Oakley Eye Jacket: Generations 1.0 to 3.0, Colourways and What to Check

Oakley Eye Jacket from late 1994 to the 3.0 of 2002, dated from Oakley's own filings, with every pair that has passed through the studio and what to check.

By Published Checked against our listings 30 Sep 20263 min read

1999 Oakley Eye Jacket Black Gold / Gold Iridium
1999 Oakley Eye Jacket Black Gold / Gold Iridium
Contents
  1. Model file
  2. What it is
  3. Colourways we have actually had
  4. Pieces we have had
  5. Sizing
  6. What to check before you buy one
  7. In the studio now
  8. Looking for a specific one
  9. Sources

Model file

Oakley · Jackets family

Eye Jacket

Introduced
Late 199412
Later versions
  • August 1999 — New Eye Jacket
  • July 2000 — Eye Jacket 2.0
  • June 2002 — Eye Jacket 3.0
US list price
US$80–150 in the 2000 list12

Dates and list prices as the maker's own documents print them. Everything else on this page comes from our listings.

Seventeen Eye Jackets have passed through this studio. Everything on this page comes from pieces we have had in hand.

What it is

A wrap-around shield frame, sold across three generations that collectors write as 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 (or G1, G2, G3). It is one of the frames where the generation changes the look enough that you should know which one you are buying before you buy it.

Oakley dates the Eye Jacket to late 1994 and an updated New Eye Jacket to August 19991. The Eye Jacket 2.0 followed in July 2000, with the company's first flush-mount lens orbitals1, and the Eye Jacket 3.0 in June 20022. Collectors' G1, G2 and G3 do not map one-to-one onto those four names; the galleries below follow the mark written in each listing.

The years in our listings run from 1999 to 2000, with 1999 accounting for nine of the seventeen on its own; one more listing gives the range 1994–2004 instead of a single year. Of the pairs that stated a generation, we have had one Gen 1, four Gen 2 and two Gen 3; ten came with no generation marked.

Colourways we have actually had

Frames

  • FMJ, in plain, in 45 mm and in a 5.56 version
  • Moss
  • Carmel
  • Gunmetal
  • Midnight
  • Crystal Black
  • Black, and a Black Gold
  • Cheetah
  • Fingerprint
  • Electric Mustard

Lenses

  • Black Iridium
  • Gold Iridium, and a 24k Gold Iridium
  • Fire Iridium
  • Ice Iridium
  • VR50

Two of those frame names are worth stopping at. Carmel is the correct name for the tan colourway; we have seen it sold elsewhere as «burnt orange», and it is not. FMJ is Full Metal Jacket, a finish, not a colour, and it comes in several of them.

Pieces we have had

These are the seventeen Eye Jackets that have passed through the studio, grouped by the generation written in each listing. Sold pieces stay here as a record; each photograph links to its original listing.

Gen 1

1999 Oakley Eye Jacket G1 Cheetah / Gold Iridium Sunglasses – sold
1999 Oakley Eye Jacket G1 Cheetah / Gold Iridium Sunglasses · Sold

Gen 2

Oakley Eye Jacket G2 FMJ 5.56 / Black Iridium (1994-2004) – sold
Oakley Eye Jacket G2 FMJ 5.56 / Black Iridium (1994-2004) · Sold
1999 Oakley Eye Jacket Gen 2 Black / Black Iridium – sold
1999 Oakley Eye Jacket Gen 2 Black / Black Iridium · Sold
2000 Oakley Eye Jacket 2.0 Midnight / 24k Gold Iridium Sunglasses – sold
2000 Oakley Eye Jacket 2.0 Midnight / 24k Gold Iridium Sunglasses · Sold
1999 Oakley Eye Jacket G2 Carmel / VR50 Sunglasses – sold
1999 Oakley Eye Jacket G2 Carmel / VR50 Sunglasses · Sold

Gen 3

Oakley Eye Jacket 3.0 Crystal Black / Fire Iridium – sold
Oakley Eye Jacket 3.0 Crystal Black / Fire Iridium · Sold
Oakley Eye Jacket 3.0 FMJ + Ice Iridium – sold
Oakley Eye Jacket 3.0 FMJ + Ice Iridium · Sold

Generation not marked

Oakley Eye Jacket Gold Iridium Lens Sunglasses – sold
Oakley Eye Jacket Gold Iridium Lens Sunglasses · Sold
90's Oakley Eye Jacket FMJ 45 mm / Black Iridium – sold
90's Oakley Eye Jacket FMJ 45 mm / Black Iridium · Sold
Oakley Eye Jacket FMJ / Black Iridium – sold
Oakley Eye Jacket FMJ / Black Iridium · Sold
1999 Oakley Eye Jacket Electric Mustard / Black Iridium – sold
1999 Oakley Eye Jacket Electric Mustard / Black Iridium · Sold
1999 Oakley Eye Jacket FMJ 45mm / Black Iridium – sold
1999 Oakley Eye Jacket FMJ 45mm / Black Iridium · Sold
Oakley Minute Black and Eye Jacket Moss – sold
Oakley Minute Black and Eye Jacket Moss · Sold
1999 Oakley Eye Jacket Moss / Gold Iridium Sunglasses – sold
1999 Oakley Eye Jacket Moss / Gold Iridium Sunglasses · Sold
1999 Oakley Eye Jacket Fingerprint / Black Iridium – sold
1999 Oakley Eye Jacket Fingerprint / Black Iridium · Sold
1999 Oakley Eye Jacket Gunmetal / Black Iridium – sold
1999 Oakley Eye Jacket Gunmetal / Black Iridium · Sold
1999 Oakley Eye Jacket Black Gold / Gold Iridium Sunglasses – sold
1999 Oakley Eye Jacket Black Gold / Gold Iridium Sunglasses · Sold

Sizing

The Eye Jacket is a wrap frame, so the lens–bridge–temple notation does not describe it: what matters is the total frame width. We do not publish that figure yet, because we have not measured it off a piece ourselves and we will not repeat a number we have not verified.

Ask us at 16.88studiocontact@gmail.com about any Eye Jacket listed here and we will measure it and photograph the temple engraving for you.

What to check before you buy one

  • Generation. 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 sit differently on the face and take different lenses. A listing that does not say which is a listing to ask about.
  • The temple engraving. Model and reference are printed inside the temple. It is the fastest authenticity check there is.
  • Lens edge. On a single-shield frame the lens takes every knock. Edge chips are common and they are not always visible in a photograph taken straight on — ask for one at an angle.
  • Rubber. Earsocks and nose bombs perish and get replaced. We say so when they are not original.

In the studio now

Related pieces listed today. Each one leaves this list the moment it sells.

Everything listed now

Looking for a specific one

Whatever is available is in the eyewear section of the shop. If the colourway you want is not there, tell us the generation and the frame and lens you are after and we will look for it. That is what Sourcing is.

Sources

  1. Oakley, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2000, filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Item 1, Business: eyewear products table (date introduced, US suggested retail price), eyewear and apparel text; Item 7. www.sec.gov Consulted 30 Sep 2026.
  2. Oakley, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2002, filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on 31 March 2003. Item 1, Business: eyewear products table (Jackets and Wires); apparel. www.sec.gov Consulted 30 Sep 2026.

Counts, colourways and the years in our listings come from pieces photographed in hand in the studio. Dates of introduction come only from the sources above.

Written in Barcelona at 16.88studio, an archive and resale project working with technical and branded sportswear from the late 1990s and early 2000s. Corrections with a source are welcome: write to us.

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