Everything that went into the design and technology of the movement is as special as the dial face. I disagree that removing the Annual Calendar would have made it more Patek recognisable; in fact that is exactly what they created on the dial side - a pleasant tension with an unbalanced dial face. Every factor of time with its own separate sub-display. Even the Branding is discrete, engraved but not painted.
For me, this discontinued version is the watch to have and to hold.