Both are excellent ! it depends on your needs and daily dress code .  I always like my watch to be a daily beater .  for more dressier , smart causal : Junghans ... For after work and weekend fun time :  Oris for me . .. 

Rootbeer GMT  Just amazing stunning .  ..

For pelagos , I will go for LHD , Unique piece 

Congrat on the Great Gift !  wear in good health ! enjoy it . 

Excellent review . I owned a steel version of tudor GMT aka pepsi .  And getting my root beer GMT in leather strap version tomorrow.  Now it complete in almost any wearing situations. Causal or formal .  Very excited . But  i am paying at retail price and it is worth it . I could not find anywhere that’s is less than retail price at this moment . 

For your purpose as daily beater , I will go ahead with Blue pelagos .  However , if you could get the LHD , that’s even better as it is just discontinued and getting rarer .