Ray-Ban 10k and 12k Gold Filled Double Gradient Mirror Shooter Sunglasses

1 Vintage Ray-Ban 12k gold filled double gradient mirror aviator shooter sunglasses with "General" bar and outdoorsman ear stems for a secure fit c early to mid 1970s are a stunner. Everything Ray-Ban and vintage sunglass collectors look for is all wrapped up here in a single package. What stands out the most are the double gradient mirrored Bausch & Lomb B&L lenses that appear silver mirror at the top and bottom of each 58mm lens with a darker stripe going through the center. This DGM B&L optical lens technology and design was meant to provide optimum anti-glare properties no matter which way the wearer was looking. This technique served to be particularly useful for aviators, for pilots look up and down out to the horizon and the instrument panel and needed the best anti-glare protection possible for their eyes. The 12k gold filled unisex frame measures approximately 5.25" temple to temple, and the B&L highly reflective 58mm double gradient mirror lenses measure approximately 2.25" x 1.875" at the widest points. These rare B&L Ray-Ban 12k gold filled mirrored aviator sunglasses are marked B&L Ray-Ban USA on top of the nose bridge and B&L 1/10 12k GF below the nose bridge, all impressed in the gold plating. Rare.

Item VS266-1 / Price: $585.00

2 Identical in every other way, Bausch & Lomb also produced a small number of Double Gradient Mirror shooters in their traditional gold plated 58mm frame. In appearance, you cannot tell the difference between the 2 and the plating on these is every bit as fine and intact as the 12k gold filled frames in #1. They are marked above the nose bridge B&L Ray-Ban USA and are marked B&L 58 [] 14 USA under the nose bridge, all impressed in the gold plating.

Item VS266-2 / Price: $545.00

3 If you want the earliest example of the 58mm double gradient mirror shooter, you'll want these very rare 10k gold filled DGM shooters c 1960s. Identical in appearance, they are marked B&L Ray-Ban USA on top of the nose bridge and B&L 10k GF USA on the bottom, all impressed in the gold plating.

Item VS266-3 / Price: $585.00

4 Produced during the same earliest period of production as the 10k shooters in item vs266-3, Bausch & Lomb was at the same time producing 12k gold filled 58mm double gradient mirror shooters but in this early period only marked Ray-Ban on top of the bridge. Identical in size and appearance, they are marked Ray-Ban on top of the nose bridge and B&L 1/10 12k GF on the bottom, all impressed in the gold plating.

Item VS266-4 / Price: $585.00

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