X Metal Serial Number

[Funky-Trixtar]

WooHoo! Mine make the cut.

Lucky you, I have yet to strike on this particular pair.

 

[okamotos]

So very early models don't have a s/n? I've had mine, with Rx lenses, since the early 2000s and I don't seem to have any s/n on the left stem.

I had these on eBay in July 2006.

 

[Slojack]

R/x might be different. I remember faintly seeing something to that effect.

 

[okamotos]

Thanks @Slojack.
Why does this forum link the word 'hat' to some hats on Nordstrom (or did you do that)?

 

[Slojack]

R/x might be different. I remember faintly seeing something to that effect.

FTFY

 

[Carrera1963]

So very early models don't have a s/n? I've had mine, with Rx lenses, since the early 2000s and I don't seem to have any s/n on the left stem.
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I had these on eBay in July 2006.

No, it’s actually relatively late ones that don’t have anything on the stem (what we call fourth gen). X-metal finish serials aren’t normally culprits for wearing off either - are you sure there’s nothing on the left stem?

 

[okamotos]

Yeah, definitely no serial number on mine.

 

[Carrera1963]

Yeah, definitely no serial number on mine.

Was it bought for prescription, i.e. never had a set of “normal” lenses? That could explain it, as the serial references both the frame finish and the installed lenses.

 

[okamotos]

Yeah, special order through my optometrist with Oakley Rx lenses. Back then, they didn't send the OEM lenses with the Rx so I never had 'normal' lenses in them.

 

[Carrera1963]

Yeah, special order through my optometrist with Oakley Rx lenses. Back then, they didn't send the OEM lenses with the Rx so I never had 'normal' lenses in them.

I’d say that was it then - there’s not a serial to indicate prescription. Nice pair!