2012 → now
Scrub eras, open milestones, deep-link the moments that mattered. Arrow keys work when the track is focused. This is the story of a watch that refused to die.
Eric Migicovsky launches Pebble on Kickstarter with a $100k goal. It becomes the most-funded project in Kickstarter history — $10.27M from 68,929 backers.
After manufacturing hurdles, the original black-and-white e-paper Pebble starts shipping. Always-on screen, week-long battery, four buttons — a new category is born.
A stainless-steel premium Pebble with a glass screen. Proof the brand could do dress watches without killing battery life.
Color Sharp Memory LCD, microphone, Timeline UI. Another record-breaking Kickstarter — the Time series defines the golden era of Pebble.
The thinnest, lightest round Pebble. Stylish and beloved — and famously fiddly when the tiny battery eventually dies.
Heart-rate sensing lands on a B&W Pebble. Over two million watches sold across the brand's lifetime.
Hardware production stops. The planned Time 2 and Pebble Core are cancelled. Software IP moves to Fitbit; Kickstarter refunds for unshipped Pebble 2s.
Fitbit shuts original cloud services. Rebble Web Services take over the appstore, Timeline, weather, dictation, and firmware — community-funded survival.
PebbleOS source quietly sits inside Google. The community keeps legacy hardware alive while hoping the code might someday be freed.
Most of the classic firmware lands on GitHub. Chipset/BT bits stripped — but the door to a real comeback swings open.
Eric returns with Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2 — open-source PebbleOS, weeks of battery, 10,000+ existing apps. The dream watch that was cancelled in 2016 gets a second life.
Core Devices recovers the Pebble trademark. Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2 become Pebble 2 Duo and Pebble Time 2.
Shared appstore backend. Devs publish once; apps appear for legacy Rebble users and new Core watches. The ecosystem stays unified.
A stylish round successor at $199 — stainless frame, 1.3" 64-color e-paper, touch + buttons. Pre-orders open.
20,000+ pre-orders. 30m water resistance on the line. First units ship late March; production ramps toward 500/day.
Pre-order backlog cleared. Pebble Time 2 ships within 48 hours from rePebble.com — 93 countries and counting.
Factory batches leave Asia. Soft launch ramps while software (PebbleOS + mobile app) keeps getting weekly love — plugins, WASM watchfaces in the browser, and more.