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I have found many wire rimmed round framed specs on eBay that I really like and very cheap but they don't come with lenses, would I be able to get the lenses through a local optician or online somewhere?
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So the key to buying them is look out for //Rx-able// if they are labelled as //Rx-able// they can be fitted with prescription lenses.
see here:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/48mm-Antique-Vintage-Round-Dark-Grey-Wire-Rim-Eyeglass-Frame-Spectacles-Rx-able-/151421728341?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2341703655
So I now need to find out how much it will cost to have lenses put in them.
retrotv, //Overall it is cheaper to source frames and lenses from the same optician.//
You are most likely right and that is what I would prefer to do if I can find the glasses that I like, I usually go through SpecSavers but they dont have any I like.
see here:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/48mm-Antique-Vintage-Round-Dark-Grey-Wire-Rim-Eyeglass-Frame-Spectacles-Rx-able-/151421728341?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2341703655
So I now need to find out how much it will cost to have lenses put in them.
retrotv, //Overall it is cheaper to source frames and lenses from the same optician.//
You are most likely right and that is what I would prefer to do if I can find the glasses that I like, I usually go through SpecSavers but they dont have any I like.
///mrs chappie; I know nothing on the subject I admit, but if the rim is one-piece the original lens has to have been fitted in there somehow, I would suggest by heating and shrinkage, like the tyre on a wooden cartwheel.///
Cheap metal welded rims that cannot be opened tend have the lens bonded in at the point of manufacture, or the split rim is riveted together at the point of manufacture.
These are the "ready-made reader" type of glasses - glasses bought "off the shelf" at low cost. They are manufactured as a disposable product (basically with cheap and shoddy frame). It is not worth an optician's time and effort to attempt to reglaze these frames, as more often than not they break.
Ratter, those frames in your link look reglazeable (and should be, if they are being sold as such). OH charges a tenner for this service (edging the lens to size, and fitting) plus, of course, the cost of the lens.
Cheap metal welded rims that cannot be opened tend have the lens bonded in at the point of manufacture, or the split rim is riveted together at the point of manufacture.
These are the "ready-made reader" type of glasses - glasses bought "off the shelf" at low cost. They are manufactured as a disposable product (basically with cheap and shoddy frame). It is not worth an optician's time and effort to attempt to reglaze these frames, as more often than not they break.
Ratter, those frames in your link look reglazeable (and should be, if they are being sold as such). OH charges a tenner for this service (edging the lens to size, and fitting) plus, of course, the cost of the lens.
Ratter I often find weird and wonderful objects in job Lots I buy for my business so I'll keep my eyes open. A few weeks ago I found an electric comb, apparently all the rage in the 1920's,the mind boggles. I have seen cases with round spectacles in before at Auctions and to answer your question -yes you can have fitted lenses to most shapes of glasses. I've just had some groovy retro 'cats eyes' glasses made into reading glasses, I went through an Independent optician, places like specsavers just won't do it.
Ratter; are you not a little worried you might look a bit like Dr Crippen
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