For a few reasons: I actually very much prefer having the date at 3 o'clock. As someone else mentioned, it gives the dial balance, and it is useful to me. I also prefer the titanium case, nice tobacco dial and I like that the movement is from Panerai. Of course, I love the 190 too and JLC's 8 day is a great caliber in its own right. But the 346 is all Panerai. I would prefer that the "8 days" writing not appear on either piece, however.