Luxury timepieces such as Omega, but also Breitling, Carl F. Bucherer, TagHeuer, and others have taken center stage in current cinema. As part of the cinema magic, the right timepieces allow for viewers to be transported into the era and general style of the films and television show they are featured in. In a previous … [Read more…]
A touchstone of 90’s television, the supernaturally-inclined town of Twin Peaks has made its way back to our T.V. screens. Chronicling the return of Special Agent Dale Cooper (via Dougie Jones) to the sleepy titular Washington town, season 3 of Twin Peaks is full of the food, philosophy, and Lynch-level thrills that we loved from … [Read more…]
Look at him. With a slew of sure to be phenomenal blockbuster hit films coming up including Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, the next Mad Max film, and a newly announced starring role as Venom in the rebooted Spiderman franchise in addition to his already prestigious works, Tom Hardy is undeniably one this generation’s best actors. Not … [Read more…]
So you just got a subscription for Hulu or Netflix, and — dang! Good on you. There’s been a lot of good shows on those two lately, and people are celebrating the services as being the HBO-killer. But let’s say you want to pick a watch that matches your favorite shows on the services. What can … [Read more…]
Pow! Bang! Zap! Superheroes and villains are the demigods of our time, capturing the public imagination by acting as symbolic stories that recapitulate general themes of the culture — Iron Man and Batman are figures of pure genius who overcome adversity with the power of the mind, Wonder Woman is a symbol of the indomitable … [Read more…]
Uniquely combining rhythm, timing, and technical expertise, music is truly as close as we can get to an universal language. While we could talk for weeks about how large and varied the world of music is, we’ve teamed up with our friends over at Long Jewelers in Virginia Beach, Virginia, two talk a little about … [Read more…]
It’s no secret that we here at LJ&T are big watch heads. But there’s something else that we absolutely love. That being, of course, movies. When it comes to movies we only have one rule: the more explosions the better. There’s never a time in the office when there isn’t a Fast and the Furious … [Read more…]
With Fall in full-swing, and Winter just around the corner, I figured this would be the best time to really double-down and start paying attention to this blog. My hopes are that LJ&T becomes a resource for those who are curious about finally making the big leap, and who are ready to buy a lifelong … [Read more…]