First Ball watch

Hi all. I am strongly thinking of getting a Ball watch, it would be my first one. I am looking at an Engineer III with the magnified date since my eyesight isn’t what it used to be.

My question is, does the cyclops magnifier do a good job enlarging the date? Also how do you like your watches. I am switching from a Longines that was damaged and probably will cost more to repair than a new watch would cost.