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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.



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product code : k5353 : £ 145

1970s black plastic frame marked ITEK OPTICAL
PRODUCT and SUNSPREE USA
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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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