“Bought this band with my new ISL54. I LOVE the watch and the band seemed great at first. After a few weeks of light use, I got home and realized the clasp the folds over the deployment clasp (not sure of the correct name) was missing and had fallen over somewhere during day. I have an office job, so no ruff wear. Very disappointing. I'd pass on this band for that reason.”
“Very nice quality and finish. Only downside is I could not get it on with the thicker supplied spring bars so it fits a little loose to the case. I might try again when I have the energy but spent forever before and just couldn't get them in!”
“I really like this bracelet, wish there was another noun for a steel band that didn't sound like ladies jewelry. Was able to carefully install the band with my bare hands, the fit IS that good. BUT the security lock did not feel right and it fell off the first time I wore the watch on my motorcycle, not a concern for me tho. I hesitated to to buy my ISL-54 till a bracelet was available and glad I did, great combination.”
“Great quality all around so I don't have to repeat all the nice things the other reviewers mentioned. Now a little warning:
The ISL-53 and 54 are quite large tip to tip at 47,5 mm to begin with (the SKX-like models only have 46 mm). Now that isn't a problem usually, it just becomes one when you consider the male endlinks this bracelet has. All of the sudden the length of the watch is boosted way beyond 50mm. I don't have calipers but I think it's about 53 mm now.
If you are a guy with medium to large wrists this is still perfectly fine but I with my slighly under average wrists start to struggle now. The watch does not overhang, but it covers ALL of my wrist now and the subsequent links drop down at almost 90 degrees.
So my suggestion for improvement in the future would be a bracelet with female endlinks. The SKX or Turtle homage Islanders don't need it as much because they are shorter, but this one could improve wearability by a lot with female endlinks.”
“Very pleased with the look and feel of this watch bracelet. This makes me feel as if I have a whole new watch. The bracelet includes a screwdriver to adjust the links which was easily done for a great fit.”
