OPTICAL REPAIRS

The Technical Director of Optrep, Tony Kay, is a trained engineer. Questions are often asked as to his origin and so this very brief CV is given: Academic work at Wimbledon Technical College was followed by a five-year apprenticeship in instrument making and then three years in the designing of heavy steelworks machines. He began working on optical instruments in 1960 and then, in 1962, he launched his own company, Kay Optical Servicing at Morden in south London. Over the years, much knowledge and material was amassed from the work on a great variety of optical instruments, including binoculars and then ophthalmic instruments. Later, the sales of binoculars and telescopes were added to the business. By 2002, Tony left the sales side of the business to his youngest son (also named Tony) and had the special Optrep workshop built next to his home in Selsey, West Sussex. Here, conditions were much more placid and were perfect for concentrating on repair work, with far fewer interruptions.

Primary location: Selsey United Kingdom