We had the good fortune of connecting with R.T. Custer and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi R.T., what is the most important factor behind your success?
People & Team. I do and have done a lot of things and and the most successful things have been built with many other people involved, especially people with depth of knowledge and focus. I’m a visionary and multi passionate Entrepreneur who struggles with focus and needs to have many things gojng at one time. I do not have depth of knowledge on many subjects as I prefer breadth of knowledge. The people I’ve found and teams we’ve built keep the wheels on the bus and gas in the tank.

What should our readers know about your business?
Vortic Watch Company is one of the only truly American made watch companies. We manufacturing everything here in the USA not because we’re die-hard patriots but because we believe that if something CAN be made here, then it SHOULD be made here. American Made used to be synonymous with quality, but unfortunately it’s become a marketing term over the last decade or so. We hope that our work can inspire other manufacturing companies to operate with integrity and make products of the highest quality. The only way we have made it to where we are today was grit.

It was rarely easy and always worth it. We like to say, “America wasn’t assembled. It was built.” We feel that embodies both our brand and our story.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
I’d recommend they stay at the Elizabeth Hotel in downtown Fort Collins. They could walk to my workshop and explore downtown anytime they want. We could go to my favorite restaurants like Jax, Ginger & Baker, Social, etc and then when they want to explore we could play golf at Harmony Club, drive down to Denver for more of my favorite places and things like Dairy Block, and then use our relationship with Red Rocks to get some VIP tickets to a show before they head out!

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I would like to dedicate my shout out to my business partner Tyler Wolfe. Without him, there would be no Vortic Watch Company the way it is today. It is with his support and loyalty that we have been able to bring this vision to fruition together.

He is more than I ever could have expected or hoped for in a business partner and friend.

Website: vorticwatches.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rtcuster/ ; https://www.instagram.com/vorticwatches/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rtcuster

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vorticwatches

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/vorticwatchcompany; https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUyyUFkPxWI5SeQdFPIgWhA

Image Credits
Darren Squashic

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