Apple’s upper echelons have seen all kinds of influential people come through who eventually became true legends.. It has always been a company full of employees with charisma, personality and charm. Tim Cook can be considered a legend, Steve Jobs was the biggest legend, and Jony Ive of course… is also one of the biggest Apple legends.

Jony Ive, a close friend of Steve Jobs, became one of the most talented designers He passed by Apple offices. Unfortunately, Jony left Apple to work at his own design firm. But not before he left his mark on the company with the bitten apple logo.

To thank the fascinating work of this great British Apple legend, the company’s executives wanted to have a nice detail with Jony Ive. They gave him a beautiful, custom-designed Apple Watch band.. However, it was not known until now when photographs of one of the prototypes appeared. How could it be otherwise? It’s such a classy strap.

A rare Apple Watch band designed for Jony Ive emerges

Apple gifts Jony Ive with ceramic Apple Watch Series 2 with personalized strap

Recently, curious photos of a very rare Apple Watch strap began to circulate on the internet. images Coming from Stella Fudge in XWho guarantees that this belt is called? “Cloud Sports Group” It is unique in the world and designed specifically for Jony Ive.

The story goes that this unique Cloud Sport Band originally came with the Ceramic 42mm Series 2 Watch as a 50th birthday gift to Jony Ive, hence the “I50” engraved on the pin. Allegedly there are around 10, most of which are the final test batch given to Ive. pic.twitter.com/pfPPfcSRUT

— Stella – Fudge (@StellaFudge) January 17, 2024

Seems like, Apple gifted Jony Ive a 42 mm version of the ceramic Apple Watch Series 2 for his 50th birthday. If you look carefully, you can see the initials “JI” (Jony Ive) sneaking in next to the number 50 in the logo on the strap.

The story is about this unique Cloud Sport Band that originally came with the 42mm ceramic Apple Watch Series 2 as a 50th birthday gift to Jony Ive; Note the “I50” engraved on the badge. There are only about 10 of them, most of them were prototypes.

The strap features an engraving showing the designer’s initials

Here are a few more photos of this rare Apple Watch band:

More photos of the so-called Jony Ive’s 50th Birthday Sport Band. Some have regular silver buttons, some have black buttons. It looks like Apple was trying different techniques to create a unique band.

The S2 looks great on Ceramic, just as it was presented to Ive. pic.twitter.com/5wCkDc320O

— mike (@justsomebands) January 18, 2024

This stylish and elegant gift was given to Jony Ive in February 2017. Designer left Apple in 2019 and currently owns an independent design firm called LoveFrom.

Knowing the successful designer, he has probably never worn this Apple Watch in public and will treasure it in a private place. This is one of the rarest Apple objects we’ve seen lately. Probably the choice of belt was due to: good old Ive’s massive involvement in the Apple Watch project from its early stages.