Vintage sunglasses What do you have?

[zretineo1979]

Hey guys, I enjoy vintage sunglasses. I have mostly ray ban, porsche, carreras, etc. What do you have???

 

[Austin]

I have vintage Persol, Vuarnet and Ray Bans.

 

[Soul Surfer]

I actually have a pair of vintage USGI (BCG) frames that were made into prescription shades. Definitely bombproof, and a lot more stylish than I had expected.

 

[zretineo1979]

WOW! We need pics!!! Sounds like fun (Persols). I think its cool when people use regular sunglasses and put perscriptions in them.

 

[Rudy Vey]

I have a pair of Carrera with Zeiss T* Sun glass prescription lenses, it is very old, but I still used it for driving, best glasses I ever had.

 

[johnniegold]

I have a pair of Saratoga sunglasses by American Optical.

 

[The Nid Hog]

I have Ray Ban Aviator (Black), Clubmaster and a couple of Wayfarers (inc. a pair of LE tortoise with big green flecks) that must be about twenty-five years old. I have a pair of Vuarnet Glacier Glasses that are about the same age too. I guess that they're vintage now, but they were new when I got them!

 

[zretineo1979]

Totally cool on the Glacier shades. I have a pair of 5544 Carrera glacier glasses that are NIB! They even have the reciet from Nov. 28 1989! (They are in the pics I first posted.) I left out the other. I would love to see pics!!!

 

[TheDoctor]

Over the years I've lost vintage sunglasses of all types, mostly Rayban Wayfarers though. Now I wear prescription Oakleys. Expensive, due to the lenses, but by far the best sunglasses I've ever worn.

 

[Cmaster03]

Only vintage shades I have are these vintage military-issue jobs my dad wore in Vietnam.

The top reinforcement bar was removed at some point.

Love 'em.

I took a modern pair of American Optical Original Pilot sunglasses and modified them the same way with a dremel tool.

 

[edteach]

I found a pair of Bosch and Lomb Green Motorcycle glasses in the original box. These are for sale at vintage glasses and not the ones I bought but mine are in just as good condition with the box.

 

[EL Alamein]

I have two pair, both vintage Ray Ban Wayfarers: one in black and one in tortoise. These are mostly what I wear (the tortoise mostly). I bought them new as a younger man.

I have a newer pair of the Italian New Wayfarers in black and they are fine but don't compare to the vintage I have. I vastly prefer the vintage. I mostly use the new ones to mow the lawn.

Chris

 

[edteach]

Finally got a chance to take a few photos.

 

[tankerjohn]

Are vintage sunglasses a thing? I go through sunglasses so quickly, I have a hard time conceiving that any last long enough to become vintage.

 

[TexLaw]

I wore the same pair of Serengeti Drivers for 20 years. Does that count?

 

[simon1]

I was ratting around today and found these, and I thought of this thread.

I haven't found any brand name on them anywhere, but from the style maybe they are from the '40s? They may be Granddad's so that may place from the '20s or 30s. I don't have a clue.

 

[oc_in_fw]

Well, my next pair will be a vintage style- American Optical Aviators with bayonet temples.

 

[MarkM10431]

wayfarers but the lenses are prescription and not ray ban glass

 

[joel]

I have a pair of restored WW2 era B&L ray bans in 18kt gold I probably overpaid for at a vintage sunglasses specialty store in Las Vegas. They’re really nice, and I use them in one of my cars that has a heads up display (lenses aren’t polarized so it doesn’t wash out the display). I generally wear modern Maui Jim’s though as I find their optics unrivaled.

 

[Rory1262]

I too have a pair of Vuarnets that I got back in the '80s, when it was the cool brand at my college.