“Even better in person than the videos by Marc. Looks and feels like higher quality materials than Seiko too. Watch shipped very quick, took all of 5 min to remove a few links, set the time, date, and day. This is the upgrade you are looking for.”
“The watch and bracelet were too sharp to wear.
I was able to sand and polish to fix them. Otherwise, I would have given this watch a 5. The lume is great. The machining tolerances are very good. Now that it is fixed, It is the best watch I have ever owned.”
“This has everything the 007 doesn't have. Hand winding, hacking, killer lume, at a great price. Every time I buy an Islander watch, I end up giving it away to someone who likes the look and has never heard of Islander watches.”
“Solid value, great design, trustworthy company, fast shipping, responsive customer service. No complaints. My favorite general purpose watch that does not come with the baggage of a 3000 dollar tag or omega.”
“Very nice watch. Case had some sharp edges at the crown guards that had to be taken down with a buffer, other than that it's great. It has been keeping very accurate time has only been minus 23 seconds per week. The customer service has also been top notch.”
“Overall impressive watch. Comparing this to skx's that I have owned: the ISL02 has a more consistent and better feeling crown threading, the ISL02 has a more solid feeling bracelet, the ISL has a more attractive crystal and bezel ring. The only drawback is my ISL has a relatively loose bezel - more loose than my skx's. The bezel migrates throughout the course of a day depending on what I am doing, when I say migrate I mean it gets bumped/rubbed and might move 2 or 3 minutes in a day. It's not necessarily a problem but I'd prefer it not be quite so loose. I generally use the bezel as a timer for daily activities such as cooking so migrating 3 minutes per day isn't a huge deal. It would be more of an issue if it had the dual time bezel and I were counting on it for telling time accurately on a multi day/week trip to a different time zone. Hard to give this thing a 4 star and I just can't honestly give it a 5; the bezel issue is my opinion only.”
