Over the holidays I was gifted with this pretty special watch. Its a limited edition SKX celebrating the act of Congress (RA 9500) that strengthened the charter of my alma mater (University of the Philippines)



From a distance, it looks like a Seiko divers with a dark maroon dial, uncommon in itself. But close up you'll start to see figures emerge. Zoomed close enough it becomes clear that its a mural of students and school alumni.



The quality of this dial is surprising, given the Seiko price point. It looks to me like a glossy maroon dial, painted glossy black, with the figures stenciled or etched out. It's very clearly not printed on

 

Cool! I feel that somebody else posted the same watch not long ago.

 

That was me, but now I have it in-hand

 

Looks great and should be quite collectable.

 

Did Seiko do the dial or did they commission the dial? Super cool piece!

Looks like Seiko lume application, but I’ve never seen Seiko do limited run dials for groups. The watch got lots of coverage including esquire!

 

Very nice dial. However, I think the University of the Philippines is a front for some sort of superhero training site judging by the way it struck me at first glance. Did you have a Charles Xavier or Emma Frost as tutors perhaps???

 

Oh wow. That dial looks like something that came out of Kingdom Death Monster

 

Awesome that Philippines has a functional Congress.

Cool watch too.

 

During my time it was Magneto

I think it was meant to evoke local street art:

 

Great dial, great execution! And it's a good thing they didn't choose to do a Mickey Mouse watch-like version of the UP Oblation statue, with moving Oblation hands instead.