HauteHippie Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I normally wear contact lenses, but have a pair of glasses for getting in and out of bed, or when my eyes are tired of the contacts late at night. Well after probably, geez, 10 or more years it's finally time for some new frames and lenses. As far as frames go, I've narrowed it down to either Cartier or Mont Blanc and am leaning towards the Mont Blanc. Both are extremely nice, IMO. The particular Cartier frames I like are titanium, while the Mont Blancs are ruthenium. But what really got me interested was researching lenses. I've found what sounds like an incredibly effective and scratch resistant AR coating (eyeglass coatings are usually not as scratch resistant as those we're using on our watches) that is available on a high-index lens made by Hoya. Hoya's brand name for the AR coating is Super HiVision EX3. Check out the marketing blurb here: http://www.hoyavision.com/assets/pdf/HoyaSHVEX3PDF.pdf I'll be using it on a set of the Hoya "Phoenix" high-index lenses which are supposedly the absolute thinnest and lightest eyeglass lenses available. The index of refraction on these lenses is the same as sapphire, as well. So... it of course made me think that this coating could in fact be suitable (and effective) for watches. I'll definitely evaluate it for that purpose once I receive the new glasses. Don't know if it's going to be cost effective, however. I do think it's north of $150 to have this coating put on eyeglass lenses. We will see!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi5herman Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I've bought a new glasses two months ago with the thinnest HOYA lenses available in the market. I've used HOYA for a few years and it's much more scratch resistant as compared to other brands including Zeiss and Rodenstock that I used before (perhaps those have improved in recent years I'm not sure). I believe that HOYA is the leader of the market and it's good to learn that you will evaluate its AR. We're more demanding now :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I think the thin Hoya lenses are called "Phoenix" lenses. Are those what you got? Did you get the SHV EX3 coating also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwhitesox Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Damn I thought this was a new run Chief...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi5herman Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 I think the thin Hoya lenses are called "Phoenix" lenses. Are those what you got? Did you get the SHV EX3 coating also? The lens is NULUX 1.74-U VP aspherical lens. I'm not sure about the coating because it wasn't specified in my order. However, they told me that it's of Japanese origin and very scratch resistant. Believe it must be either one of those shown in HOYA local website: http://www.hoya.com.hk/coating. Companies like to use different names for different markets even for the same product, so I really don't know whether it's SHV EX3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauteHippie Posted April 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 ya marketing for sure. i don't see 1.74 hoya lenses here in the usa but will definitely look in to it. 1.7 is probably not going to be a noticeable difference though , and the ar should perform the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronoluvvv Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Damn I thought this was a new run Chief...... LoL yeah, me too ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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