I bought the EREBUS Ascent, here's how I TRULY feel about it...

It would be easy to assume that Erebus watches, and in particular this new Ascent watch - are immensely popular based solely on the success of the Just One More Watch youtube channel and Jodys sizeable and loyal following. I wasn't sure what to expect with this watch, I did not want to believe too much of the hype from other watch channels and was keen to see what all the fuss was realy about. Well, this Erebus Ascent watch definitely surprised me...

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[nextonthewrist]

Apologies for any echo on the audio through speakers, I changed my filming position to something more relaxed and chaos ensues in the audio & lighting quality on the recording 🤪

[JustOneMoreWatch]

Hey mate! Thank you so much for buying the Ascent and delighted to ehar that you are enjoying it so far. I'm pretty happy for the watch to be mentioned in the same breath as a Rolex. Cheers, Jody

[mmcdonald]

Brand history is the reason why I have purchased every Erebus made to date. I have no personal knowledge of anyone in the corporate watch universe. I have been collecting watches for almost 50 years. I followed Jody since nearly his beginning and 90+% of watch content I consume is from JOMW. Concerning big-watch brand and history: As far as I can tell, it is just another big business conglomerate full of corporate turds. As the luxury and prestige of a brand increases, there is likely an increase in cash-grabbers and corporate fat-cats. No one alive today was altruistically cranking out watches 100 years ago. History from that perspective is a subjective illusion - I am on the ground floor of watch history: purchasing a person’s passionate dream; I really relate to and admire his story. Plus: I used to care what everyone around me thought of what was hanging off of my wrist, then I graduated from high school. Nice video!

[matthewcornett]

I received mine in California two days ago. So far I love mine. My orange fume is amazing. In low light it looks red. In medium light it looks bronze. In bright light it’s orange. The mental sparkles in the sun.
Also I love being able to adjust my bracelet depending on the weather.

[JB-flgp]

My from experience the strenchy links fail, i’d much rather have the rock solid quick adjust. Great review!

[lihanou]

you know erebus and san martin came from the same workshop right? it's more of a partnership between a youtuber and a chinese watch manufacturer, the latter gets a deal on bulk purchase and the former gets the middleman profit. It is just a hyped up chinese watch. There's tons of these on aliexpress under different brand names.

[multipl]

It’s a damn good watch and you are supporting the micro brand community. You can also flaunt it in micro brand groups with pride for your fellow watch nerds to enjoy! Ali brands also have a place amongst us online watch nerds. They are not horrible fashion brands that you encounter in the real world. So don’t bash and just appreciate

[DarthPlaya]

Nice review, thumbs up given. At first I thought Jody was crazy to release this watch with so many dial options ... but upon further consideration I realized his genius. So many reviewers have had the same observation, that due to the number of options, it makes it difficult to choose just one. I guess I joined that club too since I wound up ordering two. Adventurine and Blue Helix, one on J style the other on O style. With the bracelets' swap-ability and two different dials, it's like having 4 different watches.

[SCcuban]

I’m in California and received my green helix dial watch last week. It’s a great watch and I agree 100 percent with this review! Couldn’t be happier with the watch. You get MORE than you pay for with this watch.

[johnswatchjoint]

Hey buddy really interesting take and a good first impression. I mirror a lot of what you say but I have to differ on the price of the watch and the value for money aspect. A lot of fans of Jody and his channel are from the UK...me of course being from Scotland. The biggie is the price after import duties and Tax. I had to stump up £29 for delivery and £65 for import / tax. That was quite a smack in the mouth. It's a good watch but value for money....hmm a lot of folks are saying exactly what I am. It's a very expensive San Martin. But of course that is just my tuppence. Great stuff as always.

[muniryassin]

I m a owner of the same watch. This is my opinion. Their are many things to make you reconsider the buy. My recommendation rather buy a San Martin.
1.Adding shipping and taxes. The watch did cost me 600USD.
2.On my watch the polishing had patches visible at certain angles.
3.The costumer service is nothing close to what you get from San Martin. Practically something goes wrong you can just forget about your warranty.
4.The brushing is very light. It fails to give the necessary contrast between the two type of finishing like you get in good quality watches or even in San Martin.
5.the hour hands fail to line well with the indices

[jacc]

Nice to hear someone talking about wrist comfort. Far too many channels don’t talk about it enough. This is certainly a great and quality looking watch. Jody and his partner have done a great job - very impressive!

[BennyLlama]

I couldn't settle for just one more watch, so I ordered 2. They finally came in today, and they look and feel fantastic

[AckoMunze]

Holly crap how many wicked bad comments and hate! I got green helix on J style and watch is absolutely fantastic. For reference, I also own Seiko's, Citizen, Orient's, Tissot and Ascent looks by far the most premium of the bunch. I like Jody and I like this review and find it accurate to the detail since I have the very same watch. To me, it was worth the full price including shipping and crazy expensive import tax.
Good and accurate review mate! 👍
For the rest who are concerned about servicing and broken crystals and broken hands...buy a G-Shock...or take the risk...or get a hold of some real adult money and buy whatever you like without concern of your retirement funds...

[RickDeckardMemories]

This is a Chinese watch with a price surcharge of approximately $150 or $200 for ’’celebrity’’ ststus of the guy who sells it.

[OnPointLeatherworks]

Mine arrived last night. I love it. Couldn’t agree with you analysis more. I only wish I had bought two

[stephenmorrissey]

I wouldn't get one because it looks close enough to my SARB033. I'm hoping they will do a Solar model in the future.

[chriscon]

Beautiful watch! I have a Forstner “O” bracelet on my BB58 that has a spring “comfort link”. It works really well!

[yxolloxy]

I bought a purple helix and it arrived yesterday, I've had it on my wrist for a whole working day and I just couldn't stop looking down at it; it's gorgeous.
I put it on a leather strap yesterday since I didn't feel like resizing the bracelet, going to resize the bracelet now and see how it wears during a full day's work on the bracelet tomorrow.

So far I've been really impressed and the experience has made me regret not doing what I wanted to do at first; which is get the purple helix ánd the black helix

[cesarespinozaspain]

I have a white dial Ascent on a chocolate brown leather strap, And it's giving me Grand Seiko vibes. This is a Huge compliment, Not because it looks like a homage, but because the Ascent just hits way above it weight, it feels and looks like a $1K+ watch