I like symmetry, hence why I would go for the Saxonia. I completely get what you are saying with the date button, but somehow it does not break the symmetry in my mind. In other cases, something like that may be a showstopper for me from buying a watch (like in the case of the JLC Master Control Perpetual, with a 4 digit year indicator at 7 O'Clock that killed it for me.
I guess that's why there are a million different types of watches out there - we must have a million different tastes.