SKX009: Blue Dial?

[Myles]

I apologize in advance if this has already been beaten to death.

Does the SKX009 have a blue dial? I ran Apple's Digital Color Meter over my '007 and '009 and came up with the following RGB values (hexadecimal):

SKX007: 0x13,0x11,0x12
SKX009: 0x13,0x13,0x1A

As you can see, the red, green, and blue values for the '007 are nearly identical, so it's a dark shade of grey. The blue value for the '009 is greater than the red and green values. Granted, reflections on the dial and the point I chose to sample play a role. However, it looks blue next to the SKX007.



The same code is printed at the bottom of both dials: 7S26-002R R 2. This suggests they're identical, but my eyes are telling me otherwise. What do you think?

Myles

[mikeyt]

Mine is a dark grey.  I've seen some that appear to be BLUE, though.

Edit:  I just put mine in outdoor lighting and took a close look.  It is definitely blue. 

[earthphase]

Mine doesn't appear to be blue... It is blue.

[Adrian-VTA]

It's a midnight blue, nearly black. It looks great.

[cobrajet25]

The 009 does have a blue dial.  IIRC, the 175 has a black dial.

[Mr.Jones]

I'll quote a user (nicoGT) from WuS here:

left 009, right 007 (OEM Seiko)

(from forums.watchuseek.com/f21/seiko-skx009-dial-colour-813316-post7972928.html#post7972928 )

[martog]

My 009 has a midnight blue, nearly black dial. It looks awesome on a bracelet or a dark blue Nato, or a dark blue Sharkskin leather strap.

Cheers
Mark

[C4L18R3]

I had the same thoughts when I got my SKX009 3 years ago BUT soon realized that it IS blue.  A very dark blue that shows itself only in the right light at the right angle.  Here are two photos of the same watch -




Even the bezel shows it's blue side along with the dial 

The burning question that still puzzles me though... Is the chapter ring black or also dark blue on the 009?

[Mr.Jones]

I'm pretty sure it's dark blue

Seiko lists different part numbers for the dial ring, 84311155 and 84311156

This fellow has them side-by-side:

komogonwatches.blogspot.de/2015/03/for-sale-original-chapter-ring-seiko.html

[C4L18R3]

Ok that settles it!!!  Thank you 

[aaron643]

I swear my SKX009 is black (even in sunlight) although not as black as when I held it next to a SKX007 when I purchased it. I'm wearing my Blumo today but when I get home from work I'm going to check again.