Tiffany & Co.
Tiffany is in its sporty watch era and it’s hitting all the right design notes. Following the release of its new Tiffany Timer in January—a chronograph with an El Primero movement housed in a platinum case with a Tiffany Blue dial—the company is already dropping another iteration. For those that didn’t get their hands on one of the 60 limited editions from the first release, a new variant in titanium with a platinum bezel and a navy blue dial with Tiffany Blue accents will be available in September in a slightly larger run of 100 pieces only. “It was a natural evolution of the Tiffany Timer rather than a response to a particular trend or request,” Nicolas Beau, senior vice president of Tiffany & Co. Horology tells Robb Report. “Titanium brings a different character to the watch (lighter and more contemporary), while the dark blue dial with touches of Tiffany Blue gives it a very distinctive expression.”
Tiffany & Co.’s archival Timer chronograph pocket watch from 1866
Tiffany & Co.
The Tiffany Timer is inspired by an archival pocket watch from the brand—its first chronograph—created 160 years ago. Charles Lewis Tiffany began selling Swiss-made watches in 1847, becoming Patek Philippe’s first U.S. retailer and forging a partnership that endures today. Tiffany introduced its own chronograph pocket watch, the Tiffany & Co. Timing Watch, in 1866, followed two years later by its first Swiss assembly workshop. By 1874, the jeweler had established a full-fledged manufacture in Geneva, producing chronographs and calendar watches with its own movements, before selling the facility to Patek Philippe in 1880.
