I know what you mean about pictures. For the TF/OF Superocean 44 for almost a year I didn't see a good enough pic of the rep to know if the dial was matte or gloss. I even asked some owners who told me gloss. There was one picture set that made me suspect matte but it was the same guy who told me gloss, lol. Anyway, I ordered and sure enough it was a matte dial. I got it knowing it was probably incorrect matte dial but I wanted the watch anyway. Still as for the 42mm BLS Superocean version I still haven't seen good enough pics to know if that manufacture corrected the dials and uses gloss for the black and blue dial version which should be the gloss versions.