product code : k5433 : £ 85

• 1950s60s layered brown on clear plastic frame
  marked POLAROID


• New replacement Polaroid brand lenses

condition

• lenses : new - 10


• frame : very good


• fit : very good

size

• face : 123mm


• lens width : 45mm


• lens height : 36mm


• arms : 135mm

lens spec

• uv transmission % : 1


• light transmission (LTF) % : 38


• uv protection y/n : y

other info

• Although Polaroid sunglasses were an American brand,
  
  their sunglasses were made all over the world under
  
  licence. Here is an ad from Australia in 1958 showing
  
  a pair very similar to ours with a dual layer acetate in
  
  an upswept style. Our pair dates from around this period
  
  - late 1950s - and was probably made here in the UK or
  
  in the States. This ad from 1960 is British - the M1 was
  
  the UK's first motorway, so Polaroid hoped to appeal to
  
  women drivers - and those in other sports and resorts.
  
  The frame colour is a pearlised copper-brown over a
  
  crystal layer and the diamond shields are inset and flush
  
  with the front. The original lenses had shrunk a tad as
  
  Polaroid lenses are wont to do after about 20 or 30 years -
  
  so we had them replaced with new, original-stock Polaroid
  
  brand sun lenses, in the same pale tint. Perfection.
  
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