Tiffany & Co. Watches

Tiffany & Co. is one of the most prominent purveyors of luxury goods in the United States, and has long been an important arbiter of style in the design of diamond engagement rings. A young Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposed to his future wife, Eleanor, with a Tiffany ring in 1904. Vanderbilts, Whitneys, Astors and members of the Russian imperial family all wore Tiffany & Co. jewels. And Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis preferred Tiffany china for state dinners at the White House.
Although synonymous with luxury today, the firm started out rather modestly. Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young founded it in Connecticut as a “stationery and fancy goods emporium” in 1837, at a time when European imports still dominated the nascent American luxury market. In 1853, Charles Tiffany — who in 1845 had launched the company’s famed catalog, the Blue Book, and with it, the firm’s signature robin’s-egg blue, which he chose for the cover — shifted the focus to fine jewelry. In 1868, Tiffany & Co. gained international recognition when it became the first U.S. firm to win an award for excellence in silverware at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. From then on, it belonged to the pantheon of American luxury brands.
At the start of the Gilded Age, in 1870, Tiffany & Co. opened its flagship store, described as a "palace of jewels" by the New York Times, at 15 Union Square West in Manhattan. Throughout this period, its designs for silver tableware, ceremonial silver, flatware and jewelry were highly sought-after indicators of status and taste. They also won the firm numerous accolades, including the grand prize for silverware at the Paris Exposition of 1878. Among the firm’s glittering creations from this time are masterworks of Art Nouveau jewelry, such as this delicate aquamarine necklace and this lavish plique-à-jour peridot and gold necklace, both circa 1900.
When Charles Lewis Tiffany died, in 1902, his son Louis Comfort Tiffany became the firm’s design director. Under his leadership, the Tiffany silver studio was a de facto design school for apprentice silversmiths, who worked alongside head artisan Edward C. Moore. The firm produced distinctive objects inspired by Japanese art and design, North American plants and flowers, and Native American patterns and crafts, adding aesthetic diversity to Tiffany & Co.’s distinguished repertoire.
Tiffany is also closely associated with diamonds, even lending its name to one particularly rare and exceptional yellow stone. The firm bought the Tiffany diamond in its raw state from the Kimberley mines of South Africa in 1878. Cut to create a 128.54-carat gem with an unprecedented 82 facets, it is one of the most spectacular examples of a yellow diamond in the world. In a broader sense, Tiffany & Co. helped put diamonds on the map in 1886 by introducing the American marketplace to the solitaire diamond design, which is still among the most popular engagement-ring styles. The trademark Tiffany® Setting raises the stone above the band on six prongs, allowing its facets to catch the light. A lovely recent example is this circa-2000 platinum engagement ring. Displaying a different design and aesthetic (but equally chic) is this exquisite diamond and ruby ring from the 1930s.
Mid-20th Century Retro Tiffany & Co. Watches
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Tiffany & Co. Watches
Diamond, Platinum
Early 20th Century Art Deco Tiffany & Co. Watches
Silver, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Tiffany & Co. Watches
Steel, Stainless Steel
2010s Modern Tiffany & Co. Watches
Quartz, Stainless Steel
1990s Tiffany & Co. Watches
Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Tiffany & Co. Watches
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Tiffany & Co. Watches
Steel, Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Tiffany & Co. Watches
Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Tiffany & Co. Watches
Early 2000s Tiffany & Co. Watches
Stainless Steel, Steel
Early 20th Century Tiffany & Co. Watches
21st Century and Contemporary Tiffany & Co. Watches
18k Gold
1930s Art Deco Vintage Tiffany & Co. Watches
20th Century Tiffany & Co. Watches
Gold
1950s Vintage Tiffany & Co. Watches
Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tiffany & Co. Watches
21st Century and Contemporary Tiffany & Co. Watches
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tiffany & Co. Watches
Early 20th Century Art Deco Tiffany & Co. Watches
1990s Contemporary Tiffany & Co. Watches
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tiffany & Co. Watches
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tiffany & Co. Watches
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Tiffany & Co. Watches
Early 20th Century Art Deco Tiffany & Co. Watches
14k Gold
1930s Art Deco Vintage Tiffany & Co. Watches
Brass, Gilt Metal
1920s Art Deco Vintage Tiffany & Co. Watches
Early 2000s Modern Tiffany & Co. Watches
1930s Art Deco Vintage Tiffany & Co. Watches
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1990s Modern Tiffany & Co. Watches
21st Century and Contemporary Tiffany & Co. Watches
Stainless Steel
20th Century Tiffany & Co. Watches
Diamond, Ruby, Gold
20th Century Retro Tiffany & Co. Watches
Ruby, Gold
1970s Vintage Tiffany & Co. Watches
Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Tiffany & Co. Watches
Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1930s Art Deco Vintage Tiffany & Co. Watches
Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Tiffany & Co. Watches
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold
1890s Antique Tiffany & Co. Watches
Diamond, 18k Gold, Enamel
2010s Tiffany & Co. Watches
Early 20th Century Art Deco Tiffany & Co. Watches
Late 20th Century Tiffany & Co. Watches
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Contemporary Tiffany & Co. Watches
20th Century Art Deco Tiffany & Co. Watches
Diamond, Ruby, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Tiffany & Co. Watches
Yellow Gold
1940s Retro Vintage Tiffany & Co. Watches
Gold
1930s Art Deco Vintage Tiffany & Co. Watches
1990s Tiffany & Co. Watches
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s Vintage Tiffany & Co. Watches
Stainless Steel
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Tiffany & Co. Watches
Diamond, Ruby, Gold, Enamel
1920s Retro Vintage Tiffany & Co. Watches
Mid-20th Century Tiffany & Co. Watches
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Tiffany & Co. Watches
20th Century Tiffany & Co. Watches
Early 20th Century Art Deco Tiffany & Co. Watches
1930s Art Deco Vintage Tiffany & Co. Watches
Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Tiffany & Co. Watches
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1940s Vintage Tiffany & Co. Watches
14k Gold, Yellow Gold