We guarantee to offer the best lens for your prescription and frame choice every time.

For further information on the lens types we offer, select from below:

Single Vision
Thin and Light Lenses
Varifocals
Coatings
Bifocals
Tinted and Polarized Lenses

Single Vision lenses are the most common lens type. They are used to correct one type of vision, long sight, short sight, reading vision or astigmatism.

There is a range of products available to give the best appearance and performance for even the highest prescriptions.

Advances in lens material and manufacturing technology now allow us to provide lenses, which are thinner than ever before.

Call in to see us and we can show you the difference we could make to your spectacles…

Varilux from Essilor
www.varilux.co.uk
Essilor is world famous for the Varilux lens, the world‘s first varifocal, which was invented in 1959. Today there are over 300,000,000 wearers of Varilux lenses worldwide.
Whatever your lifestyle or your tastes in frames - shallow, rimless - there will be a Varilux® lens for you. Varliux Physio is the latest generation of Varilux lenses.

It is actually a startling breakthrough, both in design and in manufacture; and it brings real benefits in performance. The improvement has been likened to the difference in quality between DVD and video picture.

We call it 'High Resolution Vision' - clearer, sharper images with better contrast, wider areas of clear vision at mid distance, and better comfort for close work.

The lens is designed in such a way that it corrects the shape of the light wave as it passes through the lens thus improving clarity of vision. High precision point by point manufacturing technology ensures that the design performance is retained whatever your prescription.

This unique approach is protected by nine patents.
 At Gosforth Eye Company, we can recommend the best Varilux design to suit you needs.

Nikon
www.nikonoptical.co.uk
The Nikon Progressive range combines the latest Japanese technology with our genuine commitment to optomising your vision and comfort to provide an unrivalled collection of progressive lenses.  The Nikon Progressive range provides complete focusing freedom in all visual zones. Fine tuned aspheric technology stabilizes the power lines within the lens to make your vision as simple and as uniform as the naked eye.

The Nikon Progressive Range
Nikon Presio W
The premier progressive lens from Nikon giving almost natural vision offering aberration filter surface technology.
Nikon Presio i
This specific progressive lens design results in effortless adaptation and wide, clear vision
Nikon Move
The entry level progressive lens with quality vision.
Nikon Online
An enhanced reading lens for customers requiring exceptional vision in the near and intermediate areas.

Near Vision correction is usually achieved with reading glasses. These spectacles do offer a wide field of near vision, however, accurate and near vision is restricted to a single reading plane. Nikon Online provides the same quality and depth of reading as a single vision reading lens while adding the benefit of an effective intermediate area ideal for computer use. The wide intermediate zone also enables continues use of Online lenses up to a distance of 3 meters making them perfect for use in the office environment.

Coatings

For the ultimate in lens protection choose Crizal lenses with Scotchgard Protector.  They stay much cleaner for much longer. Dust won't stick during cleaning. Rain and grease slide off. With no glare, smudges, dust, dirt, oil, water or grease you will see as clearly as you did the first day you bought your new lenses. People will notice your eyes through your lenses rather than unsightly reflections on the lens surface.

If you're one of the many people who find bright sunshine uncomfortable for your eyes, then Essilor Transitions® may be just what you're looking for.

The Next Generation of lens coating is now available from Nikon. HCC Ikon, a remarkably sophisticated lens coating that leaves your lenses cleaner, tougher and clearer than ever before. Effortless to clean—the unique structure of HCC Ikon causes oil and water deposits to form droplets on the lens and the smooth coating allows these to slide away or be wiped in an instant. Exceptionally Durable—exclusive triple coat technology provides unbeatable protection against scratches caused by daily wear and tear.  Easy on the Eyes—HCC Ikon incorporates Nikon’s unique anti-reflective coating which minimises unwanted glare especially whilst driving or using a computer. It also makes the lenses look clearer maximising cosmetic appeal.

 

Call in to Gosforth Eye Company to find out more….

Bifocals are the traditional way of correcting distance and reading vision in one pair of spectacles. Their main disadvantage is not providing intermediate vision, and essential for the increasing number of computer users.

We offer a full range of Bifocals for those who still prefer them. We can offer thinner, tougher and tinted lenses. Whatever your request we will aim to meet your requirements.

Call in to Gosforth Eye Company to find out more…..

Essilor Transitions® are the most advanced photochromic lenses available. When you're outdoors and in sunshine they rapidly darken to become as effective as conventional sunglasses. When you go back indoors they lighten to become as clear as ordinary lenses. The tint varies according to UV and is one of the fastest acting in the world.

In the past, clear eyewear was enough. In bright light conditions, polarized sunwear was enough. This is no longer true. Today our lives are strongly influenced by the motor car, which has changed the way we experience the outdoors. We need a third category of lenses in our modern, car-centered world. Drivewear lenses are capable of sensing and reacting to varying light conditions both outside and behind the windscreen of the car. From bright sunlight accompanied by intense, blinding glare, to overcast inclement conditions, Drivewear lenses provide the wearer with the appropriate visual solution. Drivewear lenses provide glare protection through polarization and enhance and protect vision through photochromics which respond to both visible and UV light. By combining the strengths of two of the most important technologies in eyewear today we have developed the lens of tomorrow, Drivewear.

OVERCAST Low Light Conditions In Low Light/ Overcast conditions, Drivewear lenses remove glare and maximize useful light information reaching the eye for optimum visual accuity

BRIGHT LIGHT Behind the Windshield of a Car In Bright Light/ Driving conditions (behind the windshield), Drivewear lenses remove glare and control the intensity of light reaching the eye for optimum visual accuity

BRIGHT LIGHT OUTDOORS Outside Intense Light Conditions In Very Bright Light/ Outside conditions, Drivewear lenses remove glare and provide maximum filtration of excess light for optimum visual comfort and acuity

See Max Seemax is Nikon’s newest designed to maximize optics within a given frame shape. Nikon’s unique Optical Evaluation Function (OEF) technology continuously redesigns the lens at 104 different points on the lens until the lens thickness performance is fully optimized. Seemax provides you with exceptional visual sharpness and clarity across the lens by integrating the following features; Optimised prescription power Undistorted peripheral vision Ultra-thin and light plastic material Complete UV radiation protection HCC Ikon Coating for cleaner, clearer, tougher lenses

Call into The Gosforth Eye Company for a demonstration and see for yourself.

        

Vision without Polarised lenses	Vision with polarised lenses

An innovation in the Essilor Sun lens range comes with polarizing corrective lenses – a real step forward in quality of outdoor vision for all spectacle wearers. In addition to providing protection against the effects of UV light, Essilor’s polarizing lenses give effective protection against the glare caused by reflected sunlight and numerous benefits for greater comfort and safety for activities outdoors.  Other benefits include:

Glare reduction
Enhances colour perception
Improved contrast
Greater visual comfort
100% UVA/UVB protection

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