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The Paulin dial is definitely pad printed, I know from their blog about it. It’s normal with pad printing dials that you do multiple applications to build up the thickness of the print.
Also pad printing ink is quite a lot thicker / denser than screen printing ink - it needs to be quite sticky to pull away from the silicone pad.
@starfish&coffee the colour is not from the anodising. It’s anodised silver and then dyed blue by hand. As I said, I don’t know how colour fast it is.
Regal
I am a screen printer by trade and can confirm the resilience of the inks used. I use solvent based enamel inks that are UV resistant and should outlast the materials they are printed on, especially paper.
I have anodised aluminium screen printed business cards and the aluminium scratches more than the printed ink.
I believe pad printing uses similar inks and techniques to screen printing, only using an engraved plate to retain the ink rather than pushing it through the mesh.
You can do DIY pad printing onto drinking glasses and the like using screens and balloons but the accuracy isn’t there really.
Screen printing is often used for the Lume as you can create super high build screens that deposit a greater volume of particle and hence give a great brightness of lume.
That paulin dial has quite a high build on the pink and could be screen printed.