If you were lucky enough to get involved with the Pebble kickstarter project then this news should come as no surprise to you.

At their CES 2013 press event, Pebble announced that it would begin shipping those Kickstarter backed Pebble watches on the 23rd of January.

Without any further ado, the moment you have all been waiting for has arrived – we’re thrilled to announce that we’ll begin shipping Pebble on January 23rd. We’ve been working very hard for the past year to deliver something that we’re truly proud of…and we know that we would not have been able to do it without the support of our Backers. So thank you!

We’re planning to continue our aggressive update cycle and ship new software updates every 2-3 weeks. Notably missing from our launch release is support for Runkeeper. We’re working closely with RK and estimate that it should be enabled by the beginning of March. Sorry about that!

If you haven’t heard of the Pebble or didn’t pay much attention then watch the video below then kick yourself repeatedly for not getting involved, I know I am!