Vintage Sunglasses & Eyeglasses Japan

■BRAND: American Optical
■CIRCA: 1940s
■MADE IN USA
■STYLE: NUMONT FUL-VUE C42S

■CONDITION: B
#USED BUT BEAUTIFUL
#The Gold frame has good complexion and some part looks a little silver. As the material is 12K GOLD FILLED so they are in a very state of preservation. With almost NO green rust on hinges and the nose pads.
#The Bakelite nose pads have some cracks on their surface.
#These are antique frames which were made in about 70 years ago. Don't expect that they are perfect though they are absolutely beautiful and burnished.

■SIZE: SMALL for BOTH MEN and WOMEN
#FRONT: 108mm x 40mm
#LENS: 48mm
#BRIDGE: 21mm
#TEMPLE: 150mm

■STAMP
#INSIDE OF THE BRIDGE: AO 1/10 12KGF
#BOTH TEMPLE: AO 1/10 12KGF
#INSIDE OF THE RIGHT RIM: C42S
#INSIDE OF THE LEFT RIM: AO NUMONT FUL-VUE C42S

■MATERIAL
#FRAME: 1/10 12K GOLD FILLED
#LENS: CR39 (Not Vintage but NEW put at SOLAKZADE. Ray-Ban's G15 color.)

■COMMENT
#NUMONT FUL-VUE style by AMERICAN OPTICAL in 1940s. With cable temple.
#NUMONT is the style which has only 1 screw on each lens.
#In 1930 AMERICAN OPTICAL released firstly FUL-VUE, whose hinges are on the almost top on the lens. Other makers in the US (ex. B&L, SHURON, ART CRAFT) those days paid license fee to AO to make this popular FUL-VUE style.
#The chasing/engraving work on Gold Filled frame is so delicate. Hand crafted by jewelry artisans those days. This is made on 1 aspect of the bridge and temples.
#This decorative work reflects ART-DECO, which is an eclectic artistic and design style which had its origins in Paris in the first decades of the 20th century. The style originated in the 1920s and continued to be employed until after World War II.