Live1, set said they fixed the matte problem with the latest batch last may and he's right. I'm looking at mine right now. It's not glossy. Maybe they gave your friend one from the previous batch.
Most if not all of the issues they had before seem to be sorted out with this watch. Especially in the black dial version. I love the white one too, but I've read more reports of the issues still with the white one like the puffy hands, the clasp, the left Date wheel alignment, the lume. Cyclops AR.
Mine is the black, and the cyclops has A.R., the lume is very nice and evenly applied, Datewheel is aligned, the clasp doesn't have the gap. and the dial is not glossy. No puffy paint either.
Why would they have addressed these issues with the black version but not the white? I don't understand that.
The date on mine changes over at midnight and 30 seconds.
Some people have been complaining that their crown does not screw in all the way. If you look at the gen you will see it is the same way. It is supposed to be like that. There is a gap between the crown and the case. So I can assure you that it is screwed in as far as it will go. I don't know what the purpose of designing it like that was because it does look like it's not in all the way, but that's the way it's supposed to be.