Götti get you into my life: horn glasses from Switzerland

Götti is renowned for its high-quality metals and acetate frames, but now it has launched some buffalo horn specs, right and above...

Götti getti pair of Spin&Stow sunglasses - new hinge alert

Götti has impressed us before: some might argue it's the best thing in Switzerland. But now they've done it again.

You can create beautiful looking frames, using the best materials with amazing build quality, but regular followers of Eye Wear Glasses will know about our hinge obsession. Mykita, Lindberg, Monoqool, Alain Mikli, IC!Berlin, Tag Heuer, Erlik, a few others and now Götti have all created mechanisms for folding glasses that have set them apart from the rest.

Götti's Spin&Stow hinge make it possible to fold the sunglasses so they are almost completely flat, meaning they take up very little room when folded. Ideal if you resent carrying around a bulky case. Watch the video to get the full picture...

Five brilliant things about Switzerland - götti get some

5 Yodeling...

It's pretty amazing. I went to see Morrissey last week. He kind of yodels a little here and there, but nothing like the Swiss.

4 Army knives...

I'm off camping next month. Am I fretting about all the things I might need? No, for I have a Swiss army knife.

3 Alps...

Big and beautiful. Good for skiing.

2 Institutions

In second place, all those international organisations that do good: the WHO, the Red Cross, the UN...

1 Götti glasses

But best of all, Götti, a young glasses design outfit founded by Sven Götti which has always impressed me since I first came across it in about 2004. They also give their frames a name. This is Eugen... hand-polished black acetate. Simple.