Citizen launched its Homer series – like this full serviced mid-1970's Citizen Homer Second Setting here, issued by the Japanese National Railway (JNR) in 1973– in 1960 and produced it through circa mid-1980s.Of historical note, the Second Setting variant was officially issued by JNR to their staff in the 1960s and 1970s, and – per our research – unlikely to anyone else, public included. Although its well known Seiko pocket watches dominated the notoriously punctual railways in Japan, Citizen owned the 1960s and 1970s in this aspect. The example for sale here bears a JNRinsciption that states the watch was issued by the JNR in the year Showa 48(1973), the 1,100th issued that year.In 1964, Japan was chosen to host the Summer Olympics, which were a global sensation thanks to the arrival of satellite broadcasting. That year, the JNR's Tokaido Shinkansen - the high speed bullet train - began operation. The hikari service could do the 515km (320 miles) from Tokyo to Osaka in a mere four hou...
