About Us
Any Mask.
Any Prescription.
It started with one very personal problem: Lars could hardly see underwater.
What began in Thailand in 2012 became our specialization.
We weren't divers. We simply wanted to see underwater.
Joanna and Lars were on vacation in Thailand when they went snorkeling. Neither of them was a diver at the time.
For Lars, however, the experience revealed a very practical problem. With his strong prescription, the underwater world was right in front of him – but he could hardly see it.
Contact lenses were not an alternative for him either.
Back in Germany, Joanna and Lars began researching prescription diving masks, testing products and speaking with manufacturers.
The available solutions didn't make sense to us.
The principle was simple: choose one of the masks that could accept the available corrective lenses – or live with the limitation.
The mask matters
Faces are different. Fit is different. A diving mask has to seal properly and feel comfortable.
Your prescription matters
Vision is more than a simple plus or minus value. Astigmatism, centration and near vision can matter too.
The solution should adapt
Why should a diver give up a perfectly fitting mask simply because prescription lenses are needed?
So we started experimenting.
What started as a solution to one personal problem gradually developed into a specialization.
Learning what was possible
In 2012, the first experiments began with selected diving masks and optical solutions. Testing was followed by specialist training and further education in lens processing and optical manufacturing.
Going beyond standard lenses
Distance correction was only the beginning. Astigmatism, individual centration, stronger prescriptions, reading areas and progressive solutions created completely new challenges.
The Diving Mask story began in 2012. The optical roots go back to 1945.
Lars Lammert is a master optician and comes from a family with generations of optical experience.
In 1945, Lars' grandfather Heinrich Heinen founded Heinen Brillen in Bochum.
At a time when spectacle frames were commonly kept out of sight in drawers and shown to customers individually, Heinrich Heinen took a different approach.
He brought the frames out into the open and presented them visibly so customers could discover and choose eyewear themselves.
The concept became known as “Die Brillenstrasse” and helped Heinen Brillen build a reputation far beyond Bochum.
In the family's history, Heinrich Heinen is remembered as a pioneer of this new way of presenting eyewear in Germany.
More than six decades later, Joanna and Lars questioned another accepted limitation.
Why should people who need prescription lenses have to choose their diving mask according to the lenses available? The optical solution should adapt to the diver.
Traditional optical knowledge. Modern technology.
Today, more than a decade of experience with prescription diving masks meets professional optics and modern lens processing.
A prescription is more than plus or minus.
We consider the prescription, the diving mask and the visual requirements underwater.
For many divers, clear distance vision is only part of the task. A dive computer, instruments or a camera display also need to remain clearly visible.
That is why our work ranges from individually calculated single-vision lenses to near and progressive solutions.
The same idea. More than a decade later.
Today, Diving Mask is owned and led by Joanna Lammert.
Lars Lammert contributes his experience and expertise as a master optician.
What began with one snorkeling experience in Thailand has developed into a specialization in prescription diving masks for customers around the world.
Any Mask.
Any Prescription.
Your prescription should not force you into a diving mask that does not fit you.
Our goal is to create the optical solution around the diver, the prescription and the mask – whenever technically possible.
