The difference between the 21,600 and the 28,800 is not that noticeable. Especially on the wrist it is impossible to tell unless you are staring at it for anextended period of time.
The luming is a rep guy thing. Like you said in your initial post, you never noticed or thought about it before. That's because you're a gen owner. In the real they don't notice or care. In fact if you asked someone about their lume they would say 'do what?'. That goes for 'AR' as well as 'VPH'. Don't believe me? Try it sometime.
If you asked this question on a regular watch forum the answers would be different for sure. The reason people buy autos here has nothing to do with reliability. To give you a truly unbiased answer, it depends on what your needs are.
Show me where you can buy a watch.....any watch with a working auto chronograph for that price and I will buy you a Bentley.
That's what I thought..........