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Citizen made two versions of the 67-9054 chronograph, with either predominantly blue or green dials. On my reference page I describe both as having black sub-dials. However, although that is true of the green version, Anthony has kindly pointed put that the blue dial in fact has very dark blue sub-dials. The dial is a striking deep cyan blue, and the sub-dials continue the theme with an almost black shade of that colour:

I shall add this information to the reference page  – thanks Anthony 🙂

Incidentally so far I have only seen these with 1974 production dates, from April of that year as far as I recall. Please let me know if you have or see one that is earlier than 04/74 or later than 12/74. I suspect thee may have been short-lived because the external bezel is very exposed and therefore prone to damage and wear.  These days it is very hard indeed to find one with a decent bezel.

In his comment on my previous post Marko asks about the bracelet on the 67-9119 Chronograph – although it also came on a black leather strap, it is more often seen on its original steel bracelet. And this is distinguished by the black blocks in the links, and Marko wonders how the black finish was achieved.  The blocks themselves are indents on the outside of the bracelet, the backs of the links are plain and flat stainless steel.

I don’t know the answer to Marko’s question, so I thought I’d ask for views here. Interestingly the original price of the 67-9119 was higher than the other models at that time,  which might be explained by the ‘fancier’ bracelet.

Here’s close-up of the bracelet – does the black look like a coating? or was it painted?

I favour black coating  since Citizen had pioneered black coated cases not long before the chronographs were first produced, and looking at how the finish appears close-up and how it has worn. What do you think?