Islander
Farmingdale, USA · Est. 2019
Founded by Marc Frankel
Islander is the house watch brand of Long Island Watch, founded in 2019 by retailer Marc Frankel. The brand builds enthusiast-focused dive, field, pilot, GMT, chronograph, and everyday watches with value-driven upgrades such as sapphire crystals, ceramic bezels, solid bracelets, and automatic or Ameriquartz movements.
- Founded
- 2019
- Headquarters
- Farmingdale, USA
- Group
- Long Island Watch
- Price Segment
- Entry
- Status
- Active
Key Collections
- Northport (2022) — Dive-watch family named for Long Island locations, typically emphasizing upgraded specifications, hi-beat automatic movements, textured ripple dials, and accessible enthusiast pricing. Key references: ISL-155, Seafoam Ripple, Ripple Dial.
- Port Jefferson — Port Jefferson is Islander’s travel-minded skin-diver/GMT family, combining practical timing functionality with approachable everyday wearability and the brand’s value-focused tool-watch style. Key references: officialUrl.
- Ameriquartz — Islander's U.S.-assembled quartz family, spanning field, dive, and chronograph styles and built around Ameriquartz movements that Long Island Watch explicitly highlights as assembled in the United States.
- Rocky Point — Islander sport-oriented collection sold through Long Island Watch, framed in the broader Islander catalog as a set of practical everyday watches that includes analog-digital and sport models. Key references: islander:rocky-point.
Timeline
- 2001 — Marc Frankel starts LongIslandWatch.com as an online affordable-watch retailer.
- 2019 — Islander launches as the Long Island Watch house brand.
- 2024 — Long Island Watch’s public help center confirms Islander Watches is owned by Marc Frankel through Long Island Watch.
Frequently Asked Questions about Islander
- Who owns Islander Watches?
- Islander is owned by Marc Frankel through Long Island Watch.
- What kind of watches does Islander make?
- Islander makes value-focused dive, field, pilot, GMT, chronograph, and everyday watches, often with upgraded materials for the price.