Bottega di Sguardi with its two locations, one at 19F Via Marconi and the other at 54R Via del Parione, is a specialized Essilor center in Florence. At our two optical centers in town you can find the most technologically advanced progressive lenses in the industry and a team of opticians and optometrists able to measure eyesight and recommend the right progressive lens for each patient based on lifestyle, dynamism, and visual habits.

Today, thanks to great technological progress in the world of optics, progressive lenses are becoming increasingly high-performance and technologically advanced, both geometrically and in terms of materials and treatments. This allows for sharp, smooth vision at all distances without the need to move the head to focus at different distances anymore. We look forward to seeing you at our centers for targeted counseling, happy to Offer you exclusively the excellence of progressive lenses.

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It was in 1959 that Bernard Maitenaz designed the world’s first progressive Varilux lens, thus revolutionizing the entire optical industry.

But it was with the second generation of progressive lenses that Essilor established itself in the European market as the benchmark for correcting presbyopia.

In more than 60 years of research, Varilux has more than 70 patents for progressive lens technology, thanks to the constant research work of a team of more than 500 researchers worldwide.

“Every eye is unique and special, and deserves all the attention in the world.”
As each eye is unique, each lens will need to be equally so, which is why Essilor offers a wide range of lenses based on both the need of the individual wearer and his or her visual, postural and lifestyle habits.

The principles that guide Essilor are:

• Correcting vision by offering increasingly advanced technologies ready to support
  the need of each bearer;
• Protect the eyes so that wearers experience visual well-being in every activity;
• Ensure excellent vision transparency through state-of-the-art treatments designed to protect lenses from scratches, impurities and reflections.

Our two boutiques in Florence have a team of experienced opticians and optometrists ready
to welcome you for a personalized consultation, aimed at offering you the lens best suited to your specific needs.

Essilor photochromic Transition lenses are the ideal solution for all those who lead dynamic lives and like to take care of their eyes while protecting them as best they can.

When we talk about Essilor Transition lenses, we are talking about intelligent lenses that manage to offer both visual comfort and protection at the same time, as they are able to modulate the amount of light the eyes receive.

Such lenses dynamically adapt to different lighting situations, proving to be completely clear indoors and dark outdoors, thus providing constant eye protection.

Essilor Transition Signatur Gen8 lenses are the next generation of that type of lens, even better performing and more responsive, darkening up to 30 percent faster and returning clear up to 3 minutes faster.

This increase in performance is made possible by the billions of photochromic molecules that allow the darkening of the lens to be dynamically recalibrated according to light intensity.

It is true that light is essential for the well-being of the visual and organic system more generally, however, there is a part of the visible spectrum that is harmful to our eyes, which, however, is blocked precisely by Essilor photochromic Transition Gen8 lenses, as these totally block UVA and UVB rays and filter out harmful Blue Light, both that emitted by the sun and that emitted by electronic devices (just as do the Blue Control lenses).

At one time these lenses were disliked because of the color residue that remained on the lenses even indoors, today instead they are completely clear indoors and beyond, offering in addition to the iconic colors gray, graphite green and brown, Style Colors such as sapphire, amethyst, emerald green and amber so that it is really possible to ensure the right protection without necessarily having to give up style.

For anyone suffering from simple ametropias such as nearsightedness, farsightedness or astigmatism, Essilor monofocal lenses are the ideal solution.

Whatever the extent of ametropia may be, we at Bottega di Sguardi in Florence are able to propose different visual solutions that are the best possible solution for each specific case allowing perfect focus at any distance.

In this regard, it is worth mentioning the new generation of Eyezen monofocal lenses, the result of years of studies regarding new visual behaviors and vices due to the use of electronic devices.

For the first time, a new calculation methodology previously used only for Varlux X Series lenses is applied in Essilor single vision lenses.

It involves optimizing the entire surface area by considering near to far vision zones, so that maximum visual acuity can be maintained over the entire surface area, i.e., in all directions of gaze, without more visual strain and consequent fatigue.

The anti-glare technology aimed at reducing the exposure of our visual apparatus to harmful Blue-Violet light is named Crizal Prevencia.

This specific treatment is the result of years of research and collaboration with the
Institut De La Vision in Paris
and has resulted in the world’s first clear lenses capable of filtering harmful Blue-Violet Light and reducing its harmful effects.

It is important to know that Blue-Violet Light, which is found in sunlight, indoor lights and electronic devices, is not all harmful, it is in the wavelength ranging from 380nm to 455nm with peak between 415-455 nm, then there is a part of it that is beneficial instead and is called Turquoise Light, which ranges from 465-495 nm and unlike the previous portion of Blue Light this is necessary and beneficial for our
body, for sleep-wake rhythm, for our mood and for our cognitive functions.

Crizal Prevencia treatment protects our eyes under all circumstances, leaving pass the part of the Blue Turquoise light we need, but filtering out the Blue Light harmful that recent studies suggest can lead to retinal aging in the long term and to the onset of major eye diseases such as AMD (Macular Degeneration Age-Related).

Varilux progressive lenses, created in 1959, were the first progressive lenses in the world.

They arose from the need to be able to see with one pair of glasses at all distances, intermediate far and near, overcoming the concept of bifocals that corrected far and near by not considering all intermediate viewing distances.

Since 1959, Varilux progressive lenses have experienced constant and increasing technological innovation, thus coming to perform better and better and offer different designs according to the needs of the wearers.

Usually, progressive lens wearers find themselves having to acquire mechanical postural behaviors in order to find the useful zones of the lens that allow them sharp vision at their currently chosen distance.

With Varilux this no longer exists, as these are progressive lenses with freeform geometry with internal progression and an exclusive patent that breaks down the power into percentages and allows progression leading to a spread addition in a wider and more comfortable zone.

Varilux lenses with their state-of-the-art technology are top of the line, and thanks to the nanoptic geometry made of cells, you no longer feel that swaying sensation when moving your eyes.

This allows for short and easy adaptation, given the ability to maintain one’s natural posture in focusing at several distances at once, without the need to move the head. Finally, a dynamic view even up close.

Varilux 4d progressive lenses achieve the highest level of visual performance because they have the highest level of customization possible, from physiological parameters to behavioral parameters to the chosen frame.
In this type of progressive lens, the length of progression is custom izable and theinset is alsocustomized.

Such features enable smooth vision to be maintained even on the move, extra-wide visual fields, high image quality in every direction of gaze, comfort posture and immediate adaptability.

Our Bottega di Sguardi Boutiques are a specialized Varilux center in Florence.

At both locations, which we remind you are located one at Via Marconi 19F and the other at Via del Parione 54R, you will be greeted by our team of experienced optometrists who can advise you on the best Varilux lens and design for your daily needs.

An initial history and vision check will be necessary, and already in the measuring room we will be able to recommend the Varilux lens that is right for you.

Essilor lens prices vary depending on many factors such as the type of lens, i.e., whether monofocal, dynamic, or progressive , and among progressives there is a difference depending on the lens design chosen.

Also indicative of difference are the treatments chosen, starting from hardener, to anti-reflection, Blue protect or Transition photochromic technology.

Our team of experienced professionals is waiting for you at Bottega di Sguardi Boutiques in Florence, Via del Parione 54r and Via Marconi 19f, for the best possible advice with the ultimate goal of offering you the best solution at the best price.

When we talk about Essilor and Zeiss, we are talking about two leaders in the ophthalmic world.

In both cases we are therefore in safe hands as far as the latest frontiers of progressive lens geometric technology.

Both Essilor and Zeiss offer state-of-the-art progressive lenses with patented unique and technologically advanced, the result of their constant research.

In our stores in Florence we will be able to suggest an Essilor progressive lens or Zeiss according to your daily needs, in each case offering you excellence in both technology and in quality.

In our Bottega di Sguardi Boutiques in Florence you will always find many proposals so that you can find the best visual comfort in your new lenses.

Our job is to offer different solutions to different problems, which is why we collaborate with the world’s best ophthalmic lens manufacturers.

Among them, in addition to Essilor and Zeiss, we also offer Hoya famous for its iD Freeform Design technology and patented Binocular Eye Model that allow the wearer tailored vision at all distances.

Bottega di Sguardi is a specialized Essilor center in Florence where you can find expert optometrists, who know Essilor’s list of products and technologies inside out and will be able to give you the best advice on buying your Essilor lenses.

Come visit us at Via del Parione 54r and Via Marconi 19f, we are happy to welcome you with our experience and professionalism in order to complete your eyewear in asublime way .

Sophisticated and entirely handmade frames, the result of constant research among the brands niche eyewear around the world, will be accompanied by the technology, quality and transparency of the best Essilor lenses.