I received a box and papers for my SMP today. Sans warranty card, I am now sporting a full set. Serial number on the outer box shows it as a 1998 and my watch is a 1999. Very cool!
I feared for your sanity when I saw both had the correct date. But for a photo taken today at 19:32:35 they must have been retrieved from the dead-watch-drawer and dates hurriedly set. Whew, back from the brink