Citizen quality is superb! The blue on the dial and bezel is that ball-point ink blue. It is hardly distinguishable from black. I mean, I placed the nato strap I had on my black version of this watch, on the blue one. My wife never noticed the difference. Heck, I could hardly tell the difference. This is a very dark blue watch dial and bezel.

The watch is tough. I dropped it about 4 ft onto a hard surface while changing the strap. It hit with a thud! I expected to find a cracked crystal and hands floating freely inside the watch. Not one scratch, and everything is working fine. Citizen is quickly becoming my favorite brand. The several that I own, all land on the tick marks with the seconds hand. It looks and feels like a quality watch!