Vintage Ray Ban Expert

bubbleben · Apr 20, 2015

Hi folks,
I'm a student from Sweden, who is new in this forum. I stumbled upon this thread during my research.
I wanted to start my personal vintage Ray Ban collection, so I bought my first pair of sunglasses a few days ago. It's a vintage Ray Ban Aviator. I noticed a few things. The right nosepad seems to be upside down, because B L is read upside down. Furthermore the case doesn't have a belt loop.

I would be thankful, if a expert from this forum could have a look on my pair and tell me if they are authentic. Thanks in advance!

Greetings from Sweden

mmafia1 · Apr 20, 2015

NuggyButt said:
Hey you... out there on the web, can you help me?!?

please?
My mother received this pair of rays as a gift between 1993 and '95. They've got all the marking: the logo sig. with the the diamond on the left lens (facing) and the BL etched on both lenses, b & l Ray-Ban USA on the inside of the bridge and even BL engraved (?) on the metal underneath the nose piece. On vintagesunglassesshop.com they're listed as "diamond hard sunglasses". Is that what I have? What are they worth? I'm not a fan of gold anything so they're just sitting in a drawer. They're in pretty pristine condition and I'm looking to sell them. Thanks in advance!

Yeah you have some diamond hards, nice pair, especially in new condition. Price varies a bit but around $250

NuggyButt · Apr 20, 2015

mmafia1 said:
Yeah you have some diamond hards, nice pair, especially in new condition. Price varies a bit but around $250

Wow, had no idea my pair could be worth that much. They've never been used, but don't have the tags or box. Thanks for the info. Now: how would you suggest I go about selling these bad boys?

mmafia1 · Apr 21, 2015

NuggyButt said:
Wow, had no idea my pair could be worth that much. They've never been used, but don't have the tags or box. Thanks for the info. Now: how would you suggest I go about selling these bad boys?

Yeah the diamond hard models are always popular. They do fetch good prices as long as the lenses are pretty much perfect. Ebay is normally the best placed just be sure to take a lot of pics of the details, the diamond logo etc and they should get a good price.

mmafia1 · Apr 21, 2015

bubbleben said:
Hi folks,
I'm a student from Sweden, who is new in this forum. I stumbled upon this thread during my research.
I wanted to start my personal vintage Ray Ban collection, so I bought my first pair of sunglasses a few days ago. It's a vintage Ray Ban Aviator. I noticed a few things. The right nosepad seems to be upside down, because B L is read upside down. Furthermore the case doesn't have a belt loop.

I would be thankful, if a expert from this forum could have a look on my pair and tell me if they are authentic. Thanks in advance!

Greetings from Sweden

Always good to see a new collector, welcome.

Yeah they look good, haven't had a full look at the pics but seem ok, not sure what you mean about the nose pads, any chance of a pic?

A fair few of the cases don't come with a hook/loop so I wouldn't worry about that.

doggerel · Apr 22, 2015

How are caravans compared to aviators in terms of popularity?
Any caravans fans with collection of caravans here?

Don Arif · Apr 22, 2015

Quote:
i think aviators more popular compared to caravan

oosterling · Apr 22, 2015

i agree. its aviators wayfarers than others like cats other arista gold frames... no clue..

bubbleben · Apr 23, 2015

mmafia1 said:
Always good to see a new collector, welcome.

Yeah they look good, haven't had a full look at the pics but seem ok, not sure what you mean about the nose pads, any chance of a pic?

A fair few of the cases don't come with a hook/loop so I wouldn't worry about that.

Hi!
Thank you for the welcome and thank you very much for your fast assessment!

I just worried because the B L etching on my glasses was so thin, compared to all the other glasses here. Glad to here they look good.

Unfortunately I couldn't take pictures of the nosepads until today. So here they are:

I hope you can see what I mean. On the one side you ran read BL without any problem and on the other side BL is upside down. I'm curious.

Greetings

oosterling · Apr 25, 2015

some of the different lenses BL used to have...
(not all necessarilly in the best condition..just liked to make a nice picture

..)

obviously missing....quite a lot
dgm ambermatic
changable red
full mirror ambermatic
full mirror G31
chromax A30
chromax G20
ultragradient fantasees
blue gradient mirro (pm)
kalichrome
kalichrome dgm
kalichrome full mirror
kalichrome top mirror
..some super changables (gradient) in other colors
blue changables (flying colors ones)
green changables (flying colors ones)
....
what am i still more missing? :-D

oosterling · Apr 26, 2015

check: blue super changeables (gradient):

barfy · Apr 29, 2015

Greetings everyone. Looking to purchase 2 sets of paddle temples (arms) for Ray-Ban Large Metal aviator sunglasses made in USA by Bausch and Lomb in the late 1970's. Frames are stamped 58[]14 indicating 58mm lens width and 14mm bridge width. Temple length is 140mm. Parts from Luxotica do not work. Any info appreciated. I hope you are all doing well and I thank you for your attention.

doggerel · Apr 29, 2015

Correct me if I am wrong, but to my knowledge, temple parts from Luxottica should fit, unless one insists on using vintage parts, which is another matter.
What about colour? Arista Gold or Black chrome?
I might have a pair of Arista gold arm from B&L with some oxidation though.

barfy · Apr 30, 2015

Doggerel: Thank you for your reply. I was "told" that Luxottica parts would not fit...and I believed the source. I should have checked thoroughly prior to making that statement. I've found several local retailers who stock and sell Luxottica arms (temples). I'll bring my glasses to them and check for proper fit. Thanks to all who were interested. I'll report back to help others who may have a similar inquiry. Best regards.

doggerel · Apr 30, 2015

Maybe I missed one point.
The arms should fit, but screws being used on B&L ray bans are indeed different to those used in Luxottica ray bans, so you do need to have your own set of B&L screws to make it work.
I am saying this because I do have experience fitting a pair of after market arms to a pair of B&L ray ban.
It did work, but I did have my own set of screws.

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