product code : k8678 : £ 75

• Never worn 1960's demi-amber plastic
  frame by MARTIN WELLS AUSTRALIA


• Can be glazed with Rx or sunglasses lenses.

condition

• lenses : n/a


• frame : good


• fit : very good

size

• face : 130mm


• lens width : 46mm (marked on frame)


• lens height : 33mm


• bridge : 22mm (marked on frame)


• arms : 145mm (5 ¾ marked on frame)

other info

• Martin Wells was a Welshman who had a
  
  so-so business here in the UK before he
  
  packed up everything and headed for Australia
  
  where he was enormously successful,
  
  exporting his great designs all over the world.
  
  This pair should be in a museum as from the
  
  patent number we found out that it was for
  
  the buried hinge design, applied for in 1961 -
  
  check out the drawing - and it is the earliest
  
  we have seen. Of course, by the mid-1960's all
  
  of the big frame makers were designing their own
  
  buried hinges on the face of the frame, giving
  
  that clean look that continues to today, but
  
  it seems that Marty Wells was the pioneer in this
  
  area. NB: although never worn, frame marked
  
  down due to very minor faults in plastic at left
  
  side, see close-up photo.