Brand
Islander is the house watch brand of Long Island Watch, a US-based retailer turned micro-brand that started producing its own watches in 2011. Models are built around Japanese automatic movements — typically the Seiko NH35 or NH38 — housed in 38 to 42mm stainless steel cases with screw-down crowns and sapphire crystal as standard. Prices sit between $150 and $400, which delivers a well-specified mechanical watch by any reasonable measure. For buyers entering the mechanical watch hobby who want solid components and sensible sizing without paying for brand heritage, Islander is consistently hard to beat at the price.
