Method of dip-coating a segmented multifocal lens

A method of dip-coating a segmented multifocal lens (1) having a segment (4) with a curved portion (5) and a straight line portion (6), the method comprising the steps of:

• placing the lens (1) on a basket support (21);
• immersing the lens (1) vertically in a coating solution bath (16) having a horizontal coating solution surface (H);
• and
• withdrawing the lens (1) vertically from said bath (16) through said solution surface (H);
• wherein the step of placing the lens (1) is performed such that the straight line portion (6) of the lens (1) is in a vertical plane (P);
• and
• wherein, before or during said step of immersing the lens (1), said lens (1) is inclined to an inclined position between a vertical position and a horizontal position of the lens (1), in which inclined position said segment (4) is downwardly inclined and said straight line portion (6) of said segment (4) remains in said vertical plane (P).