Front view
Dial, hands and bezel as delivered.
Case-back view
Case-back engraving and, where fitted, the sapphire display.
Movement
Calibre with its finishing and decoration.
On the wrist
Worn shot for proportion and strap drape.
Seiko · Presage
Seiko Presage 44 mm Salmon Grade
Reference 21193OR.79
Reference at a glance
- Brand
- Seiko
- Collection
- Presage
- Model
- Seiko Presage 44 mm Salmon Grade
- Reference number
- 21193OR.79
- Year / era
- 1999 · 1990s — mechanical revival
- Complication
- Tourbillon
- Movement
- Spring Drive
- Case material
- Grade 5 titanium
- Dial type
- Salmon
- Strap / bracelet
- Milanese mesh
- Water resistance
- 100 m
- Limited-edition status
- Limited edition of 250 pieces
Case, dial & bracelet
- Case dimensions
- 44 mm
- Case thickness
- 12.6 mm
- Case material
- Grade 5 titanium
- Bezel
- Octagonal with 8 hexagonal screws
- Crystal
- Flat sapphire with Cyclops lens
- Dial
- Salmon
- Hands
- Skeletonised sword hands, white luminescent
- Indexes
- Diamond-set hour markers
- Bracelet / strap
- Milanese mesh
- Clasp / buckle
- Folding clasp in matching case metal
- Water resistance
- 100 m
Movement
- Movement / calibre
- Calibre 88A — Spring Drive
- Movement type
- Automatic with micro-rotor
- Frequency
- 25,200 vph (3.5 Hz)
- Power reserve
- 5 days
- Number of jewels
- 25 jewels
- Complications
- Tourbillon
- Functions
- Perpetual calendar, leap year
- Watchmaker
- The calibre is built in-house and adjusted in five positions before delivery.
Production & market
- Production period
- 1999 – 2002
- Limited-edition quantity
- 250 pieces
- Current market information
- Trades close to retail on the secondary market, with steady demand for full-set examples.
Designer
Marc Newson
Marc Newson is an Australian industrial designer whose work spans Qantas cabins, Apple hardware and Jaeger-LeCoultre's Atmos clocks; his watch design reduces the object to pure geometry and legibility.
Historical significance
Seiko Presage 44 mm Salmon Grade sits within Seiko's Presage line, introduced in 1999. It carries the house codes established since 1881 — grade 5 titanium case, salmon dial and spring drive — and is one of the references collectors use to date the evolution of the collection.
Interesting facts
- Early production dials show a slightly different minute track, and collectors pay a premium for them.
- The reference was originally planned as a one-year run and stayed in the catalogue for well over a decade.
The House
Seiko
Brand facts
- Founding year
- 1881
- Founder
- Kintaro Hattori
- Headquarters
- Japan
- Tier
- Japanese
- Major collections
- Prospex, Presage, King Seiko, Astron, 5 Sports
- Signature technologies
- In-house hairspring production · Proprietary case-hardening and polishing · Hand-applied guilloché dials
- Famous movements
- Eco-Drive solar quartz · High-accuracy quartz · Spring Drive · Automatic, 24 jewels
- Notable watches
- Seiko Prospex 36 mm Green Stainless (1952) · Seiko Prospex 38 mm Black 18k (1977) · Seiko Prospex 38 mm Meteorite Platinum (1972) · Seiko Prospex 42 mm Green Sapphire (1997)
Brand history
Seiko has spent more than 145 years refining a single idea: a watch should outlive its owner. From the earliest workshop pieces to today's Prospex, the house has balanced technical ambition with a recognisable design language, and its collections remain among the most closely followed by collectors worldwide.
Kintaro Hattori established Seiko in 1881, working from Japan at a time when precision was measured by hand. The founder's obsession with finishing and accuracy still defines every Seiko calibre produced today.
Historical milestones
1881
Kintaro Hattori founds Seiko in Japan.
1899
Seiko earns its first international recognition for precision timekeeping.
1969
The quartz era forces Seiko to redefine mechanical watchmaking.
1990
Seiko enters the modern collector market with its signature lines.
2024
Seiko continues to produce Prospex, Presage, King Seiko and other icons in limited numbers.