One can't consider himself as an oakley collector,unless he owns at least one x metal pair of oakley sunglasses with this frame.It's the finish that makes every pair of glasses look like they're coming from outer space,something so far away from the regular standards of the eyewear industry.It's no coincidendce that ALL kinds of sunglasses look good in that finish.The mars,the romeo,everything,even the unsuccesful romeo 2 and half x are becoming objects of desire in that finish.Not to mention the x metal xx,penny,juliet.I just couldn't resist to them.It has to be the best oakley finish ever.

This is the one to have. Looks really good with Ruby or Emerald. The look and feel of it are just amazing. It also shows all details of the frame design and it is totally unique to X-Metal frames.

I'm a fan of matte finishes, so this frame makes me pretty happy. It works well with every lens I've seen. The only possible exception is a gold iridium lens. The only reason I say that is because of the entire brown/black fashion faux pas. Gold is brownish, x-metal is blackish, therefore, not a very good match. Otherwise, great overall choice of frame color

An awesome frame when using any lens color other than black iridium - which is the most common. It shows the lines of the X-metals quite well for being a dark (not overly so) color that looks like it came off of a Stealth Fighter/Bomber. Also very stiff in comparison to the other X-Metal colors when replacing lenses (due to the baking of the matte color) - but don't be fooled - the color can be scraped off quite easily and display the silver color underneath which can be quite unattractive.

the epitome of X-Metal design! the feel and appearance of x-metal lends a unique style to the range. it looks and feels like it can withstand the hardest of conditions which lends itself to the military-industrial look of the x-metal range, sunglasses which look as though they were engineered for a rugged purpose.