Does anybody know the real story behind Session 1242? Where did the number come from?You have to trust me, I know the answer to this one.

Jim

I'm sure there are those much hipper to the 1242 knowledge than I. However, I always thought it had something to do with the first ever Oakley television spot produced.

That ... and I still relish my 1242 Oakley cap.

The number of housing units in Oakley, Kansas?

OK... no question that it was 1st seen on the tv spot over a decade ago. By why 1242?

From what I can remeber Jim was it the time of the day that the first Advertisemnt that you did and broadcast on TV was shown at 12:42 am/pm

1242 is also now an Oakley Prduction company doing Snowboard/Action DVD's

Oh....heck Im probably wrong, that said I'd love to know the real story behind it?

Phil had said that its the time of the day when the sun is at its zenith.

Oh, thats a good one

thats a crazy fact...

maybe the time at which it was first veiwed or first began production?

yeah its The mean time of day, when the sun light is at its strongest

Which makes perfect sense if youve seen the video. Good thinking there guys

Yep it's even in the Terminology section of this here site:

http://www.o-review.com/terminology.asp

1242
The mean time of day, when the sun's light is strongest.

oooh i was nearly word perfect.

wow thats really cool... and didnt take you guys very long at all to figure out! im glad to be among such folks here

Yup, never underestimate the knowledge of the o-review army. Jim, happen to have any stories of the origin of some of the eyewear names?

How about us O-reviewers Jim? We're something else.

Sorry to disappoint... not correct.

Oh ! This is getting interesting.

In fact there are several terminology errors...

Hammers, for example. Hammers are indeed from the 1st M Frame (Mumbo). But they became "hammers" when I took the original straight earstems from the 1st production tool and didn't like the look or fit when we assembled the 1st pair. So I stopped production. I then bent the straight earstem out and back to create a "detour" around the temples so they fit better and it widened the overall appearance of the frame so the lenses "hung" better underneath. We had to lengthen the tips since I used up some distance with the bend. I kind of "hammered" them into a new shape. We had to delay shipping for two months until the new "hammer" tool was done. The original "straight stem" tool came in handy sometime later when baseball players needed the M Frames to fit under their batting helmet. We pulled out the original straight stem mold and finally put it to use.

ANSI Z 87.1
(American National Standards Institute) The standard of impact protection that Oakley lenses pass and exceed.

This is partly correct. It is BOTH an impact standard and an optical standard.

Foothill Ranch
Location of Oakley Headquarters in Irvine, CA.

Almost... the address is 1 Icon, Foothill Ranch, CA (near Irvine).

Hammerfangs
Found on 2nd gen M Frames. Extended earstems comfortably accommodate any head size without touching your temples.

I'd have to check but I recall Hammerfangs as being a Zero feature. I don't think we used this terminology on the Gen 2 M Frame. (I could be wrong here).

Missing is one of our most famous phrases... Thermonuclear Protection (protection from the biggest thermonuclear generator in sight- the sun).

Remember, when you get info from someone inside Oakley, they probably had to ask someone since they weren't likely there at the time. And there is a lot of mutating explanations of history going on. Someone "thinks" he knows, says it and the next guy takes it as fact.

Jim

I'm here to help. I am happy to fill in any information gaps. The only thing I ask is no PM's (please). I just don't have the time to respond to them properly and it makes me feel guilty if I can't answer all of you personally!

Awesome. Just plain awesome. I learn something new almost every time I come to the OR.