I think our argument is more or less settled and the OP can decide for himself what he prefers.
For the sake of precision regarding the date change:
- Gen: starts around 11.45
- 3K: starts around 11
- Miyota: starts around 11
So I would say in that regard both Miyota and 3K clone are equally different from gen.
When a date change activates is pretty much irrelevant. This is simply about the position of the hands on the cannon pinion.
What is salient is the time passage between activation and settlement to the new date.
My belief is that considering the immense similarity between the 324sc and the 3k clone, this time lapse is likely to be about the same.
But more will be known when we see some reviews, including the one I will write when the watch arrives.
Difference between the 324 , Miyota and PP movement are not in any way dependent upon when the change begins, it is the overall time lapse which defines.
If you want to be convinced that a dressed up 9015 is equal to a clone of the 324 SC, that is up to you. Reality however, has a way of prevailing.
A great deal of money and effort was put into creating a clone. This is because the Miyota 9015 will always be a poor imitation of the 324 SC as well as being too fat to fit in a case of the right proportions.
