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Bought these in 1999, at Sunglass Hut. They served well, but finally cracked in the right eye pocket, just above the nose bridge.

Are there any new old stock frames available? Does anyone repair these frames? These have the Diamond Hard Lenses, do they have any collector value?


Thanks in advance !
 
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Welcome to the forum, Badnan. We have a weekly thread that would be great for questions like this. Next time you have a quick question, check it out. Here is the link for this week:

http://www.styleforum.net/t/455217/...er-inquiries-quick-questions-classic-menswear

If you are really attached to those glasses, I would try an optometry office that has someone that does repairs. I honestly don't think that there is much that can be done, aside from super glue. Best of luck.
 
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Time for a new pair.
 
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emidyl said:
my wife is an optometric asst and says it will not hold with glue. sorry but time for a new one.
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Unfortunately, there will not be any "new" ones, not from Luxottica Ray Ban 'cause they no longer manufacture "Daimond Hard" lenses, nor special lenses once manufactured previously by B&L Ray Ban.
Vintage B&L Ray Ban with "Daimond Hard" lenses fetch high prices these days.
The way to go is to fit the vintage lenses to either another pair old B&L Ray Ban frame (one can find it if you're determined enough) or a new pair of Luxottica Ray Ban frame (luckily the frames old and new take the same form).
 
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doggerel said:
Unfortunately, there will not be any "new" ones, not from Luxottica Ray Ban 'cause they no longer manufacture "Daimond Hard" lenses, nor special lenses once manufactured previously by B&L Ray Ban.
Vintage B&L Ray Ban with "Daimond Hard" lenses fetch high prices these days.
The way to go is to fit the vintage lenses to either another pair old B&L Ray Ban frame (one can find it if you're determined enough) or a new pair of Luxottica Ray Ban frame (luckily the frames old and new take the same form).
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my ref to "new one" was not for the lense, but to the OP's request of possibly fixing the frame with superglue. It was a general statement regarding the state of his frame.
But since you say the older frames and new ones take the same form he may be in luck.
 

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