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Identifying Your Eyeglass Frames

To identify a specific eyeglass frame you need four pieces of information, all will be found on the eyeglass frame.

• Frame Manufacturer or Designer
• Frame Name or Number
• Frame Color
• Frame Size
  

Look for this information on the inside of each temple. Sizes may also be found on each temple or stamped on the inside of the bridge.

The manufacturer, for example may be Shuron Eyeglasses or Seiko Eyeglasses. Most eyeglass frames are identified by the designer eyewear collection. Examples of designer eyeglass collections would be Brooks Brothers Eyewear, Anne Klein Eyewear, and Baby Phat Eyewear.

Names of eyeglass frames range from "864" to "Zeta", in other words the eyeglass frame name may be a name or a number.

Once you have determined the manufacturer/designer and the name/number the eyeglass frame size and color must also be determined to identify a specific frame.

Sizes include the “eye size”, which is the width of each lens in millimeters, and the bridge size, also know as the "DBL" or distance between lenses. This number will appear as 52-15 or 47-21. The first number indicates the eyewear eye size and the second number indicates the distance between lenses or bridge size. Often times a small box may appear between the eye size and DBL. A number for temple length may also be indicated on your eyewear. This number represents the length of each temple in millimeters such as 135 or 145.

The color information may be a descriptive color, such as gunmetal, or a number such as 332.

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Labels: Eyeglass Frames

posted by Dr Becker @ 9:12 AM