Look unbothered at 180 mph in daring ’70s-inspired aviators recalling the oversized driving glasses of the Grand Prix’s heyday, when the paddock drew drivers, celebrities, photographers, and an assortment of beautiful troublemakers from Monaco to Monza. Wide, deep lenses give the silhouette an audacious span, while long, artfully cut temples draw its strapping front into a jaunty profile.
By the 1970s, Grand Prix racing had gone global in both speed and spectacle. The calendar moved between storied circuits and resort cities, carrying drivers whose tenacity and personal style made them emblems of a freer, more flamboyant age. The aviator became one of the era’s defining signatures, letting one preserve an air of composure behind tinted lenses, defying the extraordinary risks that gave the sport its charge.
The GRAND PRIX’s expansive front has the distinctive sweep of period driving glasses, allowing force and finesse to coexist within the same silhouette. Daring in proportion and impeccably resolved, these are spectacles shaped by an era when speed held the world’s attention and style held its own against the noise.
Grand prix
COLOR: TITAN
YEAR: SUMMER 2023
EDITION: 00/500
FRAME STAMP: JMMGP-6W
HANDCRAFTED IN JAPAN
Look unbothered at 180 mph in daring ’70s-inspired aviators recalling the oversized driving glasses of the Grand Prix’s heyday, when the paddock drew drivers, celebrities, photographers, and an assortment of beautiful troublemakers from Monaco to Monza. Wide, deep lenses give the silhouette an audacious span, while long, artfully cut temples draw its strapping front into a jaunty profile.
By the 1970s, Grand Prix racing had gone global in both speed and spectacle. The calendar moved between storied circuits and resort cities, carrying drivers whose tenacity and personal style made them emblems of a freer, more flamboyant age. The aviator became one of the era’s defining signatures, letting one preserve an air of composure behind tinted lenses, defying the extraordinary risks that gave the sport its charge.
The GRAND PRIX’s expansive front has the distinctive sweep of period driving glasses, allowing force and finesse to coexist within the same silhouette. Daring in proportion and impeccably resolved, these are spectacles shaped by an era when speed held the world’s attention and style held its own against the noise.
Daring, ’70s-inspired spectacles composed of a 10mm cured cellulose acetate frame in Black, complemented by double-laminated temples composed of Clear exteriors and Black interiors, and Armorlite 6-base lenses in Azure; equipped with signature arrowhead front-pins in Sterling Silver, inner-exposed ‘‘Ottertail’ wirecores, and custom 7-barrel hinges, and spur-shaped rivet heads finished in Dark Gold, and inner-temple hallmarks foil-stamped in Silver.
Measurements
Size: MEDIUM
Temple Length: 144
Frame Total Width: 144
Lens Width: 56
Lens Height: 49
Bridge: 17
Composition
10MM CURED CELLULOSE ACETATE FRAME IN BLACK, WITH DOUBLE-LAMINATED TEMPLES COMPOSED OF CLEAR EXTERIORS AND BLACK INTERIORS, COMPLEMENTED BY ARMORLITE 6-BASE LENSES IN AZURE WITH BACKSIDE ANTI-REFLECTIVE TREATMENT
SIGNATURE ARROWHEAD FRONT-PINS IN STERLING SILVER
INNER-EXPOSED 'OTTERTAIL' WIRECORES FINISHED IN SILVER PALLADIUM
CUSTOM 7-BARREL HINGES FINISHED IN SILVER PALLADIUM
SPUR-SHAPED RIVETS FINISHED IN SILVER
INNER-TEMPLE HALLMARKS FOIL-STAMPED IN SILVER
Italian-handcrafted hard leather case
Microfiber cleaning cloth/pocket square
Hard-shell, silk fabric-covered packaging
Letterhead press certificate with limited edition serial number and craftsmen signature