing at the cases I immediately touch and stick on one. «These,» I say while indicating the case, «are the type of frames I am looking for.» Thomas moves the attaches so that the set indicated is in front of me. He pauses. Waiting for the right aim. There. There.
«I would like to see those frames, if I may.» Then pointing again. «Ooh. Those. Those I like. May I see them as well?» Thomas pulls both indicated frames out of the attaches. He hands me the first pair. Longines, elliptical cross-​sectional spheroid. Full set. Gold-​plated. Thousand. I sense, place, then sense again.
«Yes.»
“Fine.“
The second pair — cheap, half-​set octagonal freaks with faux ‘aging’ of the set-​frame. Only in Asia, I think. Too much. «These as well.»
«Good.»
“When should I come by to pick them up?”
«Thursday.»
Yesterday was Monday.
Three days after picking up my package the Longines were lost in a battle between good and evil. Restraints. Hospital. Broken relationship.
I’ve been wearing the cheap, faux-​aged, half-​set, octagonal frames ever since.
So it goes.