The Dita Mach-Six is a titanium aviator from Dita's Mach series, built around a forked temple hinge secured with Dita's hex screws and a dual titanium brow bar that lets two metal colours be mounted on the one frame. We can show you the Mach-Six at 342 Oxford Street, Paddington, or order a colourway in — to try it on.
What the Mach-Six is
The Mach series is Dita's long-running homage to automotive and aviation engineering, and the Mach-Six is the one where the hardware is most visible. The temple does not simply hinge off the rim: it forks around the front and is bolted through with Dita's hex screws, so the join reads as an assembly rather than a joint. Above it, a second titanium bar runs across the brow, doubled so the frame can carry one metal colour on the chassis and another across the top.
Everything structural is titanium — light for its stiffness, hypoallergenic, and able to hold an adjustment instead of springing back. Like the rest of the range it is made in Sabae, Japan, where a single frame passes through a couple of hundred separate steps before it is boxed.
Lenses, colourways and sizing
Colourways pair a titanium front and temple with a contrasting brow bar and lens — black with gold, gunmetal, silver and rose-gold combinations are the usual run, with grey, brown and mirrored lens options depending on the release. Dita's step-down bevel and the depth of the lens curve mean the tint reads evenly across the whole aperture rather than washing out at the edge.
The Mach-Six is a large frame. It is generous through the front and long in the temple, which is why it works on a broad face and can swallow a narrow one. We measure it on you rather than quoting millimetres over the phone, because the adjustable titanium pad arms move the whole fit by more than most people expect.
How it compares to the other Machs
If you are choosing between them: the Mach-Five is the softer, more classical aviator, with a titanium mesh nose bridge modelled on a car grille. The Mach-Four is the comfortable everyday one, with rubber nose pads and the diamond pattern etched into the rims. The Mach-Three is squarer than its tear-drop siblings. The Mach-Six is the most architectural of the four — the frame you buy because you want the engineering on show.
Runs are small and colourways move. Ring us on 02 9331 4650 and we will check the cabinet and the current order book before you travel in.