I'd go with the gradient, it seems subtle enough to wear with anything. Check with Justing, he sold me a Tissot Chrono xl for a decent price a few years ago.
I recently added a Citizen World chrono Blue Angels to my collection, nice little gift from the company for my anniversary. Mixed feelings due to my distain for the US right now but I was eyeing it up last year so I figured why not. Had no idea what the watch actually did, I thought it was just another auto but the radio control is really sweet.