Are you looking for brand quality, splendid manufacturing, and supreme functionality all in one? Our glasses were manufactured in the 70s, 80s, and 90s and were already something very special back then. Today, they set a standard and project a special image as well.
Take the Ray-Ban "Aviator" sunglasses, for instance, which not only had to endure high centrifugal forces during jetplane flights but had to also provide protection from dangerous solar radiation for pilots in every flight position. Or, the Porsche 5621, which conjured enthusiasm with their exchangeable lenses technology. Back then, this noble model sold for around 700 DM (approx. $475).
Vintage men's eyewear can, above all, be distinguished by class, functionality, and quality.
In the 70s, 80s, and 90s, designers and eyewear manufacturers, such as Boeing, Bugatti, Dior, Dunhill and Porsche, kept investing enormous sums of money into inspiring male customers with new technical refinements.
Whether folding sunglasses, sunglasses with interchangeable lenses, self-tinting automatic lenses, eyewear made from real gold, titanium frames with memory effect, frames made of natural horn, carbon or Kevlar... the manufacturers’ innovative power seemed to know no limits.
This quality standard, however, also had its price. As a result, a lot of designer men's eyewear can be described as luxury eyewear, which not only holds its value to this day but even raises its value from year to year.