Islander · Microbrand · United States
Islander 38mm Automatic Dive Watch with Waffle Dial
- Seiko NH35A
- 38 mm × 13 mm
- Sapphire crystal
- 200 m water resistance
Where to buy
Movement
- Caliber
- Seiko NH35A
- Type
- Automatic
- Tier
- Entry
- Complications
- Date
- Frequency
- 21,600 bph
- Power reserve
- 41 h
- Hacking
- Yes
- Accuracy (factory)
- -20 / +40 s/day
Case
- Diameter
- 38 mm
- Lug to lug
- 44.5 mm
- Thickness
- 13 mm
- Lug width
- 20 mm
- Material
- Steel
- Hardening
- —
- Water resistance
- 200 m
- Crown
- —
- Case back
- Solid, screw-down
- Bezel
- Unidirectional, 120 clicks, 60-minute dive, ceramic insert, lumed
Crystal & dial
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Shape
- Flat
- Anti-reflective
- Inner
- Lume
- Super-LumiNova (C3 on ISL-126, BGW9 on ISL-125)
Bracelet & clasp
- Style
- —
- Links per row
- —
- Solid end links
- Yes
- Solid links
- Yes
- Link attachment
- Screws
- Taper
- 20 → 16 mm
- Quick release
- —
- Half links
- —
- Clasp
- Push-button fold-over
- Micro-adjust
- —
- Diver extension
- —
Weight
- Head only
- —
- On bracelet
- —
- On strap
- —
- Stated weight (basis not given)
- 149 g
Prices
Variants
| Name | Reference | Dial | Bezel |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grey Waffle dial | ISL-125 | grey | Black ceramic, blue triangle |
| Mint Green Waffle dial | ISL-126 | mint green | Black ceramic, coral triangle |
About this entry
79% of key specs known. Missing: hardening, crown, bracelet links, clasp micro-adjust.
Sold as the "38mm Automatic Dive Watch with Grey Waffle Dial and Blue Accents" (ISL-125) and "... with a Mint Green Waffle Dial and Coral Red Accents" (ISL-126); no other model name. The brand says it takes Seiko SKX013 parts (bracelets, bezels, inserts, casebacks, hands, crystals, dials, chapter rings). Seiko NH35 with a framed date at 3. The same 38mm case with a sapphire bezel insert and an NH38 (ISL-127) is a different model. 38mm, 13mm thick (spec table; not stated whether it includes the crystal), 44.5mm lug to lug, 20mm lugs, 200m. Oversized signed crown at 3 without crown guards (screw-down not stated). 120-click unidirectional coin-edge bezel with a black ceramic insert and a coloured triangle. Waffle dials with coloured applied indices and seconds hand, gun-metal hour and minute hands; hands, markers and bezel insert lumed with Super-LumiNova C3 (ISL-126) or BGW9 (ISL-125). Flat sapphire with blue AR on the underside. Embossed solid screw-down caseback. Case "Stainless Steel" (grade not stated). Weight 149g from the spec table (not stated what was weighed). Bracelet: solid links and solid negative end links sized with screws, 20mm tapering to 16mm, push-button deployant clasp (micro-adjust not stated). No independent review found. Both references are tagged "Discontinued" in the Long Island Watch store and were sold out on 2026-10-21; the prices are the last listed ones (ISL-126 marked down to $177 from $299).
Last verified: 2026-10-21. Edit or correct this entry.