“Jump off the cliff and learn how to make wings on the way down.” – Ray Bradbury
#COURGcrew —
Thank you, thank you, ad infinitum. I thank each of you for rallying around when we jumped off the Kickstarter cliff of building something new. Your enthusiasm, passion, and patience were the essence that became the nuts, bolts, gears and drive that made COURG possible. I apologize for the lengthy radio silence. Let’s debrief, crew.
(Image: Nav panel of an Airbus 330 with headings that include waypoint COURG in living color on a flight from Helsinki to New York City shared by fellow COURGcrew member Capt. PK — thank you!)
COURGcrew —
I’ll keep this lean.
Final major wave deploys Monday
Our final major wave was packed today and ships first thing on Monday. There’s roughly 370 of you (and me!) in this wave of mostly TiGr5 backers and I want to sincerely thank you for your long-suffering and gracious patience having to stay in a holding pattern over the lunar holiday festivities.
As promised, I’ve debriefed with the special ops crew over the last 10 days as soon as I published a new post about the tour of duty to visit our ground operations. Actually, some crew members caught the posts even before I had time to notify everyone via email. On point.
Here, I’m summarizing the Meet Your Makers post series for all the entire crew in case you’d like to catch up and binge on production details. I’ll start from the beginning in case any of you missed day 1 over the Thanksgiving festivities. Continue reading →
Welcome to assembly. This is the last station before deployment to the crew.
For those of you who’ve been following along, you’ll notice this facility is “slightly” different from the case manufacturer in RECON day 3. I dig the contrast between the gritty monster machines and then the ultra-detail work of a dust-free environment with workers armed with miniature tools and delicate instruments.
All systems point to scheduled departure in December. We’re sorting through the multitude of logistical details to ensure smooth fulfillment, from best practices for SKU tracking and instruction inserts to optimizing packaging to accommodate the diverse orders. In the midst of taming that chaos, we keep our most intense focus on COURG itself and all the details I obsess over.
As an aside, I noticed at Wind-Up (more on the fair below) that some people pronounce COURG, “CORG”. NO. NO. NO. It’s pronounced /ˈkʌrɪdʒ/. Eh yeah, thanks for no help, Oxford dictionary.
COURG = COURAGE. (In case you’re a new recruit, check out the ‘splainer.)
Redux = RE-DUCKS. (Bring back, revive)
TL;DR
Production and fulfillment on schedule for TiGr2 starting in early December, then TiGr5 to ship a couple weeks later.
TiGr2 vs. TiGr5, aesthetically nearly indistinguishable
Titanium hardware in full production mode, slotted to arrive in the US end of next week.
Developed a proprietary lume for true blue: RDXb1 Layered 7 times +sealant
BackerKit lockdown activated, charges to follow when closer to fulfillment
Wind-Up NYC x Redux COURGcrew = Good times.
Meet Chronos, a clever new device for alerts from your case back
Just in, the photos we’ve all been waiting for — and quite possibly the first TiGr2 vs TiGr5 direct comparison posted anywhere online based on everyone’s extensive web hunting!
TL;DR
Titanium grade 2 and grade 5 prototypes do not differ noticeably in color.
Worn & Wound to host “world’s first affordable watch fair” in NYC, 23-25Oct. We’ll be there.
