Tiffany launches Rubedo™ metal to mark its 175th anniversary

Tiffany launches Rubedo™ metal to mark its 175th anniversary
Tiffany 1837™ Ring in Rubedo™ Metal inscribed with Founder’s signature
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How do you sum up and celebrate 175 years of innovation? You innovate, of course. Tiffany & Co.’s remarkable new RubedoTM  metal, then, is the perfect tribute to a unique legacy of experimentation and craftsmanship.

Tiffany’s latest creation is a unique blend of metals, including copper, which has a warm pink hue and polishes to a smooth luster. Lightweight yet durable, RubedoTM is the result of painstaking trial and experimentation by metallurgists and takes its name from medieval alchemy, in which RubedoTM meant the highest achievement, the perfect amalgam of the material and the divine.

Since its founding in 1837, this kind of innovation has been central to the Tiffany & Co. ethos. Under the direction of founder Charles Lewis Tiffany, the company became the first American brand to adopt the 925/1000 British standard of silver purity. It was through Tiffany’s efforts that the US government adopted the .950 standard of purity for both sterling silver and platinum. By 1867, when the company won the Grand Prize for Craftsmanship at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, it was earning an international reputation for excellence. It was the first time that prize had been given by a foreign jury to an American design house and Tiffany has built on that global reputation ever since.

Debuting in the Tiffany 1837™ collection, the Rubedo™ designs celebrate that tradition of innovation and excellence. The collection includes an elongated cuff and similarly contoured ring that crisply incorporate the hallmark of Tiffany & Co. There is also a pendant, as well as a necklace composed of interlocking RubedoTM and sterling silver circles. The collection will be available from March.Tiffany launches Rubedo™  metal to mark its 175th anniversary

Tiffany launches Rubedo™ metal to mark its 175th anniversary

Tiffany 1837™ Ultra Wide Cuff in Rubedo™ Metal inscribed with Founder’s signature

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Tiffany launches Rubedo™ metal to mark its 175th anniversary

Tiffany 1837™ Interlocking Circles Necklace in Rubedo™ Metal and Sterling Silver

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Tiffany launches Rubedo™ metal to mark its 175th anniversary

Tiffany 1837™ Interlocking Circles Pendant in Rubedo™ Metal and Sterling Silver

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Tiffany launches Rubedo™ metal to mark its 175th anniversary

Tiffany 1837™ Padlock Charm in Rubedo™ Metal on Sterling Silver Chain

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Tiffany launches Rubedo™ metal to mark its 175th anniversary

Tiffany & Co’s illustrious history spans back to 1837. Pictured here is the Union Square building, in which the company was based from 1870 to 1905.  Read the Tiffany story here

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Tiffany launches Rubedo™ metal to mark its 175th anniversary

The interior of the Tiffany store on Fifth Avenue and 37th Street, where it was located from 1905 to 1940.  Read the Tiffany story here

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Tiffany launches Rubedo™ metal to mark its 175th anniversary

Founder Charles Lewis Tiffany in the Union Square store at the age of 87, with Charles T. Cook, who took the helm after Tiffany died in 1902.  Read the Tiffany story here

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Tiffany launches Rubedo™ metal to mark its 175th anniversary

In 1940, Tiffany moved to its current location at 727 Fifth Avenue and Fifty-seventh Street, in an Art Deco-influenced granite and limestone building.  Read the Tiffany story here

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Tiffany launches Rubedo™ metal to mark its 175th anniversary

A Tiffany classic: the cushion-shaped Tiffany Diamond sparkles with an unprecedented 82 facets.  Read the Tiffany story here

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Tiffany launches Rubedo™ metal to mark its 175th anniversary

A Tiffany classic: the Tiffany® Setting engagement ring holds the diamond away from the band on six prongs, enabling a more complete return of light through the diamond.  Read the Tiffany story here

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Tiffany launches Rubedo™ metal to mark its 175th anniversary

A Tiffany classic: Jean Schlumberger's Ribbon Rosette necklace, with the ribbon clip and diamond.  Read the Tiffany story here

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Hannah Silver is the Art, Culture, Watches & Jewellery Editor of Wallpaper*. Since joining in 2019, she has overseen offbeat design trends and in-depth profiles, and written extensively across the worlds of culture and luxury. She enjoys meeting artists and designers, viewing exhibitions and conducting interviews on her frequent travels.