If in the 1700s and 1800s one could find 32 or 34 millimeter round antique spectacles, by the time it came to the late 1800s eyeglasses lens diameters were already nearing the 38 to 40 millimeters on average.Ī typical pair of Windsor eyeglasses for circa 1880/1920 usually had 40 millimeters fully round lenses. One thing is clear: the lens diameter got larger and larger every decade that passed. The lens diameter for round vintage glasses varied based on the century they were frames. Most of hose were octagonal in shape, either fully so or sometimes 6 sided or the likes. This can’t really be said about later 1930s and 1940s rimless eyeglasses. While the majority were oval, we do see many that were fully round vintage glasses. Many antique 1880s saddle bridge rimless glasses frames were round in shape. Without the rims they are much lighter and can look better on some people. Rimless frames can help curb the radical ness of fully round shape which can otherwise sometimes be a bit much for some faces. Round vintage glasses was and is a great choice for rimless vintage frames. Rimless eyeglasses are lighter on the face and the lens shape was not limited to the frame shape, it could be made any shape one wants. As opposed to Windsor eyeglasses, these frames were often etched with beautiful, Art Deco designs which created a world of its own or complexity and style to these vintage round frames.Īnother popular type of round vintage glasses were antique rimless eyeglasses. These frames were generally yellow or white gold filled and between 38 and 42 millimeters in size. In the 1920s with the introduction of the nose pads as we know it to vintage frames there was a new possibility: fully round vintage glasses with nose pads. They were generally fully round between 37-40 millimeter in diameter though usually they were 40 millimeters. They were generally made of Bakelite or tortoiseshell, black brown or tortoise in color. Some say he wore 40mm frames though that is hard to argue looking at the photographs where they seem quite small.Īnother style of peerfectly vintage round glasses is sometimes called Harold Lloyd glasses. 36mm was not such a common size but was not unheard of. From the photos they appear to be quite small, 36 to 38 millimeters. There is some argument on the lens diameter of the round glasses John Lennon Wore. He generally wore gold Windsor style round vintage glasses though sometimes wore other models such as marshwood glasses. John Lennon can be seen in many photographs sporting vintage round glasses. Sometimes they were covered with zyl or cellouid plastic, on the lens rims, nose bridge and sometimes temples of these round vintage glasses.Īannoher type vinttage round glasses is John Lennon Glasses. The material ranged from stainless steel to yellow gold filled frames. Windsor glasses were generally gold and silver colored. Common characteristics of Windsor glasses were fully round lenses, a saddle bridge instead of typical nose pads found in modern eyeglasses frames, and cable temples. Windsor glasses is a style of antique eyeglasses first invented in Windsor, England. Some of these were rimless pince nez where the lenses could be made in any shape, but there are a number of regular vintage pince nez which were fully round, mostly spring bridge pince nez style. While most antique pince nez were oval in shape, there were quite a number of perfectly round vintage pince nez glasses. Many early 19th century eyeglasses were perfectly round as well. Another type of early vintage round glasses were Martins Margins, invented by British optician Benjamin Martin. Nuremberg eyeglasses were often fully round glasses. One of the precursors to 19th century Pince-Nez was a style known as Nuremberg spectacles, named after the city this early antique spectacles industry grew in. In the early days of antique eyeglasses the round shape may have been due to a lack of technology or creativity, or for simplicity’s sake. Vintage round glasses stuck around for 200 years from their invention and then virtually disappeared, only to make a reappearance in the past couple of years mainly due to retro glasses culture and cheap foreign manufacturing. One of the first shapes used for antique eyeglasses was round.
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