The Pixel Watch 5 may have been spoiled by… the creator of Borderlands

via X " data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/randy-pitchford-google-watch.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0,0,100,100" /> We may just have gotten an early look at the Pixel Watch 5 - and from an unusual source. Randy Pitchford, the creator of the Borderlands game franchise, posted a pair of images of a watch on X, saying that his friend found it underwater , while scuba diving near Saint Martin, as reported earlier by Kotaku . "He noted that the reverse of the watch indicates that it is a Google Pixel 5, which has not yet been announced, let alone released," Pitchford writes . "It seems to be fine. The face indicates an empty battery, but seems to have enough reserve power to display the correct time." After putting out a call to find its owner, Pitchford said so … Read the full story at The Verge.