Vintage Watch | Seiko Emblem 5606-5190 (TV Case / Deep Green Dial)

Seiko Emblem 5606-5190: October 1974 TV Case, Deep Green Brushed Dial (Fully Serviced)

This Seiko Emblem 5606-5190 is fully serviced by our watchmaker in Japan, with all functions working perfectly — a deep forest-green dial with a vertical brush finish that shifts with the light, set in a slim mid-1970s TV / rectangular stainless case. Close to NOS — no usage marks around the watch, mint dial, clean crystal, original stainless bracelet. Caseback 5606-5190, serial 402159 (October 1974). First Emblem we have listed.

What Seiko Emblem was

Emblem (エンブレム) was a Japanese-market dress line of the mid-to-late 1970s, catalogued beside Chariot and below the higher quartz tiers. Most Emblem pieces collectors meet today are quartz; mechanical automatics are uncommon. Reference 5606-5190 is that rarer automatic: soft-rectangular “TV” case, integrated bracelet geometry, and dial colours beyond silver — including this deep green brushed face. Not King Seiko or Grand Seiko — a JDM design line that borrowed a serious calibre for adventurous cases.

Calibre 5606 — the same base as Lord Matic

Under the dial sits Suwa’s Calibre 5606A — the same day-date automatic that powered the Lord Matic Weekdater from 1968: 23 jewels, 21,600 bph, hacking, hand-winding, bilingual Kanji/English quick-set day-date. The wider 56-series later informed higher-beat King Seiko and Grand Seiko automatics, but this Emblem runs the Lord Matic base, not a KS/GS hi-beat. Same heartbeat as LM; TV case and a green brushed dial Seiko almost never put on a round Lord Matic.

This Seiko Emblem 5606-5190 (October 1974 · TV / green)

Published size: about 33 mm across, 38–39 mm lug-to-lug, 20 mm between the lugs, roughly 9.5 mm thick. Dial code at six: JAPAN 5606-5380T (case 5606-5190). Applied SEIKO, AUTOMATIC print, stylized lowercase emblem and Suwa mark above six, baton indices, slim baton hands, day-date at three. Ships on the original stainless multi-link bracelet with signed SEIKO clasp as photographed — no strap pairing on this listing.

Seiko Emblem 5606-5190 condition & what you receive

The stainless TV case shows no usage marks — sharp planes, clean polish and brush, near-NOS geometry. The deep green brushed dial is mint and the crystal is clean; the original bracelet remains tight. It has been fully serviced by our watchmaker in Japan, and all functions are working perfectly.

Read more about vintage Seiko dress lines (incl. Lord Matic / 56-series)

Want the broader map of Actus, Lord Matic, and 56-series dress Seiko around this Emblem? We wrote it up on the blog.

Read the Vintage Seiko Buying Guide

Specification:

Maker: Seiko (Suwa · JDM)

Model: Seiko Emblem 5606-5190 (TV case · deep green brushed dial · dial code 5606-5380T)

Era: 1974 Oct (caseback serial 402159)

Case Diameter: 33 mm

Lug to Lug: 38–39 mm

Lug Width: 20 mm

Case Condition: Close to NOS · no usage marks · slim TV / rectangular stainless · original brush and polish retained

Dial Condition: Mint deep green vertical-brush dial · applied SEIKO · emblem script · Kanji/English day-date

Crystal: Clean original crystal

Movement: Cal. 5606A automatic (23 jewels, 21,600 bph, hacking, hand-wind, bilingual day-date) — same base as Lord Matic; fully serviced by our watchmaker in Japan; all functions working perfectly

Strap / Accessories: Original Seiko stainless multi-link bracelet · SEIKO-signed clasp (as photographed)

An October 1974 Emblem 5606-5190 in near-NOS condition — TV case, the deep green brushed dial that made us buy it, the Lord Matic 5606 heartbeat underneath, and a full service by our watchmaker in Japan.