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I have one set of Rx sunglasses, with all old prescription. A couple pairs of non-Rx sunglasses which aren’t often used, as I seldom wear contacts.

At the optometrist I found a vintage pair of Porsche Design frames from the 90’s, in good condition. They are smaller than the typical giant bug-eye Carreras - more like Ray-Ban aviators but a bit smaller yet. I’ve never seen this particular style.

My optometrist talked with the local Zeiss folks and they can make a set of prescription sunglass lenses with the rear edges milled to leave a front flange that will fit in the frames, just like the original plastic lenses. I’m thinking about having that done. If it works, I could have other lenses made and milled, so I can swap between Rx sunglasses, Rx non-sunglasses, and later any special-purpose lenses I want. It’d be a challenge for them but my optometrist enjoys doing weird stuff. She really liked making the shooting glasses earlier.

These would be expensive but pretty unique.
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