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info Itek, we understand, was started in the 1940s by some members of ATMoB (Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston) and the company went on to make spy satellites in the early 1960s for the US Govt. Then in 1968 they applied at the patent office to use the name Sunspree for the new range of sunglasses they launched the following year at trade exhibitions - around the same time they were fitting the Apollo with one of their cameras for the 1969 moon mission. So, we're guessing they knew something about lenses - and you can tell by looking through these. Indeed, the optical trade gazette for 1971 says this: "The plano lenses supplied with Sunspree glasses are optically ground and polished to ophthalmic precision and thermalized for added impact resistance." The regulations for impact resistance didn't come in until 1973 so Itek were already over- specifying their lenses before they were required to do so. The shape is a large aviator, pinned through front and sides and temples are a gererous length with incised inner tips. — klasik |
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product code : k5353 : £ 145 1970s black plastic frame marked ITEK OPTICAL PRODUCT and SUNSPREE USA KlasikVintageEyewearKlasik Original grey glass lenses condition lenses : good - 7 frame : very good fit : very good size face : 143mm lens width : 58mm lens height : 50mm arms : 145mm lens spec uv transmission % : 4 light transmission (LTF) % : 15 uv protection y/n : y |
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