Apple and Google employees customized their own Tudor watches. Now they're up for sale.

"Silicon Valley is a place where flashy watches can be spotted on the wrists of leaders like Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Ellison. The love of watches has bred collectors' groups within some of the biggest companies. A watch made for an employee group at Apple is up for bidding on watch auction house Loupe This, through February 25. The current bid as of Thursday afternoon stood at $13,500. The style is part of Tudor's Black Bay collection. Similar pre-owned models typically resell for around $3,000."

"The limited Apple collectors group edition features a skull-and-crossbones pirate flag motif with deep ties to Apple's history. It's a callback to the Steve Jobs era. The late CEO once said in a meeting, "It's better to be a pirate than join the Navy," and the members of the Macintosh team often referred to themselves as pirates, as a former employee described in a blog post. In a nod to those roots, the company flew a pirate flag over Apple's headquarters for its 40th anniversary."

Swiss watch brand Tudor produced custom watches for Apple and Google employee collectors' clubs. Two limited-edition Tudor timepieces are currently on the market, including an Apple Black Bay skull-and-crossbones "pirate" edition and a Google Pelagos featuring the Chrome Dino at six o'clock. The Apple watch is listed on Loupe This through February 25 with a current bid of $13,500; about 82 pirate watches were produced around 2021. Similar pre-owned Black Bay models generally resell for roughly $3,000. A Google collector's club Tudor recently sold for over $10,000 at auction.

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