My new 2021 Black Bay Chrono (Panda dial)

Seriously considering this one, in panda dial configuration, but still wondering about a few elements, namely:

- the chrono only fitted with a 45 min counter, and no ability to track hours (yes, I do often time multi-hour events)... one of the many reasons why I really love the Speedy Pro. I know it is up to me to decide if this is a deal-breaker... but was curious about real-life experience.
- somewhat concerned about the sub-optimal legibility of the panda version, but I just don’t want another black-dialed watch for now... so I guess would need to be able to live with it. How bad is it? As bad as the Speedy Tuesday 1? worse? better?
- in some pics of this watch, it does seem that the date disk is not properly aligned in the window. Is this an optical illusion or have some of you experienced this IRL?

Any comments on these items (or more) would be welcome!! 👍

my wrist is 6.75 in or just over 17cm