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info Up there with Ray-Ban as one of the premier sunglasses makers of the mid-20th century, AO made a range of sunglasses from the 2nd half of the 1960's they called Sunvogues and the men's ones all had butch names like Seafarer, Skymaster, Gator - and later this pair Baymaster. The closest catalogue we have from that time is 1971 and sadly, Baymaster doesn't yet appear, so we're thinking by the look of it, that it came out a season or two later. It has the AO Tru-Color lenses which they kept going for decades, these in excellent condition. The frame is a mottled brown and looks new. A very cool aviator shape but with a filled bridge, mid-joints, pinned on the sides with 7-barrel charniers. Can't be many of these left in the world. NB: a brief note on American Optical. They stopped making sunglasses decades ago, but continued to make lenses, indeed when we started our business in 2001 we had an account with them to buy their glass lenses to replace original AO sunglasses with genuine AO mineral glass lenses. But that stopped too after a while. Fast forwrad to 2020 and they were purchased by another optical company who have decided that vintage companies like ours were on to something and decided to make some of the iconic AO sunglasses again. We here haven't handled any so don't expect a review, but one wonders if they can do the original's justice. — klasik |
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product code : k5357 : £ 195 1970s mottled brown plastic frame by AMERICAN OPTICAL marked BAYSIDE KlasikVintageEyewearKlasik Original AO TRU-COLOR grey mineral glass lenses condition lenses : excellent - 9 frame : very good fit : very good size face : 145mm lens width : 64mm lens height : 49mm arms : 150mm lens spec uv transmission % : 4 light transmission (LTF) % : 15 uv protection y/n : y |
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