It is compact, thin, offers perfect legibility, and I really like the more colourful attire. Highly comfortable to wear with both the original NATO strap and countless rubber/textile straps from the aftermarket.
Regarding the "sea of black": Four of these eleven watches do in fact have non-black dials: The second Seiko is the "Deep Forest" with green face, and the Breitling Superocean has a copper-orange dial, but on the pic both appear to be black.
Marcus