Since the Black Bay 58 was released in 2018, I’ve owned four of them. Black, Blue, Silver, and now, Black again (it’s a limited edition this time, but still – let’s laugh at me together). Over that same time, Tudor has released at least another twelve dozen Black Bays: more 58s (in gold and bronze), GMTs, and most recently, the Black Bay 54. These are all pretty good watches – some even great. But the pace of releases has been manic. And Tudor’s far from alone. Six months ago, I thought the Pelagos 39 was everything I wanted in a modern Tudor diver; now, the 54 has me looking back at those halcyon days like the time in my life before I got a Costco membership, naive of the possibilities that lie within that unassuming warehouse. The pace wasn’t always so frantic, and it’s changed the way we experience all kinds of things.