Navigating Pitfalls and Continuously Improving | Custer & Wolfe - Building a Watch Company
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- Have you ever made something and then tried to replicate that 1000 times? It's more difficult than it seems! In today's episode, we discuss the pitfalls and advantages of creating TWO new products and getting them ready for market.
R.T. and Tyler candidly reveal the problems and solutions we've discovered, how we're solving them, and the ways we're continually improving Colorado Watch Company's 2 modern automatic watches. Making things right here in Fort Collins, Colorado has its advantages, with our ability to quickly pivot and prototype, test and retest our processes, and get instant feedback on the GCT and Field Watches. But that doesn't come without snags...
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00:00 - Preview
00:18 - Intro
00:45 - Question of the Day: Merch!
01:46 - Refining the process of making the GCT dials
02:39 - GCT dial finishes are harder than we thought!
03:37 - Changes to the Field dials
05:29 - How we make our Lume so bright
06:15 - Pad printing the GCT
06:54 - We're happy with the Tecaprint
07:38 - How we're assembling your watches
09:06 - Field dial thickness issues
10:03 - Our solution, back to Version 1
11:01 - Solving the problem
12:08 - 1 or 2 are easy to make...
12:30 - Can this be repeated 1000 times?
13:17 - GCT Update
16:05 - Delivery Timeline Update
19:10 - Box teaser
20:02 - Outro
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The transparency of your process is so great. Thank you for sharing your journey. All of the effort and trouble you are going through will make it worth it in the end. I can’t wait to get my GCT and these videos give me confidence you guys are committed to getting it right. Thank you!
Thank you so much for your kind words and support! We will continue to share and do everything we can to provide the best piece we are capable of. Thank you again!
Getting excited to see my GCT; great update, looks like you guys are really putting your hearts into this. Love it.
The excitement is mutual! Thank you very much for following along and supporting us.
As someone who joined in on the Kickstarter campaign, I would rather hear the watches are the quality you're shooting for and behind schedule than being rushed and not to the level of product you want to provide. Still very excited about having my field watch arrive! (I live in Colorado Springs so if you want to send mine first I would be totally cool with that. Lol, jk of course!) Another solid update video, thanks!
Thank you for the kind words and support! We agree and we’ll keep our heads down focused on making the best watch possible for you regardless of the headwinds!