Reminds me old joke.When you see a watch for the first time, what feature attracts you to that watch, those long lugs? A beautiful face? those delicate hands?
A nice flat bezel, nice hour markings, a 4 oclock crown, nice hands and dial, and a chunky case, all things i look at first on a divers.
He's got that wandering eye.What you have faceted eyes like a fly???? Whats first?
The date window, always. It the equivalent of clubbed thumbs - if something ain't right about it, I just walk away.
So I guess my vote goes to "the dial".