Bristol NoveltyBristol Novelty BA097 Gentleman's Monocle, Mens, Gold, One Size

This was a fun prop I bought for my Halloween costume as Sherlock Holmes. It was perfect for my outfit, but the monocle was too big to fit in my eye socket.

Not the greatest. Cheap.

This was for a gag gift for my grandson and he loved it!

I need these for a play we are doing, they are perfect.

Cheap!!! Broke within the hour! Dont buy!

It was ok

At the price this looks more than adequate for my murder mystery party. It arrived promptly and looks just like the picture. I'm fairly certain the chain isn't actually gold but then never expected it to be. As reported by others, the monocle appears to be a little large and is very hard to keep in place for very long (my best attempt so far was achieved with my eye closed. ;-)I don't know how consistently engineered they are but the actual diameter of the monocle received would appear to be about 39 mm. Nearsights, a specialist in more functional (and much more expensive) monocles, recommends a 34 mm diameter for people under 5'6" (167 cm) in height, 37 mm for people between 5'6" and 6'0" (183 cm) and 40 mm for those over 6'0". Of course, their monocles also feature "galleries" (wire bits for your eye socket to grip), so should be easier to wear anyway.The chain looks robust enough for me, and should be easy enough to substitute if it does break.

... out of the 3 that I've ever seen.Must more robust. However, that turned out to be a slight negative in that they're rather tricky to keep in place unless your eyebrow muscles are part of your regular gym routine. The cheaper ones with plastic eyepiece and rubber, rather than metal, ring could be much more easily held in place by removing the eyepiece and squeezing the ring with the aforementioned eyebrow muscle.If your eyebrows muscles are trim and in good shape, you should be able to keep this product in for a good 20 minutes, but the cheaper rubber one in for hours.For those of us less ripped above nose level, I'd recommend a cheaper option and popping the glass out for a far more relaxing evening.

Ordered as a fancy dress accessory. You get what you pay for - works ok as an accessory but certainly can’t be ‘worn’ as a monocle for effect.

The item arrive broken - the metal loop had come away from the thinner metal eyepiece frame, and didn't look to have been fixed using anything substantial as there is barely any overlap between the ends of the loop and the frame. I tried to solder the two parts together, which was reasonably successful, but it lasted less than a day of light handling and came apart again. As I've attempted a repair it'll probably not be accepted back, and at this price it's not worth the hassle. So, a cheap item arrived in an unusable state. Disappointing.

Much better quality than expected for a novelty item