Sankaku Channel/Post 4891584

Girls und Panzer, don't remember the ep but probably one of the earlier ones.

There's whole *one* character with mono-eye glasses, I don't think it was this difficult to look it up.
Kawashima_momo

(Late reply, but whatever)
I seriously didn't realize she has a "mono-eye glasses" thing.

it's called a monocle.

As far as I can tell there aren't any historical items of eyewear that match that design, but... yeh, I gotta stand by the starfish here because mono-eye glasses don't seem to be a thing...

Jakuryusei said:
As far as I can tell there aren't any historical items of eyewear that match that design, but... yeh, I gotta stand by the starfish here because mono-eye glasses don't seem to be a thing...

I guess you two are right. But then, what is that thing Sougo Amagi from Comet Lucifer wears? Monocle goggles?

Pretty much. There honestly isn't really any practical purpose there. Elastic bands like those used to hold goggles on weren't invented back when monocles were popular, and now people prefer to have the lenses in their glasses adjusted so that each lens more or less fits the need of their respective eye; more or less rendering the monocle obsolete.

It is true that all monocles were custom made for the individual purchasing them, buuuuutttt that usually just involved fitting it properly to their eye socket and adding some decorations here and there. Monocles in google form are mainly just an invention of steampunk artists as far as I know.

*goggle

Haha~ woopsiedoodledaisy!

Didnt watch the clip and didnt remember it from the show, but this thing is actually called a pince nez.

thisispatrick said:
Didnt watch the clip and didnt remember it from the show, but this thing is actually called a pince nez.

I looked it up and a pince-nez is actually a legless pair of glasses held up by the nose (I'd hate to have to wear one), so you're incorrect.
But she seems to have cut a regular pair to use as a monocle.

..didn't expect this to grow into such a debate.
I said mono-eye glasses, because that's what they are. Regular glasses with left half removed. I guess even wearing neutral lenses could slowly defocus the other eye as well so she opted for this design.

just_juan said:
I looked it up and a pince-nez is actually a legless pair of glasses held up by the nose (I'd hate to have to wear one), so you're incorrect.
But she seems to have cut a regular pair to use as a monocle.

I always thought it's a pincer since I have seen a monocle one once.

thisispatrick said:
I always thought it's a pincer since I have seen a monocle one once.

Really? Interesting.