We all agree that this is our favorite watch in the world. Not cheap, but then, you get what you pay for, right? So far, three of us have this baby. Rather than rant about it, just read the facts.
by Boa Man
NOW IN TITANIUM, NEW CITIZEN ECO-DRIVE TITANIUM SKYHAWK AT
The new, fully loaded 3rd generation Skyhawk redefines atomic timekeeping with radio controlled accuracy and Eco-Drive technology. Radio signals are received both automatically and on-demand by the fully loaded Skyhawk A-T.
Atomic Timekeeping with Radio Accuracy
Eco-Drive Technology (Solar Powered so you never have to change a battery)
World Time for 43 Cities
2 Alarms
24 Hour 1/100 Second Chronograph
Perpetual Calendar to the year 2100
Analog/Digital Displays
99 Minute Countdown Timer with Alarm
Water Resistant to 200 Meters (660 Feet)
3-Day Low Charge Warning (Will notify you 3 Days before the watch completely stops)
180 Day Power Reserve when Fully Charged (Approximately 2.5 Years with Power Save
Function - 150 Hours to fully charge in average lighting)
Power Save Function
Power Reserve Indicator
Titanium Case and Bracelet
Fold-Over Clasp with Double Hidden Push Button Release
45mm Case Width without Crown (Approximately 1 3/4")
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Edith Head--World's Greatest Costume Designer and a Great Lady
The Edith Head page
Born: Edith Claire Posener, in Sand Bernardino, CA.
Jewish, though claimed to be Catholic.
First worked for Paramount Pictures
Died October 24, 1981 in Los Angeles, CA
Head received more Academy Awards than any other woman in history. She was nominated for 35 of them. You’ve probably not noticed her name in the credits, but one thing is for sure—you’ve seen her designs. There’s probably more than one movie of hers that you love, and if you were ever wowed by the clothes, well, that’s Edith Head’s work.
Head consulted her stars more than any other designer; especially the women. Ginger Rogers, Shirley Maclaine, Anne Baxter, and Bette Davis were only a handful of her clients and actresses. She was lampooned for her aversion to unions and worked for not only Paramount, but Universal as well.
She also designed the uniform for the United State Coast Guard in the 1970s. Her last film was “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid.”
Some of her best-known movies (and this might surprise you) are as follows:
Sex and the Married Woman (1977)
Airport (1977)
The Man Who Would be King (1975
Ash Wednesday (1973)
The Sting (1973)
Pete ‘n’ Tillie (1972)
Topaz (1969)
This Property is Condemned (1966)
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
36 Hours (1965)
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
The Judy Garland Show (1963)
Come Blow Your Horn (1963)
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
Summer and Smoke (1961)
Sabrina (1954)
Knock on Wood (1954)
The Naked Jungle (1954)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Sunset Blvd (1950)
Beyond the Forest (1949)
Red, Hot, and Blue (1949)
And about a hundred other film, too numerous to mention.
We love her and there’s never been anyone like her. A great designer who has yet to be surpassed in motion picture history.
Quotes:
I've designed films I've never seen.
If it is a Paramount film, I probably designed it.
What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen he's become a different person.
I have yet to see one competely unspoiled star, except for Lassie.
You can lead a horse to water and you can even make it drink, but you can't make actresses wear what they don't want to wear.
[1977 comment on Jacqueline Bisset] One of the greatest bodies I've ever worked with. But besides that she is rather the opposite, because she is so damned intelligent. It's a strange combination, almost a double personality.
[on Grace Kelly] I've dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, "Grace Kelly." She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend.
[on Kim Novak] I don't usually get into battles, but dressing Kim Novak for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" put to the test all my training in psychology.
We salute you, Edith Head!
Born: Edith Claire Posener, in Sand Bernardino, CA.
Jewish, though claimed to be Catholic.
First worked for Paramount Pictures
Died October 24, 1981 in Los Angeles, CA
Head received more Academy Awards than any other woman in history. She was nominated for 35 of them. You’ve probably not noticed her name in the credits, but one thing is for sure—you’ve seen her designs. There’s probably more than one movie of hers that you love, and if you were ever wowed by the clothes, well, that’s Edith Head’s work.
Head consulted her stars more than any other designer; especially the women. Ginger Rogers, Shirley Maclaine, Anne Baxter, and Bette Davis were only a handful of her clients and actresses. She was lampooned for her aversion to unions and worked for not only Paramount, but Universal as well.
She also designed the uniform for the United State Coast Guard in the 1970s. Her last film was “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid.”
Some of her best-known movies (and this might surprise you) are as follows:
Sex and the Married Woman (1977)
Airport (1977)
The Man Who Would be King (1975
Ash Wednesday (1973)
The Sting (1973)
Pete ‘n’ Tillie (1972)
Topaz (1969)
This Property is Condemned (1966)
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
36 Hours (1965)
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
The Judy Garland Show (1963)
Come Blow Your Horn (1963)
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
Summer and Smoke (1961)
Sabrina (1954)
Knock on Wood (1954)
The Naked Jungle (1954)
Roman Holiday (1953)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Sunset Blvd (1950)
Beyond the Forest (1949)
Red, Hot, and Blue (1949)
And about a hundred other film, too numerous to mention.
We love her and there’s never been anyone like her. A great designer who has yet to be surpassed in motion picture history.
Quotes:
I've designed films I've never seen.
If it is a Paramount film, I probably designed it.
What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen he's become a different person.
I have yet to see one competely unspoiled star, except for Lassie.
You can lead a horse to water and you can even make it drink, but you can't make actresses wear what they don't want to wear.
[1977 comment on Jacqueline Bisset] One of the greatest bodies I've ever worked with. But besides that she is rather the opposite, because she is so damned intelligent. It's a strange combination, almost a double personality.
[on Grace Kelly] I've dressed thousands of actors, actresses and animals, but whenever I am asked which star is my personal favorite, I answer, "Grace Kelly." She is a charming lady, a most gifted actress and, to me, a valued friend.
[on Kim Novak] I don't usually get into battles, but dressing Kim Novak for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" put to the test all my training in psychology.
We salute you, Edith Head!
Qunicy Jones
- Quincy Jones was born on March 14, 1933, in Chicago, Ilinois. He most often associated with New York or Los Angeles, but Chicago is where he got his start. His mother was Sarah Frances, who was a schizophrenic, and Qunicy “Delight” Jones, Sr.—a semi-professional baseball player. A bit of trivia: Q. Jones’, Jr.’s mother is a descendant of Mary Belle Lanier, who is the daughter of James Balance Lanier, who is second cousin four times removed from George Washington. Whew! But wait—it gets getter. James Balance Lanier is the first cousin of John McCain’s maternal grandfather, making him ALSO related to G. Washington.
Jones attended many schools, including the Schillinger House in Boston. He toured with Lional Hampton; a reason to abandon his studies. He also freelanced with the likes of Count Basie, Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughn, and Duke Ellington. Not to bad, eh?
Jones toured with Dizzy Gillespie around the mid-fifties and got a contract with Paramount records—this really started things off. Then Jones moved to Paris and studied music there for a time.
- Some notable things about Mr. Jones:
- He discovered Lesley Gore
- Wrote the musical score to “In Cold Blood”
- Worked as an arranger for Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, and Dinah Washington.
- Scored the movie “The Color Purple” as well as produced it.
- Has published an autobiography
- Worked with Michael Jackson, most notably producing “Thriller.”
- Has never learned to drive.
- Suffered a cerebral aneurysm that almost killed him in 1974.
- One of the founders of the “Black Arts Festival” in Chicago.
- Was married to Jeri Caldwell, Ulla Anderson, and Peggy Lipton.
- Attended Berklee College of Music.
- Received the Legion d/Honneur.
- Had a cameo in “Austin Powers in Goldmember.”
- Played the trumpet.
- Was partners with Bob Russell.
- Was the first Afro-American to be nominated for an Academy Award in Best Original Song.
- First Afro-American to win the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
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