Very tasty indeed. It’s great to see the second hand actually hitting the markers, and the stealth date, particularly on the black dial, is very cool. Any chance of a quartz GMT?
I realize that the back of watches are rarely seen by anyone but the owner. Having said that, the design is simply superb and my hat's off to you for the design. It evokes a military feel. I appreciate the flag!
Very Nice! Appreciate you using the Ameriquartz and having them assembled in the USA. Pleasantly surprised by the price, expected them to be much more considering the US assembly. Really looking forward to the chronographs next year!
Awesome Marc! Love concept of jobs in 🇺🇸! It looks beautiful! I'm with you Mechanical guy but gonna have to get one since it's your brand! Keep up amazing work with your brand!💯💯💯💯💯💯👊👍
Great to see a cool field watch coming out of the USA,you’ve nailed it yet again Marc and more to come. Now It’s looking like we can come back over to see family my wish list is growing,watch this space.
That is a great watch and I'm glad its Ameriquartz. I'm not surprised at all you would use an Ameriquartz movement! Oh and that is a great filed watch. Love the historical mill specs. I love the minutes on the watch also! I see you keep the watch under $200 USD; nice job. Better than buying a Timex Quartz for that price! The mechanical movement went obsolete in the early 1950s when the electric movement came out! Glad to hear you are coming out with quartz Islanders!
@@MrLogistician "In horology, the term electric watch is used for the first generation electrically-powered wristwatches which were first publicly displayed by both Elgin National Watch Company and Lip on March 19, 1952, with working laboratory examples in Chicago and Paris. The Hamilton Watch Company would be the first to produce and retail an electric watch beginning in 1957,[1] before the commercial introduction of the quartz wristwatch in 1969 by Seiko with the Astron. Their timekeeping element was either a traditional balance wheel or a tuning fork, " en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_watch
I had been looking for a good watch for one of my friends who doesn’t wear a watch every day, and this is perfect start for him. I love the simple design on these! You make one with standard lume and I might have to get one for myself too…
Excited!!! Can’t wait for the quartz divers. My 3-watch collection are all Seiko quartz. I’d love an SKX013 style in quartz. Closest I have is my JDM SBCM023.
I bought the Bertucci with the Ameriquartz movement last night and it shipped today. Great customer service as usual. Why couldn't I have waited one more day? I wanted to add an American made watch to my collection. I really wanted a white dial. My luck. Keep putting out great watches.
This corrects several pet peeves: • Improperly sized hands (ISL-81 hour hand I'm looking at you). • Date ring / dial color mismatch. • Excessive dial text (!) • Weird-sized or nonstandard or undrilled lugs. Any kind of proprietary strap. • Unobtainium battery. • Practically inopenable caseback. Also, it seemed like both the white and black ones Marc showed us both had seconds hands that hit their marks. I'd like to think that's part of the "tons" of QC represented by the sticker. If this were an automatic, I'd say the crown was a little small, but of course here one will almost never need to touch it. Nice job! Can't wait to see the diver & chrono!
That is just perfect. The clean dial, the large numbers and that great lume. Will make a great Christmas present for my 83 year old dad. Wonder if my mom would like one?
Love the reawakening of watch making in the USA. Love the look, only change I’d ask for is the minute hand hitting the outside of the railroad track. That’s one of those attention to detail items that when you see it just nail it makes you smile with pride.
I really want one of those and as an Arizonan, I feel I must have one. Any chance of a future version having 13-24 markings? That would be really nice.
Nicely done. Love that you went with the A-11 aesthetic. I've been searching for a simple A-11 style with that railroad track. I know a lot of folks love that strap, but I hate that buckle. Elastic single-pass is better. Good call in drilled lugs. Just bought an ISL-84, so I have to cool my jets for a couple of weeks.
You nailed the design Marc, and I think it's great that you're contributing to (what is hopefully) a renaissance in American watchmaking. I think taking a page from Vaer's playbook with sizing would be a nice direction when it comes to field watches. I own their 36mm c3 tradition and really appreciate the noticeable step in size offerings (36mm and 40mm instead of the usual 38mm and 40mm). If you made a 36mm A11 I would love to own one. Regardless, I love the restrained design; I've always heard that good design is not asking yourself what else you could add, but what else you could take away. 👍
Love it. Thanks, Marc. Already ordered black dial with grey and orange band. Will a traditional pass-through nato also fit on it using the spring bars provided with it?
Oh man I hate you now. I've been looking at the Islander watch trying to decide which one I was going to order and you did this. I finally got it down to the ISL-42, ISL-82 or ISL-15. Now I'm back to square one. Thanks buddy I'm going to go pout in the corner until I can decide what I'm going to do.
Oh, I bet it would look great with syringe hands too. Nice creation. Hey that black dial with the highlights is clever. A deep grey and an off green would be great dial colors too. Khaki ?
I'm impressed. The seconds hand seems to hit all the markers! Is this guaranteed for all these watches? Would love to see this in a smaller size like 38mm. Great job!
That plain unlabeled dial is a great surprise, it looks awesome. Well done. What about eliminating the gap, the plain band between the outside of the "railroad" or "racetrack" of indices and the edge of the dial? I know it would be a new style, just a thought. Keep the no logo look and open the date window slightly, it's a bit cramped, almost like an afterthought. In any case, well done, good job.
great watches as usual. however i do have a complaint your last two tgv appearances were too short i need you too fill an hour. my commute depends on it. more top tens please
I have been scouring the web for a sub $500 38mm or less gmt/dual-time with a rotating bezel. Besides the Glycine, only the luxury brands make them. I personally think the Glycine's dial looks like it's having a seizure. Any suggestions? I've looked at Lorier, Baltic and Tsao; all are more expensive and a bit bigger than I want for daily wear on my 6 1/4 inch wrist.
@@MarcoJesusPerez Perhaps Steinhart's 38mm gmt offerings which are in the vicinity of your price range. Edit: few more brands actually, go down in price a bit and you have Corgeut and similar homage brands, even Vostok(!) has an automatic GMT but those have a different way of setting the hands.
These look great. Add “USA Assembly” to the bottom of the dial and use the Americhron movement and they would be a grand slam. These are still very nice but aching for that automatic movement.
Nice work on these! I’ll stay tuned for the chrono. Not a fan of quartz, but will support American businesses. Hopefully your chrono hits the marks better than the Bertucci.
Love that there is no logo. Love you and I am looking to get an automatic islander very soon. Still, as being prior military, the placement of a logo is distracting for me when in uniform. I just wanted a flat no logo watch! But those were rare to find. This new field watch of yours is super cool. I might have to pick up two watches from you now! Thank you for making this!
Would love a 36 mm, like other commenters, either in this or another Islander. These look great just prefer smaller.
Nothing wrong with quartz Marc. Some great additions to the Islander brand and US assembled. Simple super readable designs with no fuss. Great!
Couldn't agree more!
Outstanding job on those. Unless my eyes deceived me, the seconds hand is dead centering the indices. Very well executed.
These came out great.
So glad to finally see that movement in more watches!!! Keep up the good work!! That price with a day/date would be perfect!!!!
Thanks for the feedback.
Classy. The 4 o'clock date is a nice touch and the attention to detail draws you in. Well proportioned and easily readable.
I love that it's made in the USA - great job
It's only assembled in USA. Most parts will be from other countries.
Correct, but working on getting there.
Excited for the Chrono! Good on you Marc for looking in-house so to speak, for your manufacturing.
Thanks! It's very exciting.
Literally just as I was in the market for a watch like this. Thanks Mark!
Glad I could help!
Fantastic, Marc! Love the Assembled in USA, the syringe hands and the sterile look. I think you’ve hit a HR with these watches. Continued success!!!
Well done Marc! I’m a fan of watches with white date/ black background. Thanks for sharing them and have a great day! 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
Thanks for watching!
Very tasty indeed. It’s great to see the second hand actually hitting the markers, and the stealth date, particularly on the black dial, is very cool. Any chance of a quartz GMT?
We shall see in the future
Yes. A GMT would be great!
I realize that the back of watches are rarely seen by anyone but the owner. Having said that, the design is simply superb and my hat's off to you for the design. It evokes a military feel. I appreciate the flag!
For sure!
Ditto
Very Nice! Appreciate you using the Ameriquartz and having them assembled in the USA. Pleasantly surprised by the price, expected them to be much more considering the US assembly. Really looking forward to the chronographs next year!
Thanks Michael. Keeping it real.
I love the simplicity of the design, keeping the dial sterile and authentic was a great choice. I just bought one!
This is the watch I've been looking for. Thanks for putting this together.
Very impressive! I love the clean, attractive design. I LOVE the straps and how you matched them to the dials. Really well done!
Awesome Marc! Love concept of jobs in 🇺🇸! It looks beautiful! I'm with you Mechanical guy but gonna have to get one since it's your brand! Keep up amazing work with your brand!💯💯💯💯💯💯👊👍
Thanks 👍
Great to see a cool field watch coming out of the USA,you’ve nailed it yet again Marc and more to come. Now It’s looking like we can come back over to see family my wish list is growing,watch this space.
Thank you!
Another good offering Marc .
Thanks
Great looking watches but wish they were 36-38mm case size. 40 kinda big for field watch?
That is a great watch and I'm glad its Ameriquartz. I'm not surprised at all you would use an Ameriquartz movement! Oh and that is a great filed watch. Love the historical mill specs. I love the minutes on the watch also! I see you keep the watch under $200 USD; nice job. Better than buying a Timex Quartz for that price!
The mechanical movement went obsolete in the early 1950s when the electric movement came out! Glad to hear you are coming out with quartz Islanders!
Thanks for watching!
What electric watch came out in the 50's? The Seiko Astron came out in 1969 and was the world's first quartz wristwatch.
@@MrLogistician "In horology, the term electric watch is used for the first generation electrically-powered wristwatches which were first publicly displayed by both Elgin National Watch Company and Lip on March 19, 1952, with working laboratory examples in Chicago and Paris. The Hamilton Watch Company would be the first to produce and retail an electric watch beginning in 1957,[1] before the commercial introduction of the quartz wristwatch in 1969 by Seiko with the Astron. Their timekeeping element was either a traditional balance wheel or a tuning fork, "
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_watch
I had been looking for a good watch for one of my friends who doesn’t wear a watch every day, and this is perfect start for him. I love the simple design on these! You make one with standard lume and I might have to get one for myself too…
Happy to help!
Great thinking putting the battery number on the caseback Marc. My last two battery changes I had to crack the cases to get the numbers.
Yeah, I thought it was a nice touch.
nice! this is on my list now :) hope they make them in future years
Excited!!! Can’t wait for the quartz divers. My 3-watch collection are all Seiko quartz. I’d love an SKX013 style in quartz.
Closest I have is my JDM SBCM023.
quartz making a thinner SKX013 would be amazing
Thank you.
Agreed, would love a quartz diver and will have it shipped all the way to South Africa
@@MammothBehemoth I would love a thinner SKX013 and in the vintage 38mm. The closest things are vintage 7546-604(s).
They look great 👍🏻 Islander watches are what the watch world needs
I bought the Bertucci with the Ameriquartz movement last night and it shipped today. Great customer service as usual. Why couldn't I have waited one more day? I wanted to add an American made watch to my collection. I really wanted a white dial. My luck. Keep putting out great watches.
And there’s another Islander added to my collection. Great looking watch Marc.
The black dial and grey strap with the orange strip is sharp.
Hmm, my birthday is coming up soon so it is time to show this to the gf.
Beautiful execution, I love the white dial sand! "Get on my wrist!!"
Thank you very much!
Will wait for the quartz divers, thanks.
You bet
Smart clean design. Logo free. Very nice patina too.
A matte metal case would be a nice future addition.
Great tool watch. Well done.
Thanks for the tips!
I’m a fan of quartz. I wonder, can you get them to build a HAQ movement for your watches?
Happy to see you putting them on the elastic straps. I tried one of these elastic straps and love it.
Glad you like them!
The white dial with tan strap is outstanding. It has a real 1930's vibe.
This corrects several pet peeves:
• Improperly sized hands (ISL-81 hour hand I'm looking at you).
• Date ring / dial color mismatch.
• Excessive dial text (!)
• Weird-sized or nonstandard or undrilled lugs. Any kind of proprietary strap.
• Unobtainium battery.
• Practically inopenable caseback.
Also, it seemed like both the white and black ones Marc showed us both had seconds hands that hit their marks. I'd like to think that's part of the "tons" of QC represented by the sticker.
If this were an automatic, I'd say the crown was a little small, but of course here one will almost never need to touch it.
Nice job! Can't wait to see the diver & chrono!
That is just perfect. The clean dial, the large numbers and that great lume. Will make a great Christmas present for my 83 year old dad. Wonder if my mom would like one?
Super great news! Love that Marc and the fam are really trying to find ways to have a "native" American product. 👍🏽
Very cool. 38mm would be cool too. Can’t wait to see the quartz divers
Just love it! Another homerun!
Thanks again!
Love the reawakening of watch making in the USA. Love the look, only change I’d ask for is the minute hand hitting the outside of the railroad track. That’s one of those attention to detail items that when you see it just nail it makes you smile with pride.
Wry nice Mark - you’re really appealing to the enthusiast while also keeping your range appealing to non enthusiasts - a difficult balance to achieve
Getting there. Not easy!
very nice Marc, and in the vid the second hands seem to be hitting the marks too. Islander is just rocking it!
They are indeed, and totally random watch picks out of the tray.
Very cool watches. If you do one with a creme/patina dial I'm in. Looking forward to the chrono.
That's awesome can't wait for the divers
Thanks!
@@islandwatch Same here!
Kudos to you for choosing Ameriquartz. Great price and the second-hand registration is better than some Japanese quartz watches I've seen.
Thanks
Congratulations Marc! This is a great step bravo! 👏🏼😄
I really want one of those and as an Arizonan, I feel I must have one. Any chance of a future version having 13-24 markings? That would be really nice.
Sandblasted case and 4 o'clock crown and I would have bought immediately!
Looks great! Can't wait to get one!
Your islander brand rock's. Good Job Marc.
Thanks Joe.
Absolutely love that black dial 👍 thanks Marc
Glad you like it!
Most excited I've been about a release. Can't wait for the chrono.
Thanks.
Nicely done. Love that you went with the A-11 aesthetic. I've been searching for a simple A-11 style with that railroad track. I know a lot of folks love that strap, but I hate that buckle. Elastic single-pass is better. Good call in drilled lugs. Just bought an ISL-84, so I have to cool my jets for a couple of weeks.
Nice grab, thank you!
You nailed the design Marc, and I think it's great that you're contributing to (what is hopefully) a renaissance in American watchmaking. I think taking a page from Vaer's playbook with sizing would be a nice direction when it comes to field watches. I own their 36mm c3 tradition and really appreciate the noticeable step in size offerings (36mm and 40mm instead of the usual 38mm and 40mm). If you made a 36mm A11 I would love to own one. Regardless, I love the restrained design; I've always heard that good design is not asking yourself what else you could add, but what else you could take away. 👍
Thanks so much.
The blue strap on the white face is really looks nice on the wrist. Easy to read too!
Thanks.
Yeah, readability is topa
Tops
I don't see any comments about it. Why the 4 o'clock white on black date on these and not the mechanical field watches (ISL-53)?
That's an amazing watch I would love to grab one in a smaller size if you decide to make a smaller size.
Noted, thank you
So nice to have the battery listed on the outside case!
Thanks much!
My Ameriquartz is my most accurate movement, beating out my Bulova Lunar Pilot.
BTW - your field watch looks on point!!!
Are these ever coming back?
These look excellent
Damn, those look sharp. Adding to the Christmas wishlist for sure.
Thanks much.
Wow! I can’t wait to see the chronograph! Please be a panda!
Gotta wait and see!
Great work on the second hand. My OCD is relieved😀
Lol
Don't worry Marc I'm rocking my Timex Expedition quartz filled watch on a olive green canvas strap. these look great
Cool, thank you!
Yes I have a Timex expedition indiglo.Bloody good value for 40 quid.The leather strap alone aint bad.Had it for a few years now.
@@islandwatch I'll have to add one to my collection
@@glennpowell3444 keep wearing it in good health 👍yes for the price can't go wrong
@@watchsixto Thankyou.
Why the 4 o'clock date? Would the window not clear the "3"?
Love it. Thanks, Marc. Already ordered black dial with grey and orange band. Will a traditional pass-through nato also fit on it using the spring bars provided with it?
Thanks so much, glad you like it! Traditional NATO will work.
Ameriquartz! Lol love it!
Nice!! The black face looks like one of the old Benrus watches. Well done!
Thank you.
Oh man I hate you now. I've been looking at the Islander watch trying to decide which one I was going to order and you did this. I finally got it down to the ISL-42, ISL-82 or ISL-15. Now I'm back to square one. Thanks buddy I'm going to go pout in the corner until I can decide what I'm going to do.
hope to see some quartz dive watches by Christmas please. 38mm Islanders please. Day/date preferred. Thanks and good luck with production.
Hi Marc, does the AZ company also MAKE the movement? Thank you!
Yup.
Marc, I love what you're doing. I hope we'll see some quartz watches with proper Islander branding on the dial too. I'm sure we will!
Of course!
Great retro looks!
Is the case 316L SS? It doesn't mention it anywhere and you didn't mention it either.
Ok, I bit--- black w/ grey & red stripe on the way! Love the look-- I'm in!
Thank you!!!!
Oh, I bet it would look great with syringe hands too. Nice creation. Hey that black dial with the highlights is clever. A deep grey and an off green would be great dial colors too. Khaki ?
I'm impressed. The seconds hand seems to hit all the markers! Is this guaranteed for all these watches? Would love to see this in a smaller size like 38mm. Great job!
Thanks David. As with everything Islander, we try our best to do it right. Nothing is guaranteed, though.
Marc these look really nice. Wondering what these would look like with a bead-blasted case.
Good question!
Would have purchased right away if these were bead blasted. Still might!!!
That plain unlabeled dial is a great surprise, it looks awesome. Well done. What about eliminating the gap, the plain band between the outside of the "railroad" or "racetrack" of indices and the edge of the dial? I know it would be a new style, just a thought. Keep the no logo look and open the date window slightly, it's a bit cramped, almost like an afterthought. In any case, well done, good job.
Note to anyone .The second hands hits the markers nice and true.I would not call it a field quartz watch but an engineers quartz watch.Sweet.
Haha, thanks Glenn.
I have that movement in another watch . It hits all the markers and has been -1 second a month since I received it
Love that it's assembled in Arizona. Sterile dial is a deal breaker, though.
great watches as usual. however i do have a complaint your last two tgv appearances were too short i need you too fill an hour. my commute depends on it. more top tens please
Looking forward to seeing the dive watches and hoping for a white dial variant.
Very nice. I wish it had your logo.
I have been scouring the web for a sub $500 38mm or less gmt/dual-time with a rotating bezel. Besides the Glycine, only the luxury brands make them. I personally think the Glycine's dial looks like it's having a seizure. Any suggestions? I've looked at Lorier, Baltic and Tsao; all are more expensive and a bit bigger than I want for daily wear on my 6 1/4 inch wrist.
I don't care if it quartz, I would actually prefer it
@@MarcoJesusPerez Perhaps Steinhart's 38mm gmt offerings which are in the vicinity of your price range. Edit: few more brands actually, go down in price a bit and you have Corgeut and similar homage brands, even Vostok(!) has an automatic GMT but those have a different way of setting the hands.
If the 38mm isn't a deal breaker, maybe the Citizen BJ7100 would be for you?
Nice. You can give LL Bean a run for it's money as they only sell quartz field watches now. Good vid. Keep at it!
Thanks for the info!
Please bring out more day date watches with sapphire!
Okay!
Why did you decide not to put the Islander logo on the face?
Video explains it.
Kinda miss a logo on these, but they look 👍, congrats Marco, cheers from Barcelona
Glad you like them!
These look great. Add “USA Assembly” to the bottom of the dial and use the Americhron movement and they would be a grand slam. These are still very nice but aching for that automatic movement.
Nice work on these!
I’ll stay tuned for the chrono. Not a fan of quartz, but will support American businesses. Hopefully your chrono hits the marks better than the Bertucci.
Love that there is no logo. Love you and I am looking to get an automatic islander very soon. Still, as being prior military, the placement of a logo is distracting for me when in uniform. I just wanted a flat no logo watch! But those were rare to find. This new field watch of yours is super cool. I might have to pick up two watches from you now! Thank you for making this!
Thank you for watching
Cool watch. You probably said in a prior video, but what is the difference between made in the USA and assembled in the USA?
Components being also fabricated in the USA. Big difference
I would love to see a quartz version of your diver line. Would be a great set and forget piece for my collection.
Coming soon!
You know what would be nice? Something dark purple, or a nice shade of magenta....
I was about to buy the Timex field watch but this is nice, I do like the 24 markers on the Timex, but this looks good too.
Please tell me you're making a full lume quartz diver (like the ISL-26). I would love a quartz ISL-26
I'm sorry, not yet.