Always hard to judge on those pics as we are now at a lever of detail that requires real photo review to know what this all about.
I've never been fussed about the date wheel appearance, but I must say that on those pics, the size of the font is what caught my eye the most : way too small
Otherwise proportions seems to be good, movement engraving looks very nice
Curious to see some more info about that release !
It has at least two merit : it's cheaper and it's the new boxed dial