Tourby...my two choices are one with date and one without...very clean dial for me....with big, blued steel hands and nice, bright lume.
I love the GO Senator Navigator....a lot people have problems with the "eating 4" date...not me....I love it. Just NO LOGOs.....
I prefer oversized, onion crowns as I find them easier to turn. Case thickness is important as well to handle the biger crown....
Looking forward to whatever you build...just prefer 45mm or larger for the Pilot...otherwise, I'd get a Stowa Airman....